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
A history of natural history
37 min
2
Northumberland: the story of Norham Castle
32 min
3
Windmills: restoring England’s working giants
44 min
4
Northumberland: castles and the borderlands of ...
48 min
5
Memories of flowers: a country house and its co...
43 min
6
The bittersweet history of chocolate
48 min
7
The Partners: who were Seely and Paget?
47 min
8
The hidden history of women in construction
33 min
9
The secret world of portrait miniatures
45 min
10
The birth of medieval manuscripts
39 min
11
Poetry, maths and the Milky Way: the unsung gen...
47 min
12
Rethinking an Iron Age ‘war cemetery’
44 min
13
Love tokens from history
26 min
14
Before 1066: how England’s elites lived, ruled,...
44 min
15
A postie, an emperor, and a 2,000-year-old grai...
33 min
16
Falconry, fashion and threat: a history of peop...
42 min
17
Adventure and obsession: orchid hunting in the ...
39 min
18
Dogs and devotion: faithful companions and thei...
44 min
19
Vermeer: Double Vision
33 min
20
What was Christmas like for servants below stai...
55 min
21
The curious case of Santa’s finger and the stor...
47 min
22
From Bayswater to Neverland: J.M. Barrie and th...
43 min
23
Living with the ancestors: Neolithic death and ...
46 min
24
A delicious history of pudding
38 min
25
From Brodsworth with love: the girl who knitted...
37 min