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