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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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The camera, the cook and the chauffeur: a country house love story
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May 15, 2025 |
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Computers, protection and peace in the Cold War era
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May 08, 2025 |
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From bobbins to skyscrapers: the story of Shrewsbury Flaxmill
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May 01, 2025 |
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Georgian wallpaper and an enduring fashion trend
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Fish, feminism and working women in the 20th Century
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Speaking with shadows: The Workhouse at Framlingham Castle
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Speaking with shadows: Bolsover Castle’s Philosopher Duchess
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Speaking with shadows: Witchcraft, Women and Power
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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From the archive: Alice Thornton: a woman’s experience of the English Civil Wars
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Speaking with shadows: The medieval massacre of the Jews of York
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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From the archive: The extraordinary life and times of Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Speaking with shadows: Gwen Lalley - a 1930s pioneer
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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From the archive: Exploring LGBTQ+ history in the Wernher Collection at Ranger’s House
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Speaking with shadows: the people of Hadrian's Wall
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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From the archive: The story behind reggae legend Bob Marley’s blue plaque in London
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Speaking with shadows: Richmond Castle’s Conscientious Objectors
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Speaking with shadows: The Caribbean Prisoners of Portchester Castle
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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From the archive: Ask the experts: Everything you want to know about England’s monasteries
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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From the archive: Ask the experts: everything you want to know about castles
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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From the archive: Ask the experts: Everything you want to know about the Neolithic
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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From the archive: Celebrating England’s post-Christmas winter traditions
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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From the archive: Exploring Victorian Christmas traditions
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Bonus episode: Victorian Christmas Tales and Traditions at Wrest Park
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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From the archive: Celebrating the Roman midwinter festival of Saturnalia
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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From the archive: Christmas entertaining at English Heritage’s houses
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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From the archive: Who were the Romans of Britannia?
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Episode 294 - The 1266 siege of Kenilworth Castle
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Episode 293 - A delicious history of the English pie
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Episode 292 - Hailes Abbey and the Holy Blood
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Episode 291 - Ask the experts: England’s medieval kings and queens
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Episode 290 - Halloween, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Episode 289 - Women in politics in the 1920s
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Episode 288 - Revealing the historic voices of Brixton
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Episode 287 - Beyond 1066: who was William the Conqueror?
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Episode 286 - John of Gaunt: the founder of a dynasty
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Episode 285 - Behind the Scenes of a Roman Villa
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Episode 284 - Lady Elizabeth Russell: Keeper of Donnington Castle
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Episode 283 - Vincent Van Gogh in London
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Episode 282 - Life as a medieval nun
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Episode 281 - Harry Hotspur and Warkworth Castle
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Bonus episode - Summer with Queen Victoria: Life at Osborne
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Episode 280 - Bad King John: England’s worst monarch?
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Episode 279 - Uncovering the prehistoric Uffington White Horse
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Episode 278 - Marble Hill: how to build a Georgian villa
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Episode 277 - In the Ayahs’ Home: Pioneering Indian and Chinese Women in Hackney
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Episode 276 - The lost art of the parterre garden
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Episode 275 - Secrets of the Corbridge Hoard
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Episode 274 - Heroes of the 1924 Paris Olympics
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Episode 273 - Pandemic: how the Black Death ravaged medieval England
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Episode 272 - The decline of the English country house
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Episode 271 - Ask the experts: Summer solstice at Stonehenge
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Episode 270 - England’s rulers and their ‘favourites’
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Episode 269 - Exploring the Roman Lake District
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May 30, 2024 |
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Episode 268 - Building better communities: celebrating two pioneering women
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May 23, 2024 |
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Episode 267 - Day of reckoning: remembering the events of D-Day
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May 16, 2024 |
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Episode 266 - Art and Ideals: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and the Bloomsbury Group
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May 09, 2024 |
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Episode 265 - Stonehenge and the Major Lunar Standstill
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 264 - Ask the Experts: Everything You Wanted to Know About Medieval Knights and Jousts
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Episode 263 - Saving our Paintings: Jan Wijnants at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Episode 262 - Behind the Lord Warden's Secret Door at Walmer Castle
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Episode 261 - 900 years of history at Furness Abbey
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Episode 260 - The military history of the Isles of Scilly
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Episode 259 - Long lost shells returned: from Captain Cook’s voyage to Chesters Roman Fort (via a skip)
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Episode 258 - Seeing Belsay Hall in a new light with artist Ingrid Pollard
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Episode 257 - Mum's the word: an exploration of maternity and motherhood
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Episode 256 - What happened after the Romans left Britain?
