HOW PERFECT IS THIS HOW BLESSED ARE WE
Artist-filmmaker Babar Suleman’s original text from their 2021 Compton Verney Inclusive Histories Research Fellowship. This text accompanies a film of the same name, exhibited at Compton Verney in 2021.
Lady Barbro, Swedish castle builder
Anna Röst explores the life and legacy of the seventeenth-century castle builder Lady Barbro, who was praised, punished, and turned into a ghost.
The Travel Writings of Duchess Izabela Czartoryska (1746-1835)
Agata Piotrowska uncovers transnational connections, inspirations, and how British country houses influenced the travel experience of a Polish-Lithuanian Duchess.
Making Harmonious Music: Mary Laura Egerton (1845-1913)
Taking an intriguing book inscription as a starting point, Corey Estensen uses archival traces to bring forward new stories about women’s lives.
Fort Belvedere and the Abdication Crisis
In this first blog Caroline McWilliams explores Fort Belvedere, the country house that became the site of a constitutional crisis, shaking British society to its core.
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