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)
The camera, the cook and the chauffeur: a country house love story
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Computers, protection and peace in the Cold War era
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From bobbins to skyscrapers: the story of Shrewsbury Flaxmill
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Georgian wallpaper and an enduring fashion trend
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Fish, feminism and working women in the 20th Century
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Speaking with shadows: The Workhouse at Framlingham Castle
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Speaking with shadows: Bolsover Castle’s Philosopher Duchess
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Speaking with shadows: Witchcraft, Women and Power
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From the archive: Alice Thornton: a woman’s experience of the English Civil Wars
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Speaking with shadows: The medieval massacre of the Jews of York
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From the archive: The extraordinary life and times of Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Speaking with shadows: Gwen Lalley - a 1930s pioneer
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From the archive: Exploring LGBTQ+ history in the Wernher Collection at Ranger’s...
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Speaking with shadows: the people of Hadrian's Wall
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From the archive: The story behind reggae legend Bob Marley’s blue plaque in Lon...
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Speaking with shadows: Richmond Castle’s Conscientious Objectors
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Speaking with shadows: The Caribbean Prisoners of Portchester Castle
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From the archive: Ask the experts: Everything you want to know about England’s m...
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From the archive: Ask the experts: everything you want to know about castles
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From the archive: Ask the experts: Everything you want to know about the Neolith...
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From the archive: Celebrating England’s post-Christmas winter traditions
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From the archive: Exploring Victorian Christmas traditions
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Bonus episode: Victorian Christmas Tales and Traditions at Wrest Park
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From the archive: Celebrating the Roman midwinter festival of Saturnalia
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From the archive: Christmas entertaining at English Heritage’s houses
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From the archive: Who were the Romans of Britannia?
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Episode 294 - The 1266 siege of Kenilworth Castle
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Episode 293 - A delicious history of the English pie
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Episode 292 - Hailes Abbey and the Holy Blood
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Episode 291 - Ask the experts: England’s medieval kings and queens
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Episode 290 - Halloween, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day
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Episode 289 - Women in politics in the 1920s
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Episode 288 - Revealing the historic voices of Brixton
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Episode 287 - Beyond 1066: who was William the Conqueror?
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Episode 286 - John of Gaunt: the founder of a dynasty
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Episode 285 - Behind the Scenes of a Roman Villa
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Episode 284 - Lady Elizabeth Russell: Keeper of Donnington Castle
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Episode 283 - Vincent Van Gogh in London
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Episode 282 - Life as a medieval nun
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Episode 281 - Harry Hotspur and Warkworth Castle
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Bonus episode - Summer with Queen Victoria: Life at Osborne
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Episode 280 - Bad King John: England’s worst monarch?
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Episode 279 - Uncovering the prehistoric Uffington White Horse
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Episode 278 - Marble Hill: how to build a Georgian villa
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Episode 277 - In the Ayahs’ Home: Pioneering Indian and Chinese Women in Hackney
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Episode 276 - The lost art of the parterre garden
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Episode 275 - Secrets of the Corbridge Hoard
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Episode 274 - Heroes of the 1924 Paris Olympics
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Episode 273 - Pandemic: how the Black Death ravaged medieval England
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Episode 272 - The decline of the English country house
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