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Episode 255 - Walking Offa's Dyke
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Episode 254 - Art and activism: the life and legacy of Derek Jarman
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Episode 253 - True romances: the perfect partnerships made at our sites
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Episode 252 - Uncovering the mystery of the Corbridge dodecahedra
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Episode 251 - The remarkable rise and fall of Old Sarum
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Episode 250 - Eels: medieval England's forgotten currency
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Episode 249 - Leap years, Candlemas and other archaic calendar traditions
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Episode 248 - England’s lost composer: George Jeffreys at Kirby Hall
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Episode 247 - Kits Coty House and the Medway Megaliths
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Episode 246 - Ask the experts: everything you wanted to know about the history of Christmas
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Episode 245 - Christmas misbehaviour and the Lords of Misrule
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Episode 244 - Mead, mulsum and merrymaking: a brief history of booze
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Episode 243 - St Milburga: princess, abbess, miracle worker
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Episode 242 - How to stay healthy in Roman Britain
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Episode 241 - Nye Bevan and the founding of the National Health Service
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Episode 240 - A history of England in stinking sewage
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Episode 239 - The Lady of the Isle: Isabella de Fortibus and Carisbrooke Castle
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Episode 238 - Stonehenge and the Festival of Neolithic Ideas
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Episode 237 - The horrifying history of Farleigh Hungerford Castle
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Episode 236 - Unlocking the story of Portchester's black and mixed-heritage prisoners of war
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Episode 235 - Ask The Experts: everything you want to know about the Battle of Hastings
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Episode 234 - A royal raid: the 1303 burglary of the Crown Jewel treasury
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Episode 233 - Celebrating the Women’s Freedom League with our 1,000th blue plaque
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Episode 232 - A delight for the senses at our historic gardens
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Episode 231 - History lesson: education at medieval schools
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Episode 230 - Henry V at Kenilworth Castle and his 'pleasance in the marsh'
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Episode 229 - Reawakening Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Episode 228 - Flowering interest: recreating the Stonehenge Dahlia Exhibition
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Episode 227 - Ask the experts: Everything you want to know about the Civil Wars and the Restoration
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Episode 226 - Royal, rebel, suffragette: Princess Sophia Duleep Singh
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Episode 225 - The extraordinary life of Margaret Cavendish
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Episode 224 - Who was the real Robin Hood?
