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Shows that Go OnS3:E3 Lutyens, The Work of the English ArchitectIn this episode Malika Browne talks to former Country Life editor, architectural writer and podcaster Clive Aslet, about the Edwin Lutyens exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London in 1981. The exhibition was huge, immersive, and led to a reappraisal of Sir Edwin Lutyens as a great English architect. Its success also led to the founding of the Lutyens Trust.www.lutyenstrust.org.ukwww.lutyenstrustamerica.comFurther Reading:Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain’s Greatest Architect? By Clive Aslet. Triglyph Books 2024Further Listening:https://open.sp...
2026-01-2346 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineThe Crisis of Liverpool Street Station (EMERGENCY BROADCAST!)Send us a textThis week John and Clive are frothing with disapproval at Network Rail’s plan to upgrade Liverpool Street Station.  It is proposed that this will be funded by a development which will impose an out-of-scale tower at the entrance to the station, which will deprive the concourse of natural light and destroy the surroundings.  What a pity.  Liverpool Street was brilliantly reimagined in the late 1980s, to make a virtually new station so much in the spirit of the old that many people assume that it is largely Victorian.  If only there was someon...
2026-01-2357 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineFlushed with Pride: The History of the LavatorySend us a textThis week John and Clive present their long-awaited podcast on one of the most essential but least discussed rooms in any dwelling – the lavatory.  Or (because no object in English or any other language is subject to so many euphemisms and circumlocutions) the necessary, the little house, the smallest room, the going place, the jakes, the john, the pissing place, the bog, the toilet…the list goes on.  Although it fulfils a universal need, the loo has taken many forms over the centuries, being subject not only to technological innovation but social change.  Today’s...
2026-01-1659 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineSin, Sculpture and Scandal: What is the Truth about Sir Francis Dashwood's West Wycombe Park?Send us a textSir Francis Dashwood, who used to dress as a Franciscan monk and allegedly took part in orgies in the ruins of Medmenham Abbey, was one of the most notorious libertines of the 18th century.  Is this a correct depiction of his character?  John thinks not.  Instead, he acquired his dubious reputation as a result of slurs cast by his political enemies, which Sir Francis, who didn’t care what anyone else thought about him, chose to ignore.  His refusal to stoop to the level of his opponents has meant that some of the mud ha...
2026-01-0857 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineThe History of Exeter Cathedral: From Norman to NowSend us a textIn this episode of Your Places or Mine, Clive Aslet and John Goodall head west to Exeter Cathedral, one of England’s most distinctive medieval churches. From its extraordinary uninterrupted Gothic vault — the longest of its kind in the world — to its weathered towers and richly layered history, they explore how this cathedral grew, adapted and survived centuries of change. Along the way, they swap stories about bishops, builders and bold design choices, uncovering why Exeter feels so different from other English cathedrals — and why its quiet brilliance deserves closer attention.
2025-12-2558 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineThe Bank of England: Soane, Baker and the Most Controversial Building of the 20th CenturySend us a text2025 celebrates the rebuilding of the Bank of England by Sir Herbert Baker – if celebrate is the right word.  It remains one of the most controversial projects in 20th century architecture.  Baker’s name has been irredeemably blackened for his presumption in destroying the Bank of England created by Sir John Soane a century before.  Clive and John revive the debate, describing the history of this great symbol of British finance and might, asking whether Baker has had a fair press.  While Soane’s vanished interiors were a masterpiece, the financial operations of the Britis...
2025-12-1952 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineChim-Chiminee: The History of the ChimneySend us a textThis is the time of year when thoughts turn to mince pies, Christmas shopping, mulled wine – and chimneys, whether it is to settle around a roaring hearth or hope that Father Christmas pays a visit.  So John and Clive are turning their attention to the development of this architectural form, beginning with the appearance of walled fireplaces in the Norman period.  Chimneys reached a zenith of fantasy under the Tudors, when astounding feats of decoration were achieved by means of the novel building material of brick.  The invention of more efficient grates in the G...
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Your Places or MineVanbrugh at 300: Celebrating The Life and Times of Sir John Vanbrugh (With Charles Saumarez Smith)Send us a textIn today's episode of Your Places or Mine, John is joined by the inimitable Charles Saumarez Smith who divulges all he knows about the architect Sir John Vanbrugh in anticipation of the 300th anniversary of his death. Discover the remarkable life and legacy of Sir John Vanbrugh — playwright, architect, and one of the most unconventional figures of the English Baroque. From his daring comedies to his groundbreaking designs like Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard, John and Charles explore how Vanbrugh’s bold imagination reshaped both the stage and the skyline. Join us as we u...
