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My house stands as the only home in the world built on top of a medieval coach house. Join us as we uncover stories from its history.
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A Record of Places That No Longer Exist (opens the original)
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Before returning to the story of my house and the long history of the Swan Hotel in Hastings, I wanted to share something from another part of my life.For more than 20 years, I ran arts projects, initially setting up arts and music projects in care homes and hospitals. We made films, released records, published books and even had a Radio 4 series. When that project came to an end, I started a new one, documenting remarkable and often endangered environments created by self-taught artists.This vi
Did women build the Swan Hotel? (opens the original)
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I’ve been looking through some ancient lease documents.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ycMo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.
The Hundred Place (opens the original)
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Vaults in the Vaults (opens the original)
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I wanted to share this post, written by Steven, my partner, about how he’s making use of our historic cellar. It shifts the focus from the discoveries we made while renovating the house to one of the more unexpected ways we’ve found to use this unique space.Cellar Gym Chronicles 1<div class="image
How We Ended Up Creating an Underground Garden (opens the original)
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I’ve spent the last few posts writing about the history of the house and realised I’d forgotten about the “now” part of the story. There’s still plenty of history to come – including Paul McCartney and a medieval drawbridge – but that can wait.Today I thought I’d write about the garden we’re creating in the cellar.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2jHD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.
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