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.Follow us wherever you get your podcasts.
Episodes (369)
A history of natural history
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Northumberland: the story of Norham Castle
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Windmills: restoring England’s working giants
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Northumberland: castles and the borderlands of power
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Memories of flowers: a country house and its community
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The bittersweet history of chocolate
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The Partners: who were Seely and Paget?
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The hidden history of women in construction
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The secret world of portrait miniatures
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The birth of medieval manuscripts
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Poetry, maths and the Milky Way: the unsung genius of Thomas Wright
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Rethinking an Iron Age ‘war cemetery’
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Love tokens from history
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Before 1066: how England’s elites lived, ruled, and showed off
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A postie, an emperor, and a 2,000-year-old grain measure
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Falconry, fashion and threat: a history of people and birds
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Adventure and obsession: orchid hunting in the 1930s
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Dogs and devotion: faithful companions and their families
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Vermeer: Double Vision
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What was Christmas like for servants below stairs?
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The curious case of Santa’s finger and the story of Christian pilgrimage
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From Bayswater to Neverland: J.M. Barrie and the boy who wouldn’t grow up
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Living with the ancestors: Neolithic death and remembrance
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A delicious history of pudding
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From Brodsworth with love: the girl who knitted for the front
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Disability and care in medieval England
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‘Pleasing terrors’: the origins and continuing popularity of ghost stories
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Privilege and play: a history of childhood adventure
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Enslaver, politician, survivor: the complex life of Elizabeth Vassall Fox
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A history of curry in Britain
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A coin, a castle and a conquest: the Normans in the north of England
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Circle of Days and the building of Stonehenge
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Monastic to modern: a history of universities
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Feeding the masses: fuelling an agricultural revolution
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Pumps and people power: firefighting at country houses
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The Melsonby Hoard: life in Iron Age Britain
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William Marshal: the man behind the myth
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A potted history of houseplants
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Cultivating a vision: women in garden design
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‘Dollar princesses’ or influential heiresses? A new perspective on Sargent’s Ame...
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A short history of games with Taskmaster’s Alex Horne
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The Black British composer who broke America
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‘Princely Shows’ and power: Elizabeth I at Kenilworth Castle
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How 1930s fashion and design shook up a former medieval palace
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Espionage, identity and cross-dressing in the Middle Ages
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The enduring allure of stone circles
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The art of heritage: Turner’s vision of England
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The illuminating story of stained glass
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People of 1381: stories from the Peasants’ Revolt
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Gladiators: finds, fans and fame
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