Using creative arts to share experiences in housing research
I am delighted to share this guest post on the wonderful, creative work from Professor Monica Lakhanpaul of the CHAMPIONS Project. Here, she shares her thoughts and experience of using creative arts in research and for influencing [...]
A quick guide to the development of Garden Cities and Suburbs
I've long been interested in the development of Garden Cities and #HouseHistoryHour (28 April 2022) offered the opportunity to share some of this information, now available as Moments and forming the basis of this blog. [...]
Flats 2: The Albert Hall Mansions
Following my last post on Flats! I joined #househistoryhour to present a session called A Brief History of Flats. It was during this that @EllenCLeslie flagged up some other flats: the Albert Hall Mansions; although [...]
Flats!
Happy new year to everyone. This post has in fact been in the making for years – further delayed by Covid-related workload – as I have tried to collect my thoughts and fill in gaps [...]
Wallpaper and Housing
I am delighted to host this post from Zoë Hendon, Head of Museum Collections, Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture. Britain produced around 100 million rolls of wallpaper per year by the 1930s. Wallpaper [...]
Nick Hedges: Home
Nick Hedges really is the most astonishing documentary photographer. When I found that his book was going to be published, I just had to get a copy. Fifty year's on, his work for Shelter still [...]