The Many Lives of an English Manor House
By KATE RAVILIOUS
If every home tells a story, then Knole House is a tome. By any measure one of the five largest houses in England, this country estate in Sevenoaks in west Kent has seen six centuries of British history, and the reigns of some 30 monarchs. Knole House has been the backdrop for all the ups and downs of the English aristocracy and for the lives of the countless tradesmen, butlers, maids, cooks, and footmen who kept dwellings like it running.
Located just 30 miles outside London, the house occupies four acres, surrounded by 26 acres of gardens and fields, and another thousand that make up a medieval deer park. If the house sprawls, it is with good reason. From Sir James Fiennes to the Archbishop of Canterbury to King Henry VIII to many generations of the Sackville family, each new owner has added to its size and complexity, which has resulted in a multilevel labyrinth. It is difficult even to get an accurate co
The maternity and paediatric hospital in Tambacounda, Senegal, designed by Manuel Herz Photo: Iwan Baan. Courtesy of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and Le Korsa
Around three years ago, Nicholas Fox Weber, the director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, was standing in the paediatric unit of Tambacounda Hospital in Senegal, looking at a broken incubator.
“It was basically a refrigerator tray with a light bulb hanging over it, with three babies squeezed together on it,” he says. “We quickly got a new incubator from Dakar, but then I thought, ‘Why is this necessary in our world with all this privilege? I’m in the art world, a world where people are worrying about which gallery is representing Jeff Koons for however many millions of dollars of art. Why is it necessary to have this pathetic hospital?’”
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There’s a book that Ada Calhoun, author of “Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis“ thinks of as both one of her favorites to read out loud with her son, as well as one that has inspired her own writing. It’s “A Street Through Time: The 12,000 Year Journey Along the Same Street,” Illustrated by Steve Noon and written by Anne Millard. The book is the story of one street, leading the reader through historical events and the passage of time, with the street itself starring as the main character.
My name is Ada Calhoun and I m the author of Why We Can t Sleep Women s New Midlife Crisis.
Maren Morris posted a bikini photo to Instagram on Saturday where she revealed her hourglass figure.
The country music singer was taking a mirror selfie in a very teeny two piece that made the most of her curves when on vacation with her husband in Mexico.
This comes after the star, 30, shared that she does not want to cave in to pressure to be stick thin after having a baby; last year she and husband Ryan Hurd welcomed their first child.
Having fun in Mexico: Maren Morris posted a bikini photo to Instagram on Saturday where she revealed her hourglass figure. The country music singer was taking a mirror selfie in a very teeny two piece that made the most of her curves when on vacation with her husband in Mexico