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The English Heritage Podcast

The English Heritage Podcast


The English Heritage Podcast

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Length:
265 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Description

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites, and brings the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 265 episodes

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Episode 266: Art and Ideals: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and the Bloomsbury Group

This week, we’re discussing the lives, loves, work and legacies of two unconventional a...

42 minutes
May 09, 2024

Episode 265 - Stonehenge and the Major Lunar Standstill

A Major Lunar Standstill (MLS) – an astrological phenomenon which takes place once ever...

55 minutes
May 01, 2024

Episode 264 - Ask the Experts: Everything You Wanted to Know About Medieval Knights and Jousts

We’re joined by English Heritage curator of collections and interiors Dickon Whitewood ...

67 minutes
Apr 25, 2024

Episode 263 - Saving our Paintings: Jan Wijnants at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens

This week, we’re joined by two English Heritage curators of collections, Eleanor Matthe...

61 minutes
Apr 18, 2024

Episode 262 - Behind the Lord Warden's Secret Door at Walmer Castle

This week we’re in Kent to take a peek into the hidden history of Walmer Castle, one of...

45 minutes
Apr 11, 2024

Episode 261 - 900 years of history at Furness Abbey

Nine hundred years after a community of monks settled in the ‘vale of nightshade’ on th...

61 minutes
Apr 04, 2024

Episode 260 - The military history of the Isles of Scilly

We’re heading to the Isles of Scilly – a small cluster of islands off the tip of Cornwa...

59 minutes
Mar 28, 2024

Episode 259 - Long lost shells returned: from Captain Cook’s voyage to Chesters Roman Fort (via a skip)

This week we’re discussing the story of Bridget Atkinson, a Cumbrian woman who amassed ...

44 minutes
Mar 21, 2024

Episode 258 - Seeing Belsay Hall in a new light with artist Ingrid Pollard

We're joined by Turner Prize-nominated artist and photographer, Ingrid Pollard, to disc...

47 minutes
Mar 14, 2024

Episode 257 - Mum's the word: an exploration of maternity and motherhood

This week, as we approach Mother's Day here in the UK, we're joined by senior propertie...

65 minutes
Mar 07, 2024