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Luke Jones & George Gingell Discuss Architecture, History and Culture•about-buildings-and-cities.pinecast.co

A podcast about architecture, buildings and cities, from the distant past to the present day. Plus detours into technology, film, fiction, comics, drawings, and the dimly imagined future. With Luke Jones and George Gingell.

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Episodes

02 – Strawberry Hill – Horace Walpole's Gothic Fantasies

An exploration of Horace Walpole’s mid 18th c. Gothic fantasy villa at Strawberry Hill, purple cushions and all. Contains readings from his highly indigestible novel ‘The Castle of Otranto’, intermittent bursts of tuneless medieval music, and George singing. Be warned. Find out how to visit the house yourself at www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk Music includes: David Munro ‘Bladder Pipes - Pastourelle’ and the album ‘Gothic and Renaissance Dances’ by Klaus & Michel Walter et al, both from archi...

Aug 24, 2016•1 hr 10 min

01 – 'The English House' by Hermann Muthesius – A German Spy in the Inglenook

The first episode of a new podcast! Luke and George read Hermann Muthesius's early 20th c. epic 'The English House'. Learn about the English, their famed love of nature, damp, draughty buildings and burnt meat. Discover how these strange proclivities shape the homes they build and inhabit. With digressions on inglenooks, William Morris, and how to become 'safe for the drawing room'. The edition we read was this one: Hermann Muthesius, Dennis Sharp (ed) ‘The English House’ (Rizzoli, 1979) https:/...

Aug 24, 2016•1 hr 1 min

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