The English Heritage Podcast
English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites, and brings the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk
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Episode 93 - Superstition, magic and the Evil E...
This week, we’re joined by curator of collections…
32 min
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Episode 92 - Time to change: The history of our...
As many of us prepare to hang up a new calendar f…
35 min
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Episode 91 - The pagan winter customs that shap...
This week we’re joined by English Heritage Truste…
29 min
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Episode 90 - Festive feasts through the ages
It’s traditional to eat a lot at Christmas, but d…
50 min
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Episode 89 - Thomas Becket’s murder and Dover C...
On the 850th anniversary of an event that shook m…
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Episode 88 - Medieval ghosts, ghouls and hauntings
This week expect winter chills as we’re joined by…
41 min
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Episode 87 - A marvellous menagerie: The animal...
Here on the podcast we spend most of our time dis…
40 min
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Episode 86 - Mortimer Wheeler and the excavatio...
This week, we’re joined by Senior Properties Hist…
44 min
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Episode 85 - On His Majesty’s Secret Service: T...
This week, we’re delving into the hidden history …
39 min
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Episode 84 - Ask the experts: everything you wa...
Did you know that English Heritage cares for more…
62 min
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Episode 83 - Halloween special: Witchcraft and ...
Grab your broomsticks and warm your toes by a bub…
41 min
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Episode 82 - Send in the cavalry! The story of ...
We’re joined by English Heritage properties histo…
37 min
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Episode 81 - Voices of England: How slavery sha...
Every October, Black History Month celebrates the…
27 min
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Episode 80 - Black plaques: Celebrating London’...
This week we continue to celebrate Black History …
46 min
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Episode 79 - Untold stories: Poetry for English...
This week we’re joined by English Heritage’s poet…
35 min
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Episode 78 - The story of Dido Belle at Kenwood
We’re joined by Cathy Power and Sarah Murden to d…
34 min
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Episode 77 - What happened to England’s monks a...
This week, we’ve returned to the turbulent Tudor …
50 min
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Episode 76 - Finding the sarsen stones: A journ...
Following the publication of new research reveali…
28 min
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Episode 75 - Border force: The defenders of the...
We’re joined by properties curator Mark Douglas t…
37 min
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Episode 74 - Murderous thieves and legendary bu...
Scupper me skull and crossbones! This week, we’re…
40 min
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Episode 73 - Son, brother, crusader, king: The ...
We’re joined in the studio by senior properties h…
54 min
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Episode 72 - The First Barons' War and the Grea...
This week, we’re travelling back to the 13th cent…
32 min
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Episode 71 - When the bubble burst: The South S...
This week we’re marking 300 years since one of th…
43 min
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Episode 70 - Voices of England: The history hid...
This week we’re joined by anthropologist and auth…
50 min
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Episode 69 - Atomic fallout: The story of York ...
On the 75th anniversaries of the atomic bombings …
35 min