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Episode 223 - A portrait of artist Joshua Reynolds
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Episode 222 - Sailing the world with the Courtaulds 1930s-style
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Episode 221 - Unearthing the story of Arthur's Stone
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Episode 220 - Exploring the real lives of the English peasant at Wharram Percy
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Episode 219 - The Ridgeway: a walk through time along England's oldest road
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Episode 218 - Within these walls: Orford Castle
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Episode 217 - Pride of place: uncovering LGBTQ+ histories at our sites
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Episode 216 - Wroxeter: the heart of a Roman city
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May 25, 2023 |
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Episode 215 - Natural history at home: scientific collecting at Audley End in the Victorian era
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May 18, 2023 |
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Episode 214 - Richborough Roman Fort: gateway to Britannia
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May 11, 2023 |
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Episode 213 - Making a mark: the historic graffiti at our sites
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May 04, 2023 |
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Episode 212 - Crowning glory: a history of coronations
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Episode 211 - Warkworth Castle: stories in stone
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Episode 210 - Ask the experts: everything you want to know about the Georgians
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Episode 209 - Cartimandua And Boudica: Iron Age Queens
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Episode 208 - Illuminating Lindisfarne Priory
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Episode 207 - Jane Whorwood: Royalist Spy
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Episode 206 - Launceston Castle and the whale
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Episode 205 - Celebrating the great and good of women's history
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Episode 204 - Building a legacy: the life and designs of Sir Christopher Wren
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Episode 203 - An ancient landscape: Thornborough Henges
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Episode 202 - Roman reverence at the Temple of Mithras
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Episode 201 - Exploring the history of Neolithic pottery at Stonehenge
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Episode 200 - Little wonders: six hidden historic gems to visit in 2023
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Episode 199 - Lady Anne Clifford and the fight for five castles
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Episode 198 - Osborne and Victorian politics, diplomacy and Empire
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Episode 197 - Ask the experts: everything you want to know about the Tudors
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Episode 196 - The remarkable life and legacy of naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Episode 195 - Winter warmers: what our ancestors ate at the coldest time of year
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Episode 194 - From St Nicholas to Scrooge: exploring Victorian Christmas traditions
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Episode 193 - Celebrating Saturnalia: the history and traditions of the Roman midwinter festival
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Episode 192 - Cobbler, tailor, candlestick maker: the role of servants at our medieval monasteries
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Episode 191 - Jewel Tower: the building in the background
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Episode 190 - The Anglo-Irish Treaty and the founding of the Irish Free State
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Episode 189 - From stage to silver screen: the life and career of Charlie Chaplin
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Episode 188 - Remembering the fallen at London’s most poignant war memorials
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Episode 187 - The real story of Bonfire Night and Rushton Triangular Lodge
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Episode 186 - Ask the experts: everything you want to know about England's country houses
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Episode 185 - Feasts through history: a royal reception at Gainsborough Old Hall
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Episode 184 - Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Whitby Abbey and the Victorian Gothic
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Episode 183 - Revenants and Remains: using the dead to bring medieval monasteries back to life
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Episode 182 - Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Prehistoric Japan
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Episode 181 - The surprising history of Wellington Arch
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Episode 180 - 1066 and all that: the rise, reign and fall of Harold Godwinson
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Episode 179 - Bringing in the harvest at Brodsworth Hall and Leigh Court Barn
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Episode 178 - Restormel Castle and the Duchy of Cornwall
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Episode 177 - Ask the experts: everything you want to know about the Romans
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Episode 176 - Feasts through history: fine dining at Stokesay Castle
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Episode 175 - Georgian garden tourists: a potted history of visiting gardens
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Episode 174 - A history of the Great British seaside resort
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Episode 173 - Women in Civil War England: Alice Thornton and Middleham Castle
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Episode 172 - A medieval mission: converting Anglo-Saxon England
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Episode 171 - Holy water: Rievaulx Abbey and the Rye Valley
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Episode 170 - Curating human remains at St Peter’s Church
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Episode 169 - White horses and hill figures in England
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Episode 168 - Somerset v Stewart: the landmark trial that helped to end slavery
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Episode 167 - A history of the castle with John Goodall
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Episode 166 - The Edwardian discovery of Coria
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Episode 165 - Making Marble Hill: the story of Henrietta Howard and her Georgian villa
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May 26, 2022 |
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Episode 164 - Hadrian's Wall part 4: legacy
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May 19, 2022 |
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Episode 163 - Feasts through history: dining and reclining at Lullingstone Roman Villa
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May 12, 2022 |
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Episode 162 - Wars of the Roses part 2: Richard III
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May 05, 2022 |
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Episode 161 - Hadrian’s Wall part 3: evolution and end
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Episode 160 - Behind the scenes of Netflix’s Bridgerton at Ranger’s House
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Episode 159 - King Edmund: Christian martyr, patron saint
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Episode 158 - Ask the experts: Everything you want to know about the Victorians
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Episode 157 - A new perspective on the history of Clifford's Tower
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Episode 156 - Out at Ranger’s House: Exploring LGBTQ+ history in the Wernher Collection
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Episode 155 - The country house at war: Military requisitioning 1939-45
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Episode 154 - Hadrian's Wall part 2: Life at Housesteads Roman Fort
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Episode 153 - National treasures: England’s groundbreaking female archaeologists
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Episode 152 - The Wars of the Roses part 1: The battles begin
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Episode 151 - The extraordinary life and times of Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Episode 150 - Solving the mystery of Audley End's Indigenous American collections
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Episode 149 - Heritage crime watch: how we’re protecting our historic treasures
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Episode 148 - Ask the experts: Everything you want to know about the Neolithic period
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Episode 147 - Hadrian’s Wall part 1: The man behind the wall
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Episode 146 - 1066 and all that: What happened after the Battle of Hastings?
