Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

This week is the third part of our mini-series on spaces we love. We’ll be joining curator Charles Farris who has chosen to take us on a gentle stroll into a small but rather special Tudor space, hid…

This week we’re continuing our mini-series on treasured spaces with a modest cottage hidden away in Kew Gardens. We’ll take a walk with Curator Lee Prosser through this intimate and charming space, t…

In this new six-part mini-series, we’ll be exploring a selection of treasured spaces in our palaces with the people who know them best, our curators.  

Some spaces will be grand and some modest, some…

In this six-part mini-series, we’ll be exploring a selection of treasured spaces in our palaces with the people who know them best, our curators.

Some spaces will be grand and some modest, some are…

The well-known nursery rhyme cautions us to ‘Remember, Remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason, and plot’, but what does the Gunpowder Plot really mean to us today? 

In this second episod…

It’s no small feat to tackle the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. It was an attempt by radical Catholic conspirators to assassinate King James I, and to destroy parliament in one devastating explosion, with G…

The Victorian era is defined by great leaps in cultural, technological and scientific innovations. In this series compiled from our archive we explore the fast moving world of Queen Victoria.       

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The Victorian era is defined by great leaps in cultural, technological and scientific innovations.  In this series compiled from our archive we explore the fast moving world of Queen Victoria.       

The Victorian era is defined by great leaps in cultural, technological and scientific innovations. In this series compiled from our archive we explore the fast moving world of Queen Victoria.

This ta…

In this two-part series compiled from our archives we explore the history of food and dining across our palaces.

In this second episode, food historian Pen Vogler explains the art of describing culin…

In this two-part series from our archives, we explore the history of food and dining across our palaces.       

For this episode, join food historian Dr Annie Gray as she delves into the delights of …

In this talk writer Thomas Levenson discovers the surprising and unknown history of Isaac Newton as Warden of the Mint at the Tower of London.

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In this second talk on Richard III, historian Michael Hicks contextualises the life and character of King Richard III.

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In the first of two talks on Richard III, leading archaeologist Dr Richard Buckley tells his story of the amazing discovery of Richard III in a car park in the city of Leicester, England.

For more in…

The history of the English garden reveals more than expected about the past and its people. This series explores the theme of gardens as places of work, rest, and leisure.    

In this talk landscape …

The history of the English garden reveals more than expected about the past and its people. This series explores the theme of gardens as places of work, rest, and leisure.    

In this talk historian …

The history of the English garden reveals more than expected about the past and its people. This series explores the theme of gardens as places of work, rest, and leisure.    

In this talk historian …

In this talk Maze desig…

In this talk Historic R…