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
Laurence Olivier: The making of an icon
38 min
2
Coastline Special 2: Shorelines, ships and the ...
37 min
3
Seeking Sanctuary: Fleeing conflict in the Midd...
45 min
4
Coastline Special: Romans by the sea
30 min
5
The Neolithic Hall: Reconstructing History at S...
48 min
6
Berwick-on-Tweed: life on the border in the 16t...
37 min
7
Reinterpreting Dunkirk and Operation Dynamo
48 min
8
Northumberland and the Border Reivers
49 min
9
A history of natural history
37 min
10
Northumberland: the story of Norham Castle
32 min
11
Windmills: restoring England’s working giants
44 min
12
Northumberland: castles and the borderlands of ...
48 min
13
Memories of flowers: a country house and its co...
43 min
14
The bittersweet history of chocolate
48 min
15
The Partners: who were Seely and Paget?
47 min
16
The hidden history of women in construction
33 min
17
The secret world of portrait miniatures
45 min
18
The birth of medieval manuscripts
39 min
19
Poetry, maths and the Milky Way: the unsung gen...
47 min
20
Rethinking an Iron Age ‘war cemetery’
44 min
21
Love tokens from history
26 min
22
Before 1066: how England’s elites lived, ruled,...
44 min
23
A postie, an emperor, and a 2,000-year-old grai...
33 min
24
Falconry, fashion and threat: a history of peop...
42 min
25
Adventure and obsession: orchid hunting in the ...
39 min