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Episode 145 - Celebrating England’s post-Christmas winter traditions
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Episode 144 - Life on ice: Sir Ernest Shackleton and the blue plaque polar explorers
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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Episode 143 - Christmas entertaining at English Heritage’s properties
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Episode 142 - Holy warriors: The secrets of the Knights Templar
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Episode 141 - Celebrating the Winter Solstice at Stonehenge
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Episode 140 - Burning ambitions: The story of Derwentcote Steel Furnace
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Episode 139 - Thomas, Earl of Lancaster and Dunstanburgh Castle
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Episode 138 - At home with London’s rock and pop stars: introducing the blue plaque supergroup
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Episode 137 - The history of Poppy Day
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Episode 136 - Who were the Romans of Britannia?
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Episode 135 - Medieval medicine, magic and superstition
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Episode 134 - The history of windows, and how we’re saving their stories
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Episode 133 - Divine dairies and the history of butter
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Episode 132 - Freedom fighters: the story of Ellen and William Craft
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Episode 131 - Exploring the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Episode 130 - 1066 and all that: The events and people behind the Battle of Hastings
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Episode 129 - Harvests, hauntings and fiery nights: Exploring our autumn traditions
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Episode 128 - Uncovering the secrets of Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Episode 127 - Exploring Darwin’s living laboratory
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Episode 126 - Hot tubs and hypocausts: Roman bathing in Britain
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Episode 125 - Ask the experts: Everything you want to know about England’s monasteries
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Episode 124 - A Victorian play palace: Inside Osborne’s Swiss Cottage
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Episode 123 - A blast from the past: Introducing our historic artillery collection
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Episode 122 - Early Medieval Britain: Illuminating the ‘Dark Ages’
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Episode 121 - Sporting heroes: Introducing London’s blue plaque Olympians
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Episode 120 - Gainsborough Old Hall and the changing lives of a medieval manor
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Episode 119 - Power and dissent: 950 years of history at Richmond Castle
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Episode 118 - The making of Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Episode 117 - Memories of living at Stonehenge in the 1930s
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Episode 116 - Family life with the Darwins at Down House
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Episode 115 - A new archaeological excavation at Birdoswald Roman Fort
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Episode 114 - A knight’s tale: The real-life English Heritage knights
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Episode 113 - Painting a portrait of Sarah Forbes Bonetta at Osborne
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May 27, 2021 |
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Episode 112 - Preserving the past at Marble Hill and Belsay Hall
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May 20, 2021 |
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Episode 111 - The lawn games and sports played at our historic sites
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May 13, 2021 |
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Episode 110 - Lord of war: Napoleon Bonaparte’s life and legacy
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May 06, 2021 |
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Episode 109 - King on the run: The imprisonment and escapes of King Charles I
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Episode 108 - Here be dragons! Fire breathing beasts and where to find them
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Episode 107 - A flying visit: 100 years since the closure of Stonehenge aerodrome
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Episode 106 - Changing fortunes: At home with the Hattons at Kirby Hall
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Episode 105 - Saints, gospels and vicious Viking raids: The story of Lindisfarne Priory
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Episode 104 - Digging for history at Tintagel Castle
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Episode 103 - At your service: The remarkable working women at our historic houses
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Episode 102 - A costume drama: Storytelling at Bolsover Castle
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Episode 101 - Woman at war: Eleanor de Montfort at Dover Castle
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Episode 100 - Hide and seek with kings and priests at Boscobel House and the Royal Oak
