Episode 1 - Basil Brown
This first episode of the Ipswich History Podcast explores the life and work of Basil Brown, who is best known for his excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial in the summer of 1939. But, as we will discover, there was much more of interest to the man than that.
Interviewees
Gilbert Burroughes
Jude Plouviez
Philip Wise
Podcast artwork
Kelly Wadsworth
Podcast script and music
Caleb Howgego
Sources
Durrant, Chris, Basil Brown, Astronomer, Archaeologist, Enigma, (n.p., 2004)
Marzinzik, Sonja, The Sutton Hoo Helmet, (The British Museum Press, 2007)
Plunkett, Steven J., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-58933
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Ipswich History Podcast
A podcast that explores the history of Ipswich.
- No. of episodes: 6
- Latest episode: 2020-07-20
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