The Vache: Baroque music in an Elizabethan setting | Ep. 85
This week, Geoff and Rory are joined by countertenor, arranger of classical music and co-founder of 'Vache Baroque', Jonathan Darbourne, to discuss the storied history of the The Vache - an elegant, p...
17 Juli 20251h 1min
'Capability' Brown: Visionary or vandal? | Ep. 84
Lancelot 'Capability' Brown is known throughout the world as the master of the English landscape garden. A visionary who created carefully curated, idyllic and natural-looking landscapes at many of th...
8 Juli 20251h 5min
The Country House Podcast LIVE at Nevill Holt Festival: A country house reborn | Ep. 83
We were delighted to host our first LIVE podcast recording at Nevill Holt Festival - an arts and culture festival held in the grounds of Nevill Holt Hall, a historic country house set within a thrivin...
25 Juni 20251h 5min
Elveden Hall with Sam Dalrymple: A Mughal palace in the Suffolk countryside | Ep. 82
Geoff and Rory are joined by renowned writer, film-maker and Mughal historian, Sam Dalrymple, for a fascinating and storied episode on the history of Elveden Hall in Suffolk.Once the English home of t...
10 Juni 20251h 5min
Beaulieu Palace House: 'The Gilt and the Gingerbread' | Ep. 81
Geoff and Rory are joined by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu and his nephew, Ben Montagu-Scott, for a fascinating episode on the extraordinary and storied history of Beaulieu Palace House in the New Forest, ...
3 Juni 202553min
Joseph Paxton: Gardener, engineer, entrepreneur | Ep. 80
Geoff and Rory discuss the remarkable life of a Victorian genius; the upwardly mobile Joseph Paxton. The son of a farmer, he found a patron in the 6th Duke of Devonshire and by the age of 23 Paxton wa...
27 Maj 20251h 6min
Brideshead Revived: Castle Howard's 21st century renaissance with Nick Howard | Ep. 79
Nestled in the Howardian Hills of ‘God’s own country’ of Yorkshire, something extraordinary is happening at Vanbrugh's great English Baroque masterpiece, Castle Howard. Famed for its seminal role in B...
21 Maj 20251h 5min
'The Three Classicists': Fifteen years on with Francis Terry, Ben Pentreath & George Saumarez Smith | Ep. 78
This week were are privileged to be joined by legendary architectural trio 'The Three Classicists' to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their seminal exhibition at RIBA (The Royal Institute of British...
13 Maj 202536min