2025-12-041h 01Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MineJournalists and Gentlemen: How the Georgian Group Saved LondonSend us a textThe founding of the Georgian Group in 1937 was a milestone in the movement to save beautiful architecture.  With an anniversary around the corner, Clive and John discuss how the Group emerged from the parent organisation, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, and why it was needed.  They reveal the extraordinary extent to the destruction inflicted on Georgian London after the First World War.  Not even town palaces, Georgian square or the works of the Adam Brothers, notably the Adelphi, were spared.Whereas SPAB’s interests were principally medieval and rural...
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Your Places or MineThe Tale of Parliament Part 2 - The House of LordsSend us a textLast week’s Your Places of Mine celebrated the rebuilding of the House of Commons after the original interior was bombed during one of the last raids of the Blitz. This week, Clive and John consider the Palace of Westminster, otherwise known as the Houses of Parliament, as a whole.  After the old Palace had been all but destroyed by fire in 1834, Charles Barry won the competition to rebuild it, producing a building that may have shortened his life but is surely one of the herculean achievements of the Victorian age.  With the help...
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Your Places or MineThe Tale of Parliament Part 1 - The House of CommonsSend us a textOn May 10, 1941, an incendiary bomb destroyed the seat of British democracy, the chamber of the House of Commons.  This was not the first time fire had struck the Palace of Westminster: most of it had already been rebuilt after a disastrous fire of 1834, caused not by enemy action but the burning of obsolete tally sticks – a medieval system of accounting which symbolised the antiquated nature of the place.  Seventy-five years ago the House of Commons reopened, and John has joined the celebrations that are marking the anniversary. This could have been an op...
2025-11-141h 02Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MineAlbi Cathedral: The Greatest Brick Building in the WorldSend us a textThis week John and Clive are bowled over by Albi Cathedral, a towering, outwardly austere edifice of rosy brick which is ‘quite unlike any other medieval structure that you will see – a work of abstract modernism made in the 13th century’.  They discuss the background to its construction, in particular the merciless crusade against the Albigensian Heresy which takes its name from the city.  Externally the cathedral appears to be as much a fortress as a religious building, expressing the authority and power of the Roman Catholic Church.  It was a big influence on some l...
2025-11-0656 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineMagnates and Mansions: Who Were The American Millionaires That Loved the British Country House?Send us a textPhipps, Carnegie and Old Westbury GardensIn its turn of the 20th-century heyday, Long Island could boast no fewer than 900 country houses.  Since then, most have disappeared, leaving Old Westbury Gardens in a unique position – the only house to have survived complete with its collections, garden and archive.  Clive has just been there and shares its wonder with John, asking why the American country house is such a different beast form its counterparts in the UK.  The story of Old Westbury Gardens is romantic.  Jay Phipps, son of And...
2025-10-301h 08Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MineA Spymaster's Lair: The Unmissable Splendour of Hatfield HouseSend us a textClive has just been to an event at Hatfield House, the palace to the North of London which stands as a monument to the political gene of the Cecil family.  John is more than equal to discussing this great country house and its treasures, which the present Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury are subtly making even more special.In the 16th-century, Robert Cecil inherited it from his father Lord Burghley, whom he followed as Queen Elizabeth’s chief minister.  It was Cecil who did more than anyone to negotiate the succe...
2025-10-2355 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineCathedral on Fire: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Notre-DameSend us a textIn 2019 a devastating fire consumed the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, one of the towering symbols of French identity, and it seemed that one of the greatest cultural monuments in Europe had, literally, gone up in smoke. But after only two short years, it has now been restored and John has been to see – and celebrate – the result.  The old Notre Dame had evolved over many centuries and lived through dramatic times.  Sacked during the Revolution, it was returned to glory for Napoleon’s coronation.  John not only discusses these aspects o...
2025-10-1754 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineThe Story of the Bayeux Tapestry: A Threaded Tale of Heroes and ConquerorsSend us a textAn extraordinary cultural loan is about to take place: soon, while its home in France is being improved, the Bayeux Tapestry will be displayed in the British Museum for two years.  This will give members of the British public, along with visitors to London from overseas, the chance to get up close to one of the founding documents of England’s story.  One of the foremost medievalists in the country, John is in a prime position to lead the discussion with Clive on this unparallelled work of art.The survival of the...
