The English Heritage Podcast
Every object has a story to tell. But how can one mystery item lead us on a journey through history, people and places?
In the English Heritage podcast, comedian and writer Amy Matthews brings you entertaining tales from unexpected places. Each week, we begin with a mystery item and with the help of English Heritage experts and special guests, Amy explores what our past can tell us about our present and perhaps our future.
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Northumberland: castles and the borderlands of ...
48 min
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Memories of flowers: a country house and its co...
43 min
28
The bittersweet history of chocolate
48 min
29
The Partners: who were Seely and Paget?
47 min
30
The hidden history of women in construction
33 min
31
The secret world of portrait miniatures
45 min
32
The birth of medieval manuscripts
39 min
33
Poetry, maths and the Milky Way: the unsung gen...
47 min
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Rethinking an Iron Age ‘war cemetery’
44 min
35
Love tokens from history
26 min
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Before 1066: how England’s elites lived, ruled,...
44 min
37
A postie, an emperor, and a 2,000-year-old grai...
33 min
38
Falconry, fashion and threat: a history of peop...
42 min
39
Adventure and obsession: orchid hunting in the ...
39 min
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Dogs and devotion: faithful companions and thei...
44 min
41
Vermeer: Double Vision
33 min
42
What was Christmas like for servants below stai...
55 min
43
The curious case of Santa’s finger and the stor...
47 min
44
From Bayswater to Neverland: J.M. Barrie and th...
43 min
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Living with the ancestors: Neolithic death and ...
46 min
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A delicious history of pudding
38 min
47
From Brodsworth with love: the girl who knitted...
37 min
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Disability and care in medieval England
36 min
49
‘Pleasing terrors’: the origins and continuing ...
61 min
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Privilege and play: a history of childhood adve...
33 min