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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The hidden history of women in construction
33 min
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The secret world of portrait miniatures
45 min
28
The birth of medieval manuscripts
39 min
29
Poetry, maths and the Milky Way: the unsung gen...
47 min
30
Rethinking an Iron Age ‘war cemetery’
44 min
31
Love tokens from history
26 min
32
Before 1066: how England’s elites lived, ruled,...
44 min
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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
35
Adventure and obsession: orchid hunting in the ...
39 min
36
Dogs and devotion: faithful companions and thei...
44 min
37
Vermeer: Double Vision
33 min
38
What was Christmas like for servants below stai...
55 min
39
The curious case of Santa’s finger and the stor...
47 min
40
From Bayswater to Neverland: J.M. Barrie and th...
43 min
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Living with the ancestors: Neolithic death and ...
46 min
42
A delicious history of pudding
38 min
43
From Brodsworth with love: the girl who knitted...
37 min
44
Disability and care in medieval England
36 min
45
‘Pleasing terrors’: the origins and continuing ...
61 min
46
Privilege and play: a history of childhood adve...
33 min
47
Enslaver, politician, survivor: the complex l...
38 min
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A history of curry in Britain
34 min
49
A coin, a castle and a conquest: the Normans in...
31 min
50
Circle of Days and the building of Stonehenge
48 min