2025-10-0956 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineWar Memorials Of WW1: The Secret Meaning of The StoneSend us a textIn advance of Remembrance Sunday on November 11, Clive has been visiting the Commonwealth War Graves in France.  The Imperial War Graves Commission, as it was called when established in 1917, was the brain child of Fabian Ware, a civil servant turned newspaper editor who commanded a Red Cross dressing station during the First World War and was therefore saw the horror at first hand.  Ware realised that the hundreds of thousands of young men who died for Britain deserved proper burial and commemoration. The losses were on a scale unknown in previous wars, and th...
2025-10-0258 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineThe History of Salisbury Cathedral: How Did They Move a Medieval Marvel?Send us a textWhich cathedral is closest to the English heart?  Impossible to say but it may be Salisbury, the subject of this week’s Your Places or Mine.  On September 28 a special service will be held to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the dedication of the altars at Salisbury’s east end in 1225. To many people, Salisbury Cathedral approaches architectural perfection more nearly than any of the other cathedrals in England.  It is the most harmonious; the spire is the tallest (404 feet); and still see it surrounded by water meadows that are a survival...
2025-09-2553 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineStucco and Style: John Nash’s Regent StreetSend us a textThe creation of Regent Street under the Prince Regent is a rare instance of a master plan that reshaped London. It linked North and South, starting in the new Regent’s Park and ending at the Prince’s Carlton House on the edge of St James’s Park. Clive and John celebrate this extraordinary achievement, which sprang from the brain of the no less extraordinary John Nash.A triumph of the Picturesque Movement, the line of the Regent Street scheme remains unchanged and the Nash terraces around Regents Park are a byword...
2025-09-1854 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineGolden Hills, Golden Stone: The Story of The CotswoldsSend us a textToday, the Cotswolds are famous around the world, as can be seen from the number of celebrities making their homes here.  They are a brand which commands instant recognition.  This, however, is a recent phenomenon, and visitors from past centuries – such as the journalist and contrarian William Cobbett – did not take anything like such a favourable view.  The change came with the Arts and Crafts Movement, many of whose leading lights loved the round-shouldered hills, villages of honey-coloured stone and old-fashioned rural ways.  In this episode, Clive and John discuss the combinat...
2025-09-1158 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineSennowe Park: A Gilded Age MansionSend us a textSennowe Park in North Norfolk is one of the most ebullient country houses built during the swaggering Edwardian decade at the beginning of the 20th century.  It reflects the personality of the man for whom it was built, Thomas Cook, grandson of the Thomas Cook who founded the travel business. The latter, born in 1808, had been a Baptist evangelist and temperance campaigner. His epoch-making first excursion took place in 1841, when a special train took 570 people from Leicester to attend a Temperance meeting in Loughborough.  By the end of the century, when the grandson ca...
2025-09-041h 00Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MineThe History of Bath, From Roman to RegencySend us a textThe Romans arrived at Bath in AD43, calling it Sulis Minerva – a combination of the goddess Minerva with the local deity of Sulis.  They loved the hot springs, practically the only ones in the country, which gush from the ground at 40 degrees Celsius.  Their bathing complex came to include a huge, vaulted structure, which collapsed at some point after the legions left Britannia.   It became so derelict that the source of the spring was lost and only discovered again in the 1870s. Clive and John discuss the origins of England’s most bea...
2025-08-281h 03Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MinePrivacy and Power in The Country HouseSend us a textThese days, privacy is high on the agenda.  There are huge concerns over data, images, digital identity and personal space, all of which should be kept private.  But how was this possible in previous ages when almost all of life took place in the presence of other people.  This was as much the case for the social elite as it was for ordinary families.  As court records of divorce cases in the 18th century reveal, very little happened that was not known to servants.  Privacy, as we understand it today, would have been a rar...
2025-08-211h 01Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MineHot History: The Great Fire of Northampton 1675Send us a textEveryone has heard about the Great Fire of London – but what about the Great Fire of Northampton…or Marlborough…or Blandford Forum?  Fire has frequently wrought destruction on towns, cities and country houses, and this was particularly the case in the 17th century.  Clive and John discuss why this should have been—what caused the fires, what the consequences were for the places concerned and how they were rebuilt.  Northampton was a spectacular example, not only because over 80% of the town centre was destroyed but (as John has discovered from rarely seen drawings) ambitious d...
