(Talk only) EA Festival x The Jockey Club Rooms: The Fall and Rise of the Stately Home

This fascinating event features Cambridge professor and historian Peter Mandler and Director General of Historic Houses, Ben Cowell, in a discussion about the changing fortunes of stately homes during the past 150 years. Peter’s book (of the same title as this event) was the original inspiration for this talk, and explains the historical vicissitudes leading to the decline, then revitalisation of stately homes in the UK. Ben’s soon-to-be-published book, The British Country House Revival, carries on from where Peter’s left off and emphasises how such places have thrived in recent decades, making this a golden age for houses in the country.