When:
February 26, 2019 @ 10:45 am – 12:45 pm
2019-02-26T10:45:00+00:00
2019-02-26T12:45:00+00:00
Where:
The Course at The University Womens Club
2 Audley Square
Mayfair, London W1K
UK
2 Audley Square
Mayfair, London W1K
UK
Cost:
£59.00
Contact:
Established in 1994, The Course offers exciting lectures in Art History, Literature and Music.
In this 10 part series we ask when does a house become a “home”? When does a food plot become a “garden”? How do staircases and corridors reflect a new way of life? From the defensive architecture of the moat and keep to the 21st century urban fortresses of glass and concrete, from the monastic herbal garden to Chelsea show gardens for the urban terrace, we look not only at buildings, interiors and nature but, above all, at what they tell us about how people use their spaces to manage their lives.
The Victorians
Under Queen Victoria the Empire prospered, and provided exciting furnishings and plant species, staff were plentiful and the vast interiors were made more liveable by new technologies, such as electricity. For the “have-nots”, though, the reality could be a festering urban slum from which only cafes, bars and pubs provided escape.