2025-08-141h 00Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MineCharles III's Love Affair With RomaniaSend us a textThe then Prince of Wales first came to Transylvania in the late 1990s on an official visit.  It’s the only time he’s come on business.  He fell so much under the spell of the place that he bought a house here, in one of the wooden villages, settled, many centuries ago, by Saxons from Germany.  Then he acquired another property, which he has turned into a comfortable, folksy lodge.  He makes a private visit every year, if he can.  Clive and John discuss King Charles III and his passion for this...
2025-08-0754 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineGreat British Builders: Lutyens, Wren and The City of London (LIVE at The Ned's Club)Send us a textFor the first time in the history of this podcast, Your Places or Mine has gone on location.  John and Clive have been invited to The Ned's Club, the amazing complex of hospitality venues, including restaurants, hotel and private members’ club, which occupies the former head office of the Midland Bank in the City of London.  This provides the podcast with an opportunity to examine Britain’s commercial centre as it evolved between the Wars.  Nearly every major financial institution was being rebuilt in the 1920s, not least the Bank of England itself.  Structur...
2025-07-311h 10Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MineSovereignty in Stone: The Kings of Windsor CastleSend us a text Windsor Castle has been imbued with symbolism since William the Conqueror founded it after the invasion of 1066. He took the name of Windsor from an existing Anglo-Saxon palace which stood on a different spot.  On a bluff overlooking the Thames, Windsor Castle continues to play a central role in Britain’s national identity, being a great inheritance from the Middle Ages, which no one generation could have the resources or imagination to build.   It has always been there, was always important, it seems to transcend time.  Both a formidable stronghold and a sumptuous palace...
2025-07-2450 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or Mine12 Crosses That Remember a Queen (with History Alice)Send us a textThis week YPOMPOD is joined by Alice Loxton — History Alice to her many followers — to discuss the extraordinary series of crosses that King Edward I built in memory of his queen, Eleanor of Castile in the 1290s. Eleanor died in Lincolnshire. Her body was then carried back to London for burial, and at every place that the cortège stopped a beautiful cross was erected. The work of the royal masons, these crosses are of astonishing quality even though some stand in what are now modest situations. The best-preserved is at Geddin...
2025-07-1752 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineThe Dollar Princesses Who Revolutionised The British Country HouseSend us a textThe American girl was a phenomenon, charming, sporty, better educated than her European counterpart. talk on a wide range of subjects.  Around sixty American girls became peeresses at the turn of the 20th century.  ‘We are the dollar princesses,’ ran a popular song.Crossing the Atlantic was no longer as perilous as it had been in earlier days.  Huge fortunate had been made during the expansion of the United States after the Civil War.  From the 1870s, aristocrats began to experience a decline in the income from their landed estates, due to a prolon...
2025-07-101h 01Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MineRamsgate: The Marseille Of The South EastSend us a textIn this summer episode of ypompod, we got to the seaside – to Ramsgate, beloved of Queen Victoria and now home to the biggest Wetherspoon’s (in an elegant neo-Greek building called the Royal Pavilion of 1913) on the face of the planet.   Five miles to the east of Ramsgate, connected by a continuous yellow carpet of sand, lies Margate, which developed as one of Britain’s first seaside resorts in the mid eighteenth century.  Ramsgate did not get into its stride until after the Napoleonic Wars, which ended in 1815 (a street is...
2025-07-0359 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineEwelme: A Village And Its Vanished Medieval PalaceSend us a textWhere is Ewelme Palace?  It was one of the most splendid houses in the country when it was built in the 15th century but nothing of it now remains.  There are, however, some of the ancillary buildings and monuments that went with a great medieval estate.  Its chatelaine Alice, Duchess of Suffolk, is remembered by one of the most beautiful tombs in the country.  A granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, she became a great heiress when her first husband, the Earl of Salisbury, was killed by a cannonball while fighting in France.  Her s...
2025-06-261h 01Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MineNational Gallery: The Sainsbury Wing And A New ChapterSend us a textThe National Gallery, now 200 years old, occupies one of the most famous buildings in London, on the north side of Trafalgar Square.  This Greek Revival masterpiece by William Wilkins was designed to take account of the view of St Martin in the Fields from Pall Mall—so unusually it was conceived as having been seen from the side.  Clive and John discuss both Wilkins’s design and the Sainsbury Wing, added by Venturi, Scott Brown in the 1980s.  This extension followed the controversy of the Prince of Wales’s speech at the RIBA at Hampto...
