Neil Oliver Podcast
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Interviews & History with Neil OliverSeason 3: Neil Oliver Interviews...Season 2: Neil Oliver's Love Letter to the WorldSeason 1: Neil Oliver's Love Letter to the British IslesBe prepared to be swept away as Neil turns us all into Time Travellers!In Neil's very personal series' he takes us on an incredible journey through history - Season 1 is a history of the British Isles, Season 2 a history of the world - in season 3 he interviews interesting and informed people - accessible, revealing and down-right mind blowing!Useful links:Neil Oliver Patreon Site – https://www.patreon.com/neiloliverSeries Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletterPodcast series – all the usual providers - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/neil-olivers-love-letter-to-the-british-islesNeil Oliver's Love Letter to the British Isles & Neil Oliver's Love Letter to the World are both FBF Podcast Productions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 28, 2020 • 37min
19. Reflections of another World, Llyn Fawr, Mid-Glamorgan
In this episode we travel with Neil to one of the most magical lakes in the British Isles.In the beautiful dark waters of Llyn Fawr, in Mid-Glamorgan, Neil comes face to face with the reflections of another world - home to ritual, ceremony and an ancient way of life that spanned the Bronze and Iron Ages. He rubs shoulders with an elite group of thinkers, whose power and knowledge spread right across the British Isles and discovers a hoard of incredible artefacts.Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - Neil Oliver Love Letter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 21, 2020 • 39min
18. The Dover Boat, Kent
In this episode Neil takes us on board the oldest known seagoing boat in the world – the Dover Boat.Next door to the White Cliffs of Dover, one of the most unmistakeable, and instantly recognisable landmarks in the whole of the British Isles, Neil comes face to face with what for him, is one the most extraordinary artefacts he has ever seen. An incredible bit of ancient kit that was made by Bronze Age shipbuilders and used, by our ancestors, to travel and trade across the channel - Neil brings the Dover Boat to life.Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - Neil Oliver Love Letter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 14, 2020 • 37min
17. The Power Marriage, Great Orme, Llandudno,
This week Neil takes us with him to Llandudno to explore deep within the belly of a mountainous sea serpent.Across the world the powerful marriage of copper and tin was producing a new metal alloy that was propelling the future of our species and driving a new age, the Bronze Age. Around 4000 years ago, at the Great Orme in Clwyd our ancestors started mining copper one of the metals needed to make this new metal alloy. The result, a vast almost industrial operation, helps shine a light on the drive, determination and sophistication of our ancestors - the mine they dug is the largest known prehistoric copper mine in the world.Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - Neil Oliver Love Letter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 7, 2020 • 37min
16. Dawn Of A New Age, Pendeen, Cornwall
In this week’s podcast we travel with Neil across the British Isles into the Bronze Age, investigating the metal alloy that would transform the human species.The ancient world knew Cornwall as one of the richest sources of tin on the planet. And in the Bronze Age tin was in demand, because it is one of the two metals, along with copper, needed to make the new 'wonder' alloy, bronze. Neil takes us to Geevor tin mine on the incredibly beautiful Cornish coast exploring how this part of the British Isles played its part in helping to create the weapons, tools, jewellery and artworks that powered the world’s Bronze age.Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - Neil Oliver Love Letter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 31, 2020 • 34min
15. The Welsh Atlantis, Cantre’r Gwaelod. Borth, Ceredigion
This week Neil takes us to a place swirling with myths and legends.In Cardigan bay lies the fabled Welsh Atlantis, Cantre’r Gwaelod. Legend tells of a rich land that was prized and protected but lost to an unstoppable flood. Setting off from Borth, Neil walks across an ancient landscape that intersects with history and archaeology to reveal some of it’s hidden secrets.Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - Neil Oliver Love Letter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 24, 2020 • 38min
14. The Time Traveller, The Amesbury Archer, Salisbury Museum
In this week’s episode Neil takes us to Salisbury to meet a Time Traveller from around four and a half thousand years ago who still has much to say.Neil uncovers the stories this remarkable man tells us about the journey he took, walking right across Europe to Wiltshire in a time when you could hear the banging and clattering of building work at Stonehenge. Known as the Amesbury Archer, our Time Traveller was a man of great status. When he died, he was buried surrounded by beautiful flint arrow heads, fine archer’s wrist guards, gold and other precious metals - the richest Bronze Age burial ever discovered in Britain.Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - Neil Oliver Love Letter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 17, 2020 • 36min
13. Grand Designs Writ Large - Silbury Hill, Wiltshire
This week Neil travels to the largest artificial, prehistoric mound in Europe.Half a million tons of chalk were used by our Neolithic ancestors to build Silbury Hill. Neil explores this colossal monument, the mystery and myths that surround it and the role it played in the lives of the people who constructed it. Built at a time when our ancestors had moved from being hunter gathers to farmers and were starting to make marks on the landscape, it’s an incredibly powerful statement that shouts ‘we are here’!Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - Neil Oliver Love Letter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 10, 2020 • 42min
12. The World’s Largest Stone Circle – Avebury, Wiltshire
In this week’s podcast Neil’s journey continues across Wiltshire’s powerful ritual landscape, taking us to the largest stone circle in the world.Avebury is a colossal monument built over centuries by our Neolithic ancestors. It consists of three stone circles and at its heart is the cove stone weighing nearly 100 tons. This complex and mysterious monument chart’s the seasons, marks time and once brought our ancestors together. Awed by its sheer scale and intent Neil testifies to the fact that, thousands of years ago, this surely was a place that meant so much.Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - Neil Oliver Love Letter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 3, 2020 • 38min
11. A Wonder Of The World – Stonehenge, Wiltshire
In this episode Neil takes us to a place that is famous around the world and speaks of massive intent.Constructed with huge stones weighing up to 40 tons and great sarsen trilithons - Stonehenge is truly monumental. It brought our ancestors and their ideas together, tracking the light, the planets and time - and 5000 years after it was begun it's somewhere that still has the power to put you in your place.Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - Neil Oliver Love Letter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 27, 2020 • 36min
10. Tomb Detectives – West Kennet Long Barrow, Wiltshire
In this episode Neil takes us across Wiltshire’s Ritual Landscape to investigate a mysterious chambered tomb.Built by our ancestors over 5000 years ago West Kennet Long Barrow is one of the largest chambered tombs in the British Isles. In it were found stone daggers, beads and pottery together with skulls, long bones and other human remains – a place that that still has the power and presence to make the hairs on the back of your neck rise as you crawls inside.Check out the Podcast Instagram Account - Neil Oliver Love Letter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
