History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day.

Episode 5: The arrival of the Northmen and the discovery of Viking York’s lost street.

Guests in this episode are: Alex Harvey from The Yorkshire Museum and Miranda Schmeiderer and Lucas Norton – hosts of That Jorvik Viking Thing podcast https://www.jorvikthing.com/podcasts/

And they will be back again for more Norse morsels in the next episode, when Yorkshire becomes part of England and an excavation at a local bank discovers something much more personal than a comb…...

Further internet rabbit holes to chase down include:

https://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/

https://www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk/

https://jorvikvikingfestival.co.uk/

Vikings Live at The British Museum from 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuL0Q0tsid4

In this podcast:

Alcuin of York’s diatribes were voiced by David Newell.

The Spirit of York is embodied by Alison Willis.

This episode was produced and presented by Guy Morgan. It’s a Soundstagenorth production.

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