2025-06-1956 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineMediterranean Caprice In Snowdonia: The Story of PortmeirionSend us a textIn this episode, Clive and John discuss the holiday village of Portmeirion, an improbable, festive vision of the Mediterranean built on a wooded peninsula of Snowdonia, whose centenary falls this year.Portmeirion was the creation of the architect and card-carrying Welshman Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, who died at the age of 94 in 1978.  Clough, as everyone called him, was a conspicuous figure. Wearing an attention-seeking combo of tweed breeches and long yellow socks, he took a prominent role in the debates that raged over conservation, town-planning and the countryside. With a natural flair f...
2025-06-1254 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineCastle Howard: Vanbrugh's Palace RedisplayedSend us a textCastle Howard in Yorkshire is one of a select group of country houses which must be seen as complete works of art.  Visitors to the great domed palace, set in the gentle landscape of the Howardian Hills north-east of York, may be bowled over by the panache of the architecture, or the beauty of the woods; by the dazzling quality of the pictures and furniture, or the charm of the porcelain.  Together they show why the English country house has so often been regarded as be a beacon of civilization and the arts of...
2025-06-0551 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineGlyndebourne: The House That Gave Birth To The Opera FestivalSend us a textPicnic hampers, black tie, world-class opera — it’s the season for Glyndebourne, the festival that sired the happy, uniquely British phenomenon of country house opera. This week Clive and John discuss the house from which it all began (still central to the experience) as well as the headstrong, eccentric but visionary John Christie, founder of the festival in the 1930s.  They reveal a tale of love, passion (for music), setbacks, epic dreams and triumph… somebody should write an opera about it.
2025-05-2949 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineThe Tower of London: The Most Notorious Castle In EnglandSend us a textThe Tower of London is one of the great sights of the capital, a place that is as steeped in history as it has sometimes been, through the numerous executions it has witnessed, drenched in blood.  In this week’s episode of Your Places or Mine, Dr John Goodall, Britain’s foremost historian of castle architecture, discusses this extraordinary fortification-cum-palace with Professor Clive Aslet, describing both its architectural features and the uses that it has served through the centuries.  First built by William the Conqueror within an angle of London’s Roman wa...
2025-05-221h 04Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MineLutyens And Lady Emily: A Marriage Of OppositesSend us a textIn his mid 20s, Lutyens fell passionately in love with Lady Emily Lytton, daughter of the Earl Lytton, a diplomat and Viceroy of India who had really wanted to be a poet.   He pursued her ardently, writing letters that were romantic, delightful and often funny.  Beating down opposition from Lady Emily’s family, they got marriage in 1897 but were an unlikely couple.  She hated bearing children and domesticity.  He was often away from home, on an endless round of visits to clients, country houses and building sites.  Frustrated and feeling neglected, Emily found spiritu...
2025-05-1556 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineLutyens And Hudson: Huddy And NedSend us a textSir Edwin (Ned) Lutyens’s old friend Edward Hudson founded Country Life in 1897.  A London printer, he was not a countryman, but commissioned three country houses as well as the Country Life office in Covent Garden.  Convinced of Lutyens’s genius, he also ‘boomed’ him through the magazine and lost no opportunity to promote his career.Nobody could be better placed to discuss this extraordinary creative partnership than Clive and John, both of whom are closely associated with the magazine that is Hudson’s legacy.Although not outwardly charismatic, Huddy — as L...
2025-05-0859 minEnjoy The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Captivating!
Enjoy The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Captivating!King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture by Clive AsletPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/331to listen full audiobooks. Title: King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture Series: Triglyph People, Book 2 Author: Clive Aslet Narrator: Clive Aslet Format: mp3 Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins Release date: 05-06-25 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Architecture Publisher's Summary: King Charles III’s affection for architecture is wellknown, but the extent of his engagement has never been fully presented to the public. This is the first book to draw together the many threads, from the "carbuncle" speech, made at Hampton Court in 1984, until his accession to the throne. He has created model settlements such as...
2025-05-065h 54Start This Addictive Full Audiobook — Perfect On The Go.
Start This Addictive Full Audiobook — Perfect On The Go.King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture by Clive AsletPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/331to listen full audiobooks. Title: King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture Series: Triglyph People, Book 2 Author: Clive Aslet Narrator: Clive Aslet Format: mp3 Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins Release date: 05-06-25 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Architecture Publisher's Summary: King Charles III’s affection for architecture is wellknown, but the extent of his engagement has never been fully presented to the public. This is the first book to draw together the many threads, from the "carbuncle" speech, made at Hampton Court in 1984, until his accession to the throne. He has created model settlements such as...