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Episode 99 - Conserving works of art – and how to look after your own
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Episode 98 - Eleanor of Castile: Spanish princess and English queen
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Episode 97 - A tale of two castles: The Bigods, royal rebellions and Framlingham and Orford Castles
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Episode 96 - Adventures in architecture: Sir Charles Monck and the creation of Belsay Hall & Gardens
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Episode 95 - English Heritage in ruins
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Episode 94 - The life and work of St Aelred of Rievaulx
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Episode 93 - Superstition, magic and the Evil Eye in the Roman world
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Episode 92 - Time to change: The history of our calendar
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Episode 91 - The pagan winter customs that shaped Christmas
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Episode 90 - Festive feasts through the ages
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Episode 89 - Thomas Becket’s murder and Dover Castle’s Great Tower
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Episode 88 - Medieval ghosts, ghouls and hauntings
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Episode 87 - A marvellous menagerie: The animals that made history
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Episode 86 - Mortimer Wheeler and the excavation of Stanwick Iron Age Fort
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Episode 85 - On His Majesty’s Secret Service: The real-life blue plaque secret agents
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Episode 84 - Ask the experts: everything you want to know about castles
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Episode 83 - Halloween special: Witchcraft and witch marks
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Episode 82 - Send in the cavalry! The story of Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Episode 81 - Voices of England: How slavery shaped the nation
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Episode 80 - Black plaques: Celebrating London’s black history
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Episode 79 - Untold stories: Poetry for English Heritage
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Episode 78 - The story of Dido Belle at Kenwood
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Episode 77 - What happened to England’s monks and nuns following the Dissolution of the Monasteries?
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Episode 76 - Finding the sarsen stones: A journey to Stonehenge
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Episode 75 - Border force: The defenders of the north
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Episode 74 - Murderous thieves and legendary buccaneers: Pirates of the English Channel
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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Episode 73 - Son, brother, crusader, king: The story of Richard, Earl of Cornwall
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Episode 72 - The First Barons' War and the Great Siege of Dover Castle
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Episode 71 - When the bubble burst: The South Sea Company stock market crash
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Episode 70 - Voices of England: The history hiding in the English landscape
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Episode 69 - Atomic fallout: The story of York Cold War Bunker
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Episode 68 - Keeping up appearances: Exploring the history of makeup
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Episode 67 - Party at the palace: Socialising with the Courtaulds at Etlham Palace in the 1930s
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Episode 66 - Voices of England: How the railways shaped the nation
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Episode 65 - From home to heritage: 30 years of care at Brodsworth Hall
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Episode 64 - Defending the Roman Empire: Richborough and the Saxon Shore Forts
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Episode 63 - Written in the stars: summer solstice and stone circles
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Episode 62 - A literary legacy: at home with Charles Dickens
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Episode 61 - The Duke of Wellington and women of influence at Apsley House
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May 28, 2020 |
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Episode 60 - Operation Dynamo and ‘the miracle of Dunkirk’
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May 21, 2020 |
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Episode 59 - What was life like at our castles?
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May 14, 2020 |
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Episode 58 - Voyage of discovery: Charles Darwin and the bicentenary of the launch of HMS Beagle
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May 07, 2020 |
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Episode 57 - Belsay awakes: Recreating history in Belsay Hall’s gardens
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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Episode 56 - Mary Queen of Scots at Carlisle Castle
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Episode 55 - Saint, soldier, slayer: who was the real St. George?
