Join Emma Barnett, Historic England’s Deborah Lamb and De Montfort University's Professor Martin Polley as we delve into England’s top ten Sports and Leisure locations, as selected by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, including the ‘cathedrals’ of tennis and rugby and a much-loved outdoor lido. 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
A Bronze Age time capsule and haunting seaside abbeys
George Orwell and The Hacienda
The Brontës, Dickens and the 100 Club
Austen, Handel and Hendrix
Stratford, stereo sound and Socialism
Royal Processions and Olympic Feats
The birthplace of the Paralympics and post-war theatre
Cricket, a steeplechase and a beautiful ballroom
Sport and Leisure double bill on the 9th of January 2018
Post-war prefabs & social housing
Victoria & Abdul, industrial villages & experimental horticulture
Public parks, allotments & a very grand design
Castle life & the birth of charity
I do like to be beside the seaside
The great outdoors
Pubs, trains & New England
What did the Romans do for travel & tourism?
Radio telescopes & interferometry
DNA, Rosalind Franklin & Photo 51
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