2025-05-065h 54Meet A Audiobooks Tapestry That Fits During Quiet Lunch Hours.
Meet A Audiobooks Tapestry That Fits During Quiet Lunch Hours.Audiobook: King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture by Clive AsletPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/331 to listen full audiobooks. Title: King Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture Series: Triglyph People, Book 2 Author: Clive Aslet Narrator: Clive Aslet Format: mp3 Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins Release date: 05-06-25 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Architecture Publisher's Summary: King Charles III’s affection for architecture is wellknown, but the extent of his engagement has never been fully presented to the public. This is the first book to draw together the many threads, from the "carbuncle" speech, made at Hampton Court in 1984, until hi...
2025-05-065h 54Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MineLutyens And Gertrude Jekyll: Home and GardenSend us a textThe first of a series on the early-20th-century architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, this episode examines the relationship between the young Ned — gangly, witty, shy — and the craftswoman turned gardener Gertrude Jekyll, his senior by 25 years.  With her deep instinct for crafts and passionate attachment to Surrey, she shaped the boyish architect and introduced him to many of his best early clients. She describes the building of Munstead Wood, the house outside Godalming which he designed for her, in her book Home and Garden.
2025-05-0157 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineThe Majesty and Splendour Of Westminster HallSend us a textClive and John discuss one of the most spectacular medieval buildings in Britain, Westminster Hall. Originally built by William the Conqueror’s heir, the voracious William Rufus, it was a structure of immense ambition — said to be the biggest hall of its kind north of the Alps.  In the 14th-century, this huge space was reimagined as a statement of royal majesty by art-loving Richard ll; carved angels looked down on the divinely appointed king from the hammer beam roof.  Ironically, this would be where Charles I was tried and condemned to death in 1649.  At...
2025-04-2453 minYour Places or Mine
Your Places or MineKing Charles III's Royal Passion For ArchitectureSend us a textOne of the greatest of HM the King’s many enthusiasms is architecture.  He made his first pronouncements on the subject in 1984 with the famous ‘Carbuncle’ speech and has been championing the causes of tradition, community, Classicism and Transylvania ever since.  After 40 years it is time to take stock of his achievement, seen most obviously in the model town extensions (Poundbury outside Dorchester, Nansledan outside Newquay) that are the Duchy of Cornwall’s visionary answer to the housing crisis, but also at Dumfries House, which he rescued from break up.  Thanks to the training pr...
2025-04-171h 03Your Places or Mine
Your Places or MinePimlico: Mr Cubitt's DistrictSend us a textIn this first episode of Your Places or Mine, Clive and John are in London’s Pimlico, exploring the dynamic personality of the great Victorian builder Thomas Cubitt and the area’s struggle to become fashionable. The idea of Your Places or Mine is to replicate the fun that Clive and John have on their visits to old sites, towns and buildings around the country, which have often resulted in entertaining discussions in the car home — part historical knowledge, part banter.  We hope you enjoy it! 
2025-04-101h 03Unofficial Book Club Podcast
Unofficial Book Club PodcastIf I Read a Book I Wont See the Movie with Katherine KovacicIn this episode author Katherine Kovacic joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!   Books Discussed in this Episode:  Ant and Bee and the Doctor By Angela Banner Meg and Mog by Helen Nicoll Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Book of Roads and Kingdoms by Richard Fidler The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster No...
2025-02-2041 minA is for Architecture Podcast
A is for Architecture PodcastClive Aslet: Edwin Lutyens - Architect for All Seasons.In A is for Architecture’s 134th episode, the writer, publisher, former editor of Country Life and visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge, Clive Aslet, discusses his book, Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? (Triglyph Books 2024) which describes the life, work and enduring importance of Edwin Lutyens, including the impact of Gertude Jekyll on his design imagination and Lutyens’ pivotal role in both illustrating the British imperial project, and memorializing it’s fallen.   Lutyens (1869–1944) was a renowned British architect celebrated for his enormous body of work which straddled the Victorian and early modern period, and incorp...