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Episode 54 - The history of the hunt: how an Easter tradition was hatched
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Episode 53 - On the edge of the Roman Empire: the forts of Hadrian’s Wall
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Episode 52 - Power and Influence: the remarkable women who changed history at our sites
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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Episode 51 - Voices of England: how pre-Christian beliefs shaped our landscape, landmarks & language
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Episode 50 - Wind of change: saving Saxtead Green Post Mill
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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Episode 49 - The blue plaque women who changed the course of English history
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Episode 48 - How to cook the Victorian way with Mrs Crocombe at Audley End
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Episode 47 - Saints and crusaders: medieval relics and pilgrimage at Battle Abbey
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Episode 46 - Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley at Kenilworth Castle
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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Episode 45 - Unearthing Wrest Park’s Mithraic Glade and Root House
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Episode 44 - Dover Castle’s secret Cold War tunnels
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Episode 43 - Spring watch: how we prepare our historic gardens for the new season
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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Episode 42 - The final frontier: what life was like for the Romans on Hadrian’s Wall
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Episode 41 - New year, new skills: behind the scenes with the Stonehenge volunteers
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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Episode 40 - The English Heritage sites that changed the course of history
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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Episode 39 - The origins of Christmas carols, with a special festive performance
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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Episode 38 - A weird and wonderful history of Christmas
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Episode 37 - Celebrating Christmas with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Osborne
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Episode 36 - The rise of Mead: Toasting the world’s oldest alcoholic drink
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Episode 35 - Deal Castle and Henry VIII’s ‘device forts’
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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Episode 34 - Charles Darwin and 'On the Origin of Species' at Down House
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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Episode 33 - Memory & Light: the sound installation delighting visitors’ senses at Belsay Hall
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Episode 32 - Nursing the nation: how Wrest Park became a First World War country house hospital
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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Episode 31 - 'These Our Monsters' : Retelling myths and legends in our new book of short stories
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Episode 30 - The Duke of Wellington and the Battle of Waterloo at Apsley House
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Episode 29 - Rembrandt’s ultimate ‘selfie’ at Kenwood
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Episode 28 - Behind the scenes of the 1066 Battle of Hastings re-enactment
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Episode 27 - Exodus: the story behind reggae legend Bob Marley’s blue plaque in London
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Episode 26 - Rescuing England’s largest collection of rare wall paintings
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 25 - Building a Bronze Age roundhouse at Beeston Castle in Cheshire
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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Episode 24 - The story of a real Downton Abbey at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens in South Yorkshire
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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Episode 23 - Enter a lost industrial world at J.W.Evans Silver Factory in Birmingham
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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Episode 22 - The Iron Bridge and the Industrial Revolution
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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Episode 21 - Steam power at Stott Park Bobbin Mill in Cumbria
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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Episode 20 - Mary Tudor and the succession crisis at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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Episode 19 - Creating Tintagel Castle’s new landmark bridge
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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Episode 18 - Undressing the history of fashion with Amber Butchart
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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Episode 17 - Brave knights and epic fights: The making of a legendary joust
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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Episode 16 - Studying the skies above Stonehenge with space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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Episode 15 - The centenary of the Cenotaph: the UK’s most famous war memorial
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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Episode 14 - The story behind Kenilworth Castle’s Elizabethan Garden
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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Episode 13 - How the Victorians invented the great British beach holiday
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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Episode 12 - Behind the scenes of Summer Solstice at Stonehenge
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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Episode 11 - The mythology of plants at Mount Grace Priory
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Episode 10 - The D-Day landings and Dover Castle
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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Episode 9 - Author George Orwell’s blue plaque and the making of 1984
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May 30, 2019 |
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Episode 8 - Conversations in Making: artist Linda Brothwell on her new exhibition at Stonehenge
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May 23, 2019 |
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Episode 7 - Discover the treasures of Kenwood in London
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May 16, 2019 |
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Episode 6 - Victorian cook Avis Crocombe at Audley End House in Essex
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May 09, 2019 |
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Episode 5 - Explore England’s history on a pilgrimage walk
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May 02, 2019 |
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Episode 4 - Re-discovering Walmer Castle's lost pleasure grounds
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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Episode 3 - The origins of myths, legends and folklore
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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Episode 2 - Setting a date for Easter – the Synod of Whitby
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Episode 1 - Victoria and Albert’s birthdays at Osborne
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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Coming soon - The English Heritage Podcast
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Mar 29, 2019 |