Matt Lewis

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1,908 appearances 31 recordings 3 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard today

Matt Lewis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 31 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 11.

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You'd have to be an absolute lunatic or a pagan. matched

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Christian. matched

monastery. matched

So all along the coast, you've got these incredibly wealthy places full of gold and silver. matched

And I mean, Vikings aren't interested in books, but books are covered in gold and silver as well. matched

And nobody's guarding it. matched

There's a bunch of guys with weird haircuts matched

more volatile. matched

We do see chopping and changing. matched

I mean, literally sometimes. matched

All of the time we get... matched

The unification of England, so that heptarchy finally merging into one kingdom, is a really slow process. matched

The first person we have recorded as using the title of the King of the English who controlled the whole place is Athelstan in 927. matched

So we get the 1100th anniversary of that next year. matched

And that is the moment when England appears to be born. matched

But even then, after Athelstan's death, there are moments when it fractures. matched

Eric Bloodaxe takes control of York as King of York. matched

Maybe. matched

It's a good Viking name. matched

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