The English Heritage Podcast

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• The Bayeux Tapestry: 1066 Comes Home | Episode 1

  October 5, 2026 · 48 min

  Welcome to the first episode of our brand-new, seven-part English Heritage Podcast video series exploring the historic events of 1066.    This episode unravels the years long journey to bring the iconic 70-metre Bayeux Tapestry back to…

• Skeleton 1863: Reconstructing the face of “Conquest Man”

  October 1, 2026 · 37 min

  In this episode, host Amy Matthews is joined by Kevin Booth, English Heritage’s Head Curator of Collections, and Professor Caroline Wilkinson, Director of Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University. Together, they explore how forensic…

• From food to florals: The rise of the rockstar gardener

  September 24, 2026 · 39 min

  The English Heritage Podcast goes live! Host Amy Matthews records in front of a live audience at Audley End House during the 2026 Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair.  Joined by English Heritage experts Andrew Hann, Michael Klemperer and Emily…

• Hidden lives: slavery in Roman Britain

  September 17, 2026 · 29 min

  In this episode, we explore how a simple piece of Roman pottery - a red Samian bowl - can reveal the hidden lives of people living in Britain nearly 2,000 years ago.     Found at Corbridge Roman Town, this artifact features a unique bit…

• The sights, sounds and smells of a Roman fort

  September 10, 2026 · 51 min

  Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall is Britain's most complete Roman fort. From the remains of its buildings, we can get a good idea of what it looked like. But how did the bathhouse smell? Or, perhaps more importantly, what about the…

• Harmondsworth: One of England’s Medieval Great Barns

  September 3, 2026 · 44 min

  Step through the doors of Britain’s surviving medieval barns and you enter a space that once fed whole communities. This week, Amy Matthews meets Dr Lydia Miller and Dr Nick Holder to explore the surprising power of Eng…

• From monastery to mansion: The colourful history of Audley End House

  August 27, 2026 · 48 min

  Audley End House in Essex is still one of England’s finest mansions. To look at it today, you’d never know it started life as Walden Abbey, a Benedictine monastery dissolved by Henry VIII. The story of its journey from monastery to…

• Coastline Special 6: Time and tides – conserving our coastal history

  August 20, 2026 · 37 min

  With their monasteries and castles, historic ports and seaside towns, our coastlines can feel timeless. But the truth is these landscapes, and the communities within them, change all the time. Join Amy and English Heritage’s Senior…