Oliver Cox (D.Phil, Oxford) and Rob Bandy (manager, Hughenden Manor) discuss the exciting partnership between Oxford University researchers and National Trust properties throughout the country.
Working with Hughenden Manor: Solving the Statesman’s Rooms
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Oliver Cox (creator of the Thames Valley Country House Partnership) and Rob Bandy (Heritage Manager, Hughenden Manor) explain the developing collaboration between Oxford University and the National Trust at Hughenden Manor. They look at the case study provided by the ‘Congress of Berlin’ room to demonstrate the different ways in which Disraeli can be presented to a variety of audiences.
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The extraordinary career of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) forged intersections between political action, visionary leadership, creative achievement, and romantic self-invention. As a best-selling novelist, flamboyant dandy, notable wit, ethnic outsider, and icon of Conservative politics giving rise to a powerful political myth, his multifaceted public persona has become emblematically associated with various aspects of Victorian literary, political, visual, and material culture. Recent...
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