• Astronomy, codebreaking & stainless steel
    Oct 3 2017

    Join Emma Barnett and Science & Discovery category judge Professor Lord Robert Winston as we begin our journey through the history of science and discovery in England. Explore why ten places have been chosen from hundreds of your nominations.

    Nominate a place at HistoricEngland.org.uk/100Places

    A History of England in 100 Places is a Historic England podcast, sponsored by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical ecclesiastical.com

    With special thanks to the Royal College of Anaesthetists for information provided for this episode

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    25 mins
  • Cholera, smallpox & immunology
    Oct 10 2017

    Join Emma Barnett and Science & Discovery category judge Professor Lord Robert Winston as we continue our journey through the history of science and discovery in England. From a little hut in Gloucestershire, to a water pump in the heart of London, explore why ten places have been chosen from hundreds of your nominations.

    Nominate a place at HistoricEngland.org.uk/100Places

    A History of England in 100 Places is a Historic England podcast, sponsored by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical ecclesiastical.com

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    12 mins
  • DNA, Rosalind Franklin & Photo 51
    Oct 17 2017

    Join Emma Barnett and Science & Discovery category judge Professor Lord Robert Winston as we continue our journey through the history of science and discovery in England. Historic England's Jane Sidell and UCLA's Professor Soraya de Chadarevian tell the story of Rosalind Franklin's extraordinary contribution to science, as we explore why ten places have been chosen from hundreds of your nominations.

    Nominate a place at HistoricEngland.org.uk/100Places

    A History of England in 100 Places is a Historic England podcast, sponsored by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical ecclesiastical.com

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    10 mins
  • Radio telescopes & interferometry
    Oct 24 2017

    Join Emma Barnett and Science & Discovery category judge Professor Lord Robert Winston as we continue our journey through the history of science and discovery in England. Visit Jodrell Bank Observatory, home to two Grade I listed radio telescopes and a centre for groundbreaking research in the fields of astronomy and interferometry, as we explore why ten places have been chosen from hundreds of your nominations.

    Nominate a place at HistoricEngland.org.uk/100Places

    A History of England in 100 Places is a Historic England podcast, sponsored by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical ecclesiastical.com

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    15 mins
  • What did the Romans do for travel & tourism?
    Oct 27 2017

    Join Emma Barnett, Travel & Tourism category judge Dr Bettany Hughes and De Montfort University's Dr Su Barton as we begin our journey through the history of travel and tourism in England. Find out what the Romans did for travel and tourism in England as we explore why ten places have been chosen from hundreds of your nominations.

    Nominate a place at HistoricEngland.org.uk/100Places

    A History of England in 100 Places is a Historic England podcast, sponsored by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical ecclesiastical.com

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    18 mins
  • Pubs, trains & New England
    Nov 7 2017

    Join Emma Barnett, Travel & Tourism category judge Dr Bettany Hughes and De Montfort University's Dr Su Barton as we continue our journey through the history of travel and tourism in England. From pubs, to the railway age and the New World, we explore why ten places have been chosen from hundreds of your nominations.

    Nominate a place at HistoricEngland.org.uk/100Places

    A History of England in 100 Places is a Historic England podcast, sponsored by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical ecclesiastical.com

    Note: Locomotion Number One, which features in this episode, is on loan from the National Railway Museum, York.

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    20 mins
  • The great outdoors
    Nov 14 2017

    Join Emma Barnett, Travel & Tourism category judge Dr Bettany Hughes and De Montfort University's Dr Su Barton as we continue our journey through the history of travel and tourism in England. From the birth of ‘outdoor pursuits’, to the rise of English holiday camps, we explore why ten places have been chosen from hundreds of your nominations.

     

    A History of England in 100 Places is a Historic England podcast, sponsored by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical.

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    18 mins
  • I do like to be beside the seaside
    Nov 21 2017

    Join Emma Barnett, Travel & Tourism category judge Dr Bettany Hughes and De Montfort University's Dr Su Barton as we conclude our journey through the history of travel and tourism in England. They’ll discuss beautiful piers, seaside amusements and grand Victorian hotels. Nominate a place at HistoricEngland.org.uk/100Places | A History of England in 100 Places is a Historic England podcast, sponsored by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical ecclesiastical.com

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    23 mins