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 [...]
Photo archives – discovering housing from the past
I was delighted to be asked to co-host Housing History Hour https://www.househistoryhour.co.uk on 4thFebruary at 7pm (GMT) and this post draws together more online resources that can be helpful to those wishing to learn more. [...]