May 20, 202650 min
In this second Spring Special episode, we focus on two objects on the smaller end of the scale at the V&A. On display in the newly revamped Gilbert Collection galleries, the objects are the earliest example of a...
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Past Matters
Hosted by Ploy Radford · society · EN
About this Podcast:
Museums, galleries and historic houses are treasure troves of items from the past. But how easy is it at these sites to unknowingly just walk straight past an object with an incredible story to tell? In this podcast series host Ploy Radford talks to the experts at different museums, galleries and historic houses about the most underrated objects in their collection, and unveils some fantastic facts.
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What is Past Matters about?
Museums, galleries and historic houses are treasure troves of items from the past. But how easy is it at these sites to unknowingly just walk straight past an object with an incredible story to tell?
Who hosts Past Matters?
Past Matters is hosted by Ploy Radford. The show has published 54 episodes to date.
What has Past Matters covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Spring Special 2026: Snuffboxes and Micromosaics at the V&A" (20 May 2026, 50 minutes), "Spring Special 2026: Echoes of Ash - Life in Herculaneum" (10 May 2026, 40 minutes), and "Fulvia - interview with Dr Jane Draycott" (29 August 2025, 57 minutes).
How often does Past Matters publish?
Past Matters publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 54 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Past Matters?
Booking probability for Past Matters is 22%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Past Matters requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Past Matters's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Past Matters?
The strongest fits for Past Matters are Museums, Zoos & Historic Sites. Past Matters has a society audience.
About the host
Ploy Radford hosts Past Matters, a society podcast with 54 episodes published.
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- May 10, 202640 min
In the first of these Spring Specials 2026, historian Adrian Murdoch talks about what makes Herculaneum such a unique historic site, and focuses in on the stories of two citizens whose lives are preserved in the ashes...
Episode #5
Fulvia - interview with Dr Jane Draycott
Aug 29, 202557 minS5<p>Hear historian Dr Jane Draycott reveal the fascinating life of Fulvia - the woman who defied all the rules in Ancient Rome. </p>
- Aug 14, 202543 minS5
<p>In this episode Dr Jo Ball shares the stories behind three military tombstones from Roman Britain, touching on themes of life and death in the Roman empire, what it means to be a Roman and more. </p>
Past Matters
A carved limewood cravat - Chatsworth House
Aug 1, 202522 minS0<p>In the second of a two part episode focused on Chatsworth House, Assistant Curator Katherine Hardwick-Kulpa shares the mysteries around a carved limewood cravat .</p>
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- Jul 23, 202527 minS5
<p>In the first of a two-part episode focused on the English stately home Chatsworth House, Assistant Curator Katherine Hardwick-Kulpa explains to host Ploy Radford-Taylor why a small table tucked away in the West...
- Jun 26, 202542 minS5
<p>In this episode of Past Matters, academic and author Emily Hauser shines a light on the women who inspired the female characters of Homer's great epics. </p>
- Jun 17, 202547 minS5
<p>Season 5 opens with an interview with Hannah Bradbury-Crowther, Curator of Diverse Histories at the National Museum of the Royal Navy sharing the tales the figurehead of the HMS Queen Charlotte has seen...</p>
- Dec 31, 202430 minS4
<p> </p> <p>In this New Year special to round off season 4, author Amber Chen reveals the historical influences behind her silkpunk fantasy novel ‘Of Jade and Dragons’.</p> <p> </p>
- Dec 19, 202445 minS4
<p>Luc Amkreutz, curator of the prehistory collections at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, reveals the story behind the Sword of Ommerschans, currently on display as part of the 'Bronze Age: Fires of...
- Dec 11, 202431 minS4
<p>This episode shines a light on Christine de Pizan, one of the overlooked women from history featured in the British Library's exhibition 'Medieval Women: In their own Words'. Curator Eleanor Jackson tells host Ploy...
- Dec 5, 202442 minS4
<p>Leighton House's new exhibition 'Leighton and Landscape: Impressions from Nature shines a new light on its famous former occupant. In this episode, senior curator Daniel Robbins shares the story behind Frederic, Lord...
- Nov 28, 202441 minS4
<p>Host Ploy Radford-Taylor returns to the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum where a chat with curator Duncan Walker about some innocuous Japanese souvenirs leads to a much wider discussion about changing Japanese...
- Nov 14, 202429 minS4
<p>While you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, you can’t deny that clothes can reveal a lot about a person, or the past, as host Ploy Radford-Taylor finds when she visits Blandford Fashion Museum. </p>
- Nov 6, 202439 minS4
<p>In this episode, historian Dr Lizzie Rogers tells the story of Elizabeth Montagu, famed salon hostess and founder of the Blue Stockings Society, literary critic and successful businesswoman. </p>
- Oct 31, 202457 minS4
<p>In this first episode of season 4, host Ploy Radford-Taylor interviews author Rachel Blackmore about her debut novel 'Costanza', which tells the story of Costanza Piccolomini, whose affair with celebrated superstar...
Past Matters
Easter 2023 special - Cleopatra Selene
Apr 7, 202355 minS0<p>For this second Easter 2023 special episode, host Ploy Radford interviews Dr Jane Draycott on the life and times of Cleopatra Selene, daughter of the famous Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman general Mark Antony. While...
- Apr 6, 202342 minS0
<p>For this Easter 2023 special episode of Past Matters, host Ploy Radford interviews Dr David Haycock, curator of a new exhibition about the equestrian artist Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869-1958) at the Russell Cotes Art...
Dec 30, 20221h 11mS0<p>In a new year special, historian and author Catherine Curzon tells podcast host Ploy Radford about the story of the British queen who never was - Sophia Dorothea, the much maligned wife of King George I. </p>
Episode #6
Animal bones - Fishbourne Roman Palace
Dec 11, 202234 minS3<p>In this final episode of season 3, podcast host Ploy Radford and zooarchaeologists Dr Rob Symmons and Professor Naomi Sykes discuss the importance of animal bones to unveiling the past, and how the ones discovered at...
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