The latest episode of Spotlight on Heritage brings a conversation between John Coster and Juliet Martin, exploring the role of heritage in shaping young people’s understanding of identity, place, and opportunity. The discussion moves beyond the conventional idea of heritage as something preserved in museums or old buildings and instead focuses on how personal and community histories are created through lived experiences.

Following her thought-provoking (and challenging!) address at Scotland’s Historic Environment Forum, we invited Irene Mosota (chief executive of Knowledge-Bridge UK) to revisit the themes of her speech in this article. Is the heritage sector an exclusive sector? And, if so, what more can we do to in