Podcasts by Bettany Hughes’s Ten Places, Europe and Us

Bettany Hughes’s Ten Places, Europe and Us

Historian Bettany Hughes goes beyond the delights of teas and topiary to explore ten inspiring National Trust sites. Join Bettany as she travels around some of the most splendid sites in England, guided by our experts, to investigate their deep-rooted connections to Europe and the wider world.

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Bettany Hughes’s Ten Places, Europe and Us
2 Willow Rd from 2016-12-26T02:00

Bettany takes a tour of 2 Willow Road in Hampstead with National Trust volunteer John Escolme. The house was built by Hungarian architect Ernö Goldfinger both as family home and manifesto of his M...

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Orford Ness from 2016-12-19T02:00

Bettany explores Orford Ness, a ten-mile long shingle spit off the coast of Suffolk, with site manager Grant Lohoar and wildlife expert Stewart Warrington. Access to Orford Ness was denied to the ...

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Upton House from 2016-12-12T02:00

Upton House in Warwickshire was one of four houses owned by Walter Samuel, the 2nd Lord Bearsted, who was one of the richest men in Britain before the Second World War. When he bought this estate ...

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Sandham Memorial Chapel from 2016-12-05T02:00

The Sandham Memorial Chapel in Hampshire is Stanley’s Spencer’s monument to the forgotten dead of the First World War. The murals draw on Spencer’s experiences serving first as a medical orderly in...

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Waddesdon from 2016-11-28T02:00

Bettany visits Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, an extraordinary French chateau built as a fairy-tale castle by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the heart of the English countryside. Here Betta...

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Kingston Lacy from 2016-11-21T02:00

At Kingston Lacy in Dorset, Bettany meets House Steward Bernie King to learn about William John Bankes who, during the 19th Century, turned Kingston Lacy into the treasure trove you’ll find today. ...

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Fountains Abbey from 2016-11-14T02:00

Now a romantic ruin, Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire was a thriving industrial hub for the Cistercian order of monks in the 12th Century. Here Bettany meets archaeologist Mark Newman to bring th...

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Sutton Hoo from 2016-11-07T02:00

Bettany visits Sutton Hoo in Suffolk to piece together a profile of the mystery king who was buried in the world famous Anglo-Saxon ship burial. A strong contender was King Raedwald who was importa...

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Chedworth Roman Villa from 2016-10-31T02:00

Bettany takes a tour of the Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire with archeologist Martin Papworth who reveals what the latest excavations tell us about the people who lived here. Chedworth's h...

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Avebury from 2016-10-24T01:00

Bettany visits the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Avebury in Wiltshire. Here the largest prehistoric stone circle in the world stands at the centre of one of the greatest concentrations of Neolithic...

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Trailer from 2016-10-20T09:01:24

Bettany Hughes introduces the National Trust Ten Places Europe and Us podcast.

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