2024-12-041h 01Enjoy Offering of Full Audiobooks in Funny, Performing Arts
Enjoy Offering of Full Audiobooks in Funny, Performing ArtsSir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? - Clive AsletListen to full audiobooks for free :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTITLE Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect?SUBTITLE Triglyph People, Book 1SERIES #1 in Triglyph PeopleAUTHOR Clive AsletNARRATOR Clive AsletLANGUAGE EnglishRELEASE DATE 07-22-2024PUBLISHER Triglyph BooksCATEGORIES Architecture, Biography, Visual ArtistSUMMARYSir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) was one of the great architects of the twentieth century. His Edwardian country houses, surrounded by rhapsodic gardens, beguiled clients with their romance and wit. After 1918, the war memorials that he created symbolised a grieving nation's...
2024-07-2200 minEnjoy The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Captivating!
Enjoy The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Captivating!Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? by Clive AsletPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/359to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? Series: Triglyph People, Book 1 Author: Clive Aslet Narrator: Clive Aslet Format: mp3 Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins Release date: 07-22-24 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Architecture Publisher's Summary: Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) was one of the great architects of the twentieth century. His Edwardian country houses, surrounded by rhapsodic gardens, beguiled clients with their romance and wit. After 1918, the war memorials that he created symbolised a grieving nation's sense of loss. In the new capital of the British Raj, New Delhi, the Viceroy's...
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Begin The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Best-Selling!Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? by Clive AsletPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/359to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? Series: Triglyph People, Book 1 Author: Clive Aslet Narrator: Clive Aslet Format: mp3 Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins Release date: 07-22-24 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Architecture Publisher's Summary: Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) was one of the great architects of the twentieth century. His Edwardian country houses, surrounded by rhapsodic gardens, beguiled clients with their romance and wit. After 1918, the war memorials that he created symbolised a grieving nation's sense of loss. In the new capital of the British Raj, New Delhi, the Viceroy's...
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Absorb A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Sensational.Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? by Clive AsletPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/359to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? Series: Triglyph People, Book 1 Author: Clive Aslet Narrator: Clive Aslet Format: mp3 Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins Release date: 07-22-24 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Architecture Publisher's Summary: Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) was one of the great architects of the twentieth century. His Edwardian country houses, surrounded by rhapsodic gardens, beguiled clients with their romance and wit. After 1918, the war memorials that he created symbolised a grieving nation's sense of loss. In the new capital of the British Raj, New Delhi, the Viceroy's...
2024-07-227h 02Indulge In: This Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook For Busy Professionals.
Indulge In: This Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook For Busy Professionals.Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? by Clive AsletPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/359to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sir Edwin Lutyens: Britain's Greatest Architect? Series: Triglyph People, Book 1 Author: Clive Aslet Narrator: Clive Aslet Format: mp3 Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins Release date: 07-22-24 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Architecture Publisher's Summary: Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) was one of the great architects of the twentieth century. His Edwardian country houses, surrounded by rhapsodic gardens, beguiled clients with their romance and wit. After 1918, the war memorials that he created symbolised a grieving nation's sense of loss. In the new capital of the British Raj, New Delhi, the Viceroy's...
2024-07-227h 02Stolpe Stories
Stolpe StoriesThomas H. Mawson and the art of gardening with Clive AsletThomas H. Mawson var en brittisk trädgårdsarkitekt och en av de mest inflytelserika rösterna inom det tidiga 1900-talets trädgårdsrörelse. Hans bok “The Art and Craft of Garden Making” kom ut i flera upplagor och blev nästan som en bibel för den tidens trädgårdsentusiaster. I det här avsnittet intervjuas konsthistorikern Clive Aslet på länk från England om varför vi fortsätter att fascineras av Mawson och hans tankar om trädgårdsdesign.Du finner The art and craft och garden making och Bokförlaget Stolpes övriga u...
2023-03-2424 minStolpe Stories
Stolpe StoriesNaturaliesamlandet i historien med Clive AsletMänniskan har alltid varit fascinerad av naturen. Men varför började man samla på stenar, snäckskal och pressade växter? Och vem var det som hade råd att beställa rariteter från andra sidan jordklotet till sin samling? I det här avsnittet intervjuas författaren Clive Aslet om naturaliesamlandets spännande historia.Du finner Naturaliesamlandet i historien och Bokförlaget Stolpes övriga utgivning hos Bokus.se, dessutom till 20 procents rabatt med koden STOLPE20.Foto: Universitetsbiblioteket, Lunds universitet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
2022-12-0932 minTalking History with Patrick Geoghegan
Talking History with Patrick GeogheganBest of March Books - Part OneJoin Patrick for the best of Irish and International history publications for March 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'The Last Witches of England' with John Callow, 'The Reckoning: The Defeat of Army Group South, 1944' with Prit Buttar,  'Kenmare: History and Survival' with Colum Kenny, 'The Story of the Country House: A History of Places and People' with Clive Aslet and 'Mozart in Motion' with Patrick Mackie.
