A Victorian cult: inside the strange world of the Agapemone
In the 1840s, a strange, secretive community known as the Agapemonites set up camp in Spaxton, Somerset. Presided over by a rogue Anglican priest who believed he had a hotline…
Shopping and snacking: a social history of the high street
Daring department store stunts. Warming cups of cocoa. Argumentative bartering with butchers. What can revisiting high streets gone by reveal about British social history? Historian Annie Gray takes listeners on…
Inside Cath Kidston’s Art-Filled Notting Hill Terrace | Design Notes
The house is nestled away and backs onto a large private garden square with views of a forest of old London plane trees filled with flocks of parakeets. “I have…
Inside a 16th-Century Farmhouse Nestled in The English Countryside | Design Notes
Louise Jones welcomes us into her charming farmhouse located in Surrey. Enchanted by its idyllic setting, Louise Jones could see the merits of this 16th-century Surrey farmhouse despite its interior…
Inside Paula Sutton’s vintage-inspired Hill House and garden | Living with Style
“The house is full of quirky objects” Paula Sutton, 54, says of Hill House, the Georgian property she lives in in Norfolk with her husband and children, Tobias, 22, and…
NEVER TOO SMALL: Vibrant Reimagined Underground Victorian Terrace, London 54sqm/581sqft
Situated on the ground floor of a terraced Victorian home, this once dark and run-down maze of walls is now a bright, open space with transformative sub-dividing elements and a…
How Alexandra Tolstoy made a rental house her own | House & Garden
Behind the neat red-brick façade of a classic Victorian terrace in London are interiors with a fairy-tale charm. As these combine English chintz and romantic-era Russian details with a gallery…
Barbara Walker – ‘It’s like life itself, like the air I breathe’ | Tate
In this film visual artist Barbara Walker MBE, RA shows us around her studio in Birmingham and talks about the themes present in her practice, including temporality, power and body…
Can Vertical Meadows Bring Wildlife Back to Cities? | WILD HOPE
As urban expansion quickly replaces natural habitats, façade engineer Alistair Law has discovered a new way to restore native ecosystems for pollinators and create natural spaces for us all within…