BBC Archive: 1975: A Nun’s Life
Tuesday Documentary: Chastity, Poverty and Obedience, originally broadcast on BBC One, 27 May, 1975.
I want to hide and to be seen
I suppose I see where we are right now like this: the media and political parties refuse to call racists, racist or bigots, bigots. They editorialise as if racists have…
Inside Alan’s Beautifully Restored Norfolk Cottage Full of Charm & Character
Bought ten years ago as a holiday home, the plan grew into something much bigger. The cottage hadn't been touched since the 1950s, and by the time demolition stopped, only…
Narrow garden magic – how a garden designer transforms their own garden
Long, narrow gardens are difficult to get right. In this video, garden designer Edmund Jackson takes us through the transformation of his own garden from a weed-infested corridor to a…
Touring Househomo: Richard O’Gorman’s Eclectic Victorian Terrace | Visitors’ Book
The World of Interiors presents Visitors’ Book with Richard O’Gorman. Interior designer and colour-theorist Richard O’Gorman welcomes us into his playful and kaleidoscopic Victorian Terrace, based in the heart of…
Washing Machine Porn | Mitchell and Webb
Mitchell and Webb take aim at the strange logic of online video analytics in this sketch from Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. When a plumber named Barry learns that…
100 Years of Fashionable Womenswear: 1830s – 1930s | V&A
Discover changing silhouettes and key fashion developments across 100 years of British and French womenswear: from a Victorian wedding dress inspired by Indian textile motifs, to an Edwardian lace day…
Inside John’s Mini English Castle 🏰 89sqm/956sqft
Owner John reveals how this 250-year-old Buckinghamshire ruin was transformed into a breathtaking modern sanctuary. Discover the genius of small-space living, from the bespoke 58-step spiral staircase to the octagonal…
Inside Buckingham Palace’s Queen Elizabeth II Exhibition
Hamish Bowles, Vogue’s Global Editor-at-Large, alongside Caroline de Guitaut, Surveyor of the King’s Works of Art, tours Buckingham Palace for the Royal Collection Trust’s “Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in…
The Unexpected Décor Inside This 1,000-Year-Old Norman Castle
When Frieda Gormley, co-founder of House of Hackney, and her husband Javvy took on the lease of Trematon Castle, they swapped a tiny Hackney garden for nine acres of Norman…