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1. Estate duties: Oliver Cox considers how English country houses have evolved according to the needs of their owners

Author

Cox, Oliver

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How the Country House Became English (Nonfiction work) -- Barczewski, Stephanie, Books -- Book reviews, Arts, visual and performing
Abstract

How the Country House Became English Stephanie Barczewski Reaktion, 25 [pounds sterling] ISBN 9781789147605 'We're gonna burn this goddamn house right down' sings Sophie Ellis-Bextor in the concluding scene of [...]

Published
2024

2. PLAYING HOUSE

Author

Cox, Oliver

Subjects
Country homes -- Design and construction, Arts, visual and performing
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When it comes to displaying the contents of country houses, might museums--far from being poor substitutes for the real thing--be able to connect objects more closely to the lives that [...]

Published
2021

3. All fired up: Josiah Wedgwood might have a thing or two to teach modem entrepreneurs

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Cox, Oliver

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The Radical Potter: Josiah Wedgwood and the Transformation of Britain (Nonfiction work) -- Hunt, Tristram, Books -- Book reviews, Arts, visual and performing
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The Radical Potter: Josiah Wedgwood and the Transformation of Britain Tristram Hunt Allen Lane, 25 [pound sterling] ISBN 9780241287897 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, is a long way from Cupertino, California. But for [...]

Published
2022

4. Altered estates: English country houses have had a remarkably robust and groovy post-war existence, writes Oliver Cox

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Cox, Oliver

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Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House (Nonfiction work) -- Tinniswood, Adrian, Books -- Book reviews, Arts, visual and performing
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Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House Adrian Tinniswood Jonathan Cape, 30 [pounds sterling] ISBN 9781787331785 In February 2014, the Kettering-based neopsychedelic rock band Temples released [...]

Published
2021

5. Can historic houses tell more stories than they have done? Despite recent complaints that organisations such as the National Trust are 'rewriting' history, the real challenge is how historic properties can present a fuller and more complex account of the past

Author

Turner, Olivia Horsfall and Cox, Oliver

Subjects
United Kingdom -- Cultural policy, Slaveholders -- Homes and haunts, Historical revisionism -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Colonialism -- History, Slavery -- History, Historic buildings -- Protection and preservation -- History -- Management -- Demographic aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Arts, visual and performing, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty -- Influence -- Reports
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Olivia Horsfall Turner Writing in 1709, the playwright-turned-architect Sir John Vanbrugh observed the widespread enthusiasm for touring old buildings. Some sites were valued 'for their magnificence, or curious workmanship; and [...]

Published
2021

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