35. St Nectan’s Glen, Cornwall
This week Neil takes us off the beaten track to St Nectan’s Glen in Cornwall. It’s one of a number of enchanted places that are dotted all over the British Isles, which have a real aura and presence a...
19 Jan 202131min
34. The heart of the British Isles, Snaefell, Isle of Man
This week Neil travels to an island at the heart of the British Isles.Snaefell is the highest mountain on the Isle of Man. On a clear day, from it’s peak, they say you can spin 360 degrees and see sev...
12 Jan 202127min
33. Magna Carta
This week, Neil travels to see an iconic document that shook the world.In 1215 a battling king squared up to his rebellious barons in a power struggle produced Magna Carta and a new political order. A...
5 Jan 202129min
32. Durham Cathedral
This week Neil travels back in time, almost 1000 years, to what became the city of Durham and the construction of a majestic building whose beauty and power have resonated down through the centuries e...
29 Dec 202032min
31. The Great War
This week Neil’s journey takes us in search of the battle whose ferocity, violence and savagery shocked the whole of the British Isles and shaped its borders for ever – the battle of Brunanburh.The re...
22 Dec 202034min
30. A Great King, Hyde Abbey, Winchester
This week Neil takes us in search of the remains of one the greatest Kings ever to reign in the British Isles.Not far from Winchester’s city centre, in amongst modern residential streets, Neil is on t...
15 Dec 202034min
29. King Alfred the Great versus the Viking, The Alfred Jewel
This week Neil takes us back in time to meet a king who stopped the Vikings in their tracks.Sitting in the Ashmolean museum in Oxford is a precious golden artefact called the Alfred Jewel, which is ov...
8 Dec 202026min
28. The Vikings Great Heathen Army, Repton, Derbyshire
This week Neil winters with the Great Heathen Army, the mighty Viking force that was poised, ready to sweep across the British Isles.After the Vikings defeated the powerful Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Merc...
1 Dec 202038min
