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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1
The hidden history of women in construction
34 min
2
The secret world of portrait miniatures
47 min
3
The birth of medieval manuscripts
41 min
4
Poetry, maths and the Milky Way: the unsung gen...
48 min
5
Rethinking an Iron Age ‘war cemetery’
45 min
6
Love tokens from history
27 min
7
Before 1066: how England’s elites lived, ruled,...
46 min
8
A postie, an emperor, and a 2,000-year-old grai...
35 min
9
Falconry, fashion and threat: a history of peop...
43 min
10
Adventure and obsession: orchid hunting in the ...
39 min
11
Dogs and devotion: faithful companions and thei...
44 min
12
Vermeer: Double Vision
33 min
13
What was Christmas like for servants below stai...
55 min
14
The curious case of Santa’s finger and the stor...
47 min
15
From Bayswater to Neverland: J.M. Barrie and th...
43 min
16
Living with the ancestors: Neolithic death and ...
46 min
17
A delicious history of pudding
38 min
18
From Brodsworth with love: the girl who knitted...
37 min
19
Disability and care in medieval England
36 min
20
‘Pleasing terrors’: the origins and continuing ...
61 min
21
Privilege and play: a history of childhood adve...
33 min
22
Enslaver, politician, survivor: the complex l...
38 min
23
A history of curry in Britain
34 min
24
A coin, a castle and a conquest: the Normans in...
31 min
25
Circle of Days and the building of Stonehenge
48 min