2022-03-1344 minEnjoy The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Captivating!
Enjoy The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Captivating!The Story of the Country House by Clive AsletPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/43to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of the Country House Author: Clive Aslet Narrator: Simon Vance Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins Release date: 11-30-21 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings Genres: Architecture Publisher's Summary: The Story of the Country House is an authoritative and vivid account of the British country house, exploring how they have evolved with the changing political and economic landscape. Clive Aslet reveals the captivating stories behind individual houses, their architects, and occupants and paints a vivid picture of the wider context in which the country house in Britain...
2021-11-308h 16Begin A Edge-Of-Your-Seat Full Audiobook On Your Commute.
Begin A Edge-Of-Your-Seat Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Story of the Country House by Clive AsletPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/43to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Story of the Country House Author: Clive Aslet Narrator: Simon Vance Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins Release date: 11-30-21 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings Genres: Architecture Publisher's Summary: The Story of the Country House is an authoritative and vivid account of the British country house, exploring how they have evolved with the changing political and economic landscape. Clive Aslet reveals the captivating stories behind individual houses, their architects, and occupants and paints a vivid picture of the wider context in which the country house in Britain...
2021-11-308h 16The EI Podcast
The EI PodcastClive Aslet: The changing fate of the English country houseAmid the tumult of the 1970s, it appeared the traditional country house had gone into irreversible decline - but it was too early to write it off. Read by Leighton Pugh.https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/upstairs-downstairs-demolished-the-changing-fate-of-the-english-country-house/Credit: The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images
2021-05-2019 minThe New Criterion Podcasts
The New Criterion PodcastsJames Panero, Benjamin Riley & Andrew L. Shea discuss the 2020 art issue and look ahead to 2021James Panero, Benjamin Riley & Andrew L. Shea discuss the 2020 art issue and look ahead to 2021. Read “Albert Pinkham Ryder: isolato of the brush,” by Andrew L. Shea: https://newcriterion.com/issues/2020/12/albert-pinkham-ryder-isolato-of-the-brush Read Benjamin Riley’s interview with Clive Aslet & Dylan Thomas: https://newcriterion.com/issues/2020/12/an-interview-with-clive-aslet-dylan-thomas Read “Unmaking the met,” by James Panero: https://newcriterion.com/issues/2020/12/unmaking-the-met
2020-12-1817 minThe AD Aesthete
The AD AestheteBritish Country Homes and the Stories They TellHistorian Clive Aslet and photographer Dylan Thomas have captured a dozen romantic British country homes in their forthcoming book, Old Homes, New Life (Triglyph, July 2020), exploring in great detail the stories behind each property. Join me as they share how the younger generations are making their mark on these estates, from structural improvements to clever onsite businesses that are designed to keep these family homes preserved and productive for generations to come. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
2020-06-0236 minThe Penguin Podcast: The Archive
The Penguin Podcast: The ArchiveThe Penguin Podcast: War and Writing feat. Patrick Hennessey, Harry Sidebottom & Clive AsletIn today's podcast Patrick Hennessey, an ex-Grenadier Guards, takes over to talk about his experiences of being a soldier, which was the influence behind his two books The Junior Officers' Reading Club and KANDAK, and discusses the appeal of writing and reading about war. Also featured in this podcast is A. L. Berridge talking about the Crimean War, which she used as the backdrop in her book Into the Valley of Death. She is followed by a reading from Crusade, read by the author Stewart Binns before he discusses writing about the Crusades. Next, Harry Sidebottom answers questions on his...
2012-11-131h 00Excess Baggage
Excess BaggageVillages, Ordnance Survey and FinlandJohn McCarthy talks to journalist Clive Aslet about the nature of British villages, how they've changed and whether they have become places to visit rather than to live and work in. He tells John some of the stories associated with them and where to find the most attractive villages in the country. The academic Rachel Hewitt looks at the landscape as it has been mapped by the Ordnance Survey, the history of the organisation and it's impact on our appetite for rambling and hiking. Rural Finland offers peace and quiet which is just to the businessman John Murolo's taste...
2010-10-2328 min