Sissinghurst | A Wound Dressed in Wisteria
In April 1930, a young socialite - cheated of her inheritance by the laws of primogeniture - walked into a Kentish ruin; no electricity, no drains, a farmyard of "squalor and slovenly disorder"... and...
16 Apr 46min
Bournville | The Chocolate Box Utopia
In this episode we travel to Bournville, the extraordinary model village laid out by George Cadbury on the southern fringe of Birmingham. Part garden suburb, part moral experiment, Bournville married ...
9 Apr 43min
The quiet genius of Rousham
Some gardens demand attention. Rousham simply holds it. Tucked into the Oxfordshire countryside, this is a place where design and landscape speak in the same breath - where structure yields to softnes...
21 Mar 34min
Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough
From the marble corridors of Newport to the draughty majesty of Blenheim Palace, Consuelo Vanderbilt was the ultimate 'Dollar Princess' - a woman who was traded in by her parents for a title she neve...
5 Mar 51min
Knowsley Hall Pt. II | With the Earl of Derby
In this second instalment with our special guest, Teddy, the 19th Earl of Derby, we are guided through the magnificent state rooms of Knowsley Hall, the Derby's privately owned stately home that sits ...
20 Feb 41min
Knowsley Hall Pt. I | With the Earl of Derby
Join us for an exclusive 3-part series with the Earl and Countess of Derby at the extraordinary Knowsley Hall!In this episode, we peel back the layers of the Stanley dynasty - a family that turned the...
9 Feb 1h 1min
Almshouses | Architecture for the soul | Ep. 103
In this episode, we explore how guilt-ridden medieval merchants and eccentric Victorian philanthropists built almshouses - so-called 'hospitals of the soul.' We deconstruct the classic almshouse form ...
23 Jan 43min
Big Ben: At the stroke of midnight... | An Architectural Icon | Ep. 102
As the resonant peals of the Great Bell usher in the New Year, we turn our eyes to the Elizabeth Tower; the neo-gothic sentinel that is universally - if erroneously - known as 'Big Ben'!In this New Ye...
4 Jan 50min
