by : Andrew Lifestyle, Lord of the Manor

Aristocratic Hobbies – Spend Your Spare Time like Lords and Ladies

When is a hobby more than just a hobby? When it’s a way of moving up in the world…

Research conducted for the Great British Class Survey suggests how you spend your free time significantly affects your social status. Hobbies, in the words of Philip Trippenbach, the survey’s producer, ‘are an actual mechanism for obtaining and maintaining social advantage. They are a key means of exercising power and influence in today’s society.’ Continue reading “Aristocratic Hobbies – Spend Your Spare Time like Lords and Ladies”

by : Andrew History, Lord of the Manor

How the Crumbling Button Hall Inspired the BBC Series Ghosts

How the Duchess of Roxburghe’s Crumbling Estate Inspired the BBC Series Ghosts

The festive edition of BBC One’s comedy Ghosts is a highlight of the 2020 Christmas TV schedule. The episode, titled ‘The Ghost of Christmas’, promises to deliver the same wonderful blend of humour and poignancy that won Ghosts millions of fans over the course of two seasons (a third is in the pipeline) and led to the press crowning it ‘British telly’s best sitcom’.

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The National Trust’s English Country Houses (Behind the Scenes)

If you dream about living the privileged life of a Lord or Lady of the Manor, you won’t want to miss George Clarke’s National Trust Unlocked. This fascinating Channel 4 documentary series was filmed during the lockdown, when the National Trust, the well-loved British conservation charity, was forced to close its historic sites to the public.

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