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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Episode 162 - Wars of the Roses part 2: Richard...
This week, we’re concluding our two-part mini-ser…
72 min
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Episode 161 - Hadrian’s Wall part 3: evolution ...
Today, we’re back on the northern frontier of the…
47 min
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Episode 160 - Behind the scenes of Netflix’s Br...
Ranger’s House is an elegant Georgian villa on th…
31 min
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Episode 159 - King Edmund: Christian martyr, pa...
Edmund was King of East Anglia in the 9th century…
40 min
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Episode 158 - Ask the experts: Everything you w...
This week, we’re joined by Senior Properties Hist…
60 min
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Episode 157 - A new perspective on the history ...
Standing tall in the centre of historic York for …
48 min
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Episode 156 - Out at Ranger’s House: Exploring ...
A new tour launching this summer explores the LGB…
50 min
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Episode 155 - The country house at war: Militar...
The Second World War saw a number of England’s co…
57 min
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Episode 154 - Hadrian's Wall part 2: Life at Ho...
This week, we’re continuing our four-part mini-se…
57 min
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Episode 153 - National treasures: England’s gro...
Since the beginnings of modern archaeology in the…
54 min
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Episode 152 - The Wars of the Roses part 1: The...
Less than 100 years after the Black Death, Englan…
40 min
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Episode 151 - The extraordinary life and times ...
We’re joined by Senior Properties Historian Dr St…
70 min
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Episode 150 - Solving the mystery of Audley End...
A quest to discover the origins of several myster…
41 min
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Episode 149 - Heritage crime watch: how we’re p...
Ten years after the Alliance to Reduce Crime agai…
46 min
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Episode 148 - Ask the experts: Everything you w...
This week, we’re joined by Senior Properties Hist…
59 min
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Episode 147 - Hadrian’s Wall part 1: The man be...
To mark the 1,900th anniversary of the building o…
36 min
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Episode 146 - 1066 and all that: What happened ...
Following on from episode 130, in which we discus…
48 min
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Episode 145 - Celebrating England’s post-Christ...
With Christmas now behind us, we’re joined by Pro…
30 min
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Episode 144 - Life on ice: Sir Ernest Shackleto...
On the centenary of the death of Antarctic explor…
40 min
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Episode 143 - Christmas entertaining at English...
This week we’re joined by Properties Historians T…
38 min
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Episode 142 - Holy warriors: The secrets of the...
This week we're joined by Senior Properties Histo…
42 min
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Episode 141 - Celebrating the Winter Solstice a...
As the days become shorter and darker, we’re join…
28 min
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Episode 140 - Burning ambitions: The story of D...
Built in the 1720s, Derwentcote is the earliest a…
33 min
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Episode 139 - Thomas, Earl of Lancaster and Dun...
Dunstanburgh Castle, a huge and jagged ruin on th…
59 min
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Episode 138 - At home with London’s rock and po...
On the 30th anniversary of the death of Queen fro…
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