Why Creativity Is a Human Need | With Amie McNee
Writer and creative coach Amie McNee believes that creativity isn’t a luxury; it’s a fundamental human need, and one that many of us are sup...
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The Modern House Podcast
On The Modern House Podcast we ask guests to pick their three favourite homes from anywhere in the world; anything from a Modernist masterpiece to a ramshackle hut in a field. We talk to arc...
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Rose Wylie: Nonconformity, Ageing & the Beauty of an Unruly Home
At 91, Rose Wylie has one of the most remarkable stories in contemporary British art. She stopped painting in order to raise her three child...
Is Your Home Keeping You Awake? Professor Russell Foster Rethinks the Rules of Sleep
We spend around a third of our lives asleep, yet for so many of us, getting a good night’s sleep can feel like a real struggle. Could our ho...
Charlene Prempeh: Why More Space Isn’t the Key to a Happier Home
Matt Gibberd visits writer and creative consultant Charlene Prempeh at her home in North London. Charlene is the founder of A Vibe Called Te...
Lemn Sissay: What Happens When Home Rejects You?
Lemn Sissay is a poet, playwright and broadcaster. Few people have thought more deeply about the meaning of home than Lemn. As a baby, Lemn...
Anna Jones: Why Home Is an Act of Care
Anna Jones is a cook, food writer, and one of the leading voices in modern vegetarian cooking. For Anna, making food for someone is the ulti...
Martha Beck: What Happens When Home Isn’t Safe?
Martha Beck is a sociologist, bestselling author and one of the world’s leading life coaches. She grew up in the Mormon community in Utah, i...
Jinny Blom: Why We All Need Somewhere to Hide
Jinny Blom is one of Britain's leading landscape designers. She has created over 700 gardens – and each one begins, in some way, with a sear...
Poet Jackie Kay on Adoption, Identity and the Long Search for Belonging
Jackie Kay is an acclaimed poet and novelist, who was previously the national poet of Scotland – a role known as the Makar. She’s the author...
Phin Harper: How a Breakup Helped Me Find Home
Architecture critic and writer Phineas Harper believes that good design and heritage belong to all of us. Phin lives on Vanbrugh Park, a pos...
Why Comfort Isn't Always Good for Us | With Architect Stefan Behling
Does modern design shelter us, or is it cutting us off from the world? Architect Stefan Behling believes that many of today's buildings have...
Architect Sophie Hicks on being an 80s cover girl, and why every object should have a purpose
Sophie Hicks has helped fashion brands like Paul Smith, Yohji Yamamoto and Acne Studios translate their vision into built form. But before b...
Johann Hari: How to Find Connection in a Lonely World
Loneliness, anxiety and a loss of belonging are among the defining crises of our time. Johann Hari believes they share a common cause. Johan...
Chef Margot Henderson on Home, Food & Caring for Fergus
Margot Henderson is one of Britain's most influential chefs, and a pioneer of “nose-to-tail” cooking. She's spent her career finding value i...
Can a Home Help You Heal? – With Psychotherapist Julia Samuel MBE
Today's guest is psychotherapist Julia Samuel MBE, one of Britain's leading experts on grief and trauma. Julia has worked with hundreds of f...
Patrick Williams on Grief, Restoration and the House That Shaped His Life
Patrick Williams is an interior decorator who specialises in period buildings and restoration projects. He views design not just as decorati...
Can Your Home Make You Healthier? – With Dr. Esther Sternberg
Should the home be considered one of the pillars of health? Dr. Esther Sternberg believes good design can heal us — and that architects shou...
David Shrigley on Anxiety, Absurdity & Ageing Disgracefully
David Shrigley has spent his life creating art that makes people laugh. He is one of Britain’s most recognisable contemporary artists, celeb...
Can a Prison Ever Feel Like Home? – with Professor Yvonne Jewkes
The spaces we inhabit shape who we become. But what does that mean for the people who have no choice where they live? Yvonne Jewkes is a pro...
Sue Stuart-Smith on Nature, Childhood & The Garden as Medicine
Sue Stuart-Smith is a psychiatrist, gardener and the author of The Well-Gardened Mind . She has spent her career making the case that going...