The English Heritage Podcast
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The English Heritage Podcast is a history podcast hosted by English Heritage. It has 368 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
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.
history ·en ·368 episodes
Memories of flowers: a country house and its community
The bittersweet history of chocolate
The Partners: who were Seely and Paget?
The hidden history of women in construction
The secret world of portrait miniatures
The birth of medieval manuscripts
Poetry, maths and the Milky Way: the unsung genius of Thomas Wright
Rethinking an Iron Age ‘war cemetery’
Love tokens from history
Before 1066: how England’s elites lived, ruled, and showed off
A postie, an emperor, and a 2,000-year-old grain measure
Falconry, fashion and threat: a history of people and birds
Adventure and obsession: orchid hunting in the 1930s
Dogs and devotion: faithful companions and their families
Vermeer: Double Vision
What was Christmas like for servants below stairs?
The curious case of Santa’s finger and the story of Christian pilgrimage
From Bayswater to Neverland: J.M. Barrie and the boy who wouldn’t grow up
Living with the ancestors: Neolithic death and remembrance
A delicious history of pudding
From Brodsworth with love: the girl who knitted for the front
Disability and care in medieval England
‘Pleasing terrors’: the origins and continuing popularity of ghost stories
Privilege and play: a history of childhood adventure
Enslaver, politician, survivor: the complex life of Elizabeth Vassall Fox
A history of curry in Britain
A coin, a castle and a conquest: the Normans in the north of England
Circle of Days and the building of Stonehenge
Monastic to modern: a history of universities
Feeding the masses: fuelling an agricultural revolution
Pumps and people power: firefighting at country houses
The Melsonby Hoard: life in Iron Age Britain
William Marshal: the man behind the myth
A potted history of houseplants
Cultivating a vision: women in garden design
‘Dollar princesses’ or influential heiresses? A new perspective on Sargent’s American portraits
A short history of games with Taskmaster’s Alex Horne
The Black British composer who broke America
‘Princely Shows’ and power: Elizabeth I at Kenilworth Castle
How 1930s fashion and design shook up a former medieval palace
Espionage, identity and cross-dressing in the Middle Ages
The enduring allure of stone circles
The art of heritage: Turner’s vision of England
The illuminating story of stained glass
People of 1381: stories from the Peasants’ Revolt
Gladiators: finds, fans and fame
The camera, the cook and the chauffeur: a country house love story
Computers, protection and peace in the Cold War era
From bobbins to skyscrapers: the story of Shrewsbury Flaxmill
Georgian wallpaper and an enduring fashion trend
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