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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A postie, an emperor, and a 2,000-year-old grai...
33 min
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Falconry, fashion and threat: a history of peop...
42 min
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Adventure and obsession: orchid hunting in the ...
39 min
29
Dogs and devotion: faithful companions and thei...
44 min
30
Vermeer: Double Vision
33 min
31
What was Christmas like for servants below stai...
55 min
32
The curious case of Santa’s finger and the stor...
47 min
33
From Bayswater to Neverland: J.M. Barrie and th...
43 min
34
Living with the ancestors: Neolithic death and ...
46 min
35
A delicious history of pudding
38 min
36
From Brodsworth with love: the girl who knitted...
37 min
37
Disability and care in medieval England
36 min
38
‘Pleasing terrors’: the origins and continuing ...
61 min
39
Privilege and play: a history of childhood adve...
33 min
40
Enslaver, politician, survivor: the complex l...
38 min
41
A history of curry in Britain
34 min
42
A coin, a castle and a conquest: the Normans in...
31 min
43
Circle of Days and the building of Stonehenge
48 min
44
Monastic to modern: a history of universities
41 min
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Feeding the masses: fuelling an agricultural re...
34 min
46
Pumps and people power: firefighting at country...
39 min
47
The Melsonby Hoard: life in Iron Age Britain
36 min
48
William Marshal: the man behind the myth
38 min
49
A potted history of houseplants
32 min
50
Cultivating a vision: women in garden design
30 min