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