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SUMMARY:Zoom | The Lost World of Bletchley Park
DESCRIPTION:Wrens billeted at Wavedon Manor near Bletchley Park ©Bletchley Park Trust \nAt a casual glance\, Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire resembles any other sprawling country Victorian house that might have been owned by a wealthy businessman: in this case stockbroker Sir Herbert Leon. When Bletchley was purchased in 1938 by the Head of Secret Intelligence Service\, the estate quickly went from outdoor country pursuits\, to become the nerve centre of Britain’s war: the top-secret headquarters for Britain’s Government Code and Cypher School. Bletchley quickly developed into a place where the nation’s most brilliant mathematical minds toiled alongside cryptographers\, debutantes\, dons\, and factory workers on complex problems with world-wide resonance. Historian Sinclair McKay will reveal the day-to-day life at Bletchley\, and the activities of the extraordinary men and women who toiled in secret on the estate—secrets they kept for the following decades. Winston Churchill told them proudly\, on a visit to the Park in 1941\, that they were “the geese that laid the golden eggs and never cackled.” Based on first-hand interviews of surviving code-breakers\, Mr. McKay will also describe the entertainments and furtive Bletchley romances that helped ease the pressures faced by operatives as they worked to decipher German coded messages. Finally\, he will chronicle how the estate was abandoned\, nearly demolished\, and almost became a supermarket\, before being heroically saved as a museum. \nSinclair McKay writes for the Daily Telegraph\, the Mail on Sunday and The Spectator. He is a literary critic for the Telegraph and the Spectator. He has published extensively on Bletchley Park and codebreakers in his books\, The Secret Life of Bletchley Park\, The Secret Listeners\, and Bletchley Park Brainteasers. Among his other books include Dresden: The Fire and the Darkness (2020) and Meeting Churchill: A Life in 90 Encounters (2023). His upcoming book St. Petersburg: Sacrifice and Redemption in the City That Defied Hitler\, is due to be released in October 2025. He lives in London’s East End and can – in theory – walk along the Grand Union canal towpath without interruption to Bletchley Park some 48 miles north. \nTickets: $15 members*; $25 non-members\n*Membership discount applied automatically when logged into your Royal-Oak.org account
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SUMMARY:Zoom | Behind the Scenes: Georgian Buildings in TV and Film
DESCRIPTION:Kedleston Hall\, Derbyshire ©National Trust/Paul Barker \nBritain’s grand Georgian buildings have not only stood as architectural masterpieces for centuries\, but they have also played a starring role in some of the most beloved English period dramas. Among the finest NT examples\, Lyme Park\, Cheshire\, exemplifies the Georgian country house’s Palladian style; its grand façade and formal gardens make it the perfect choice for Mr. Darcy’s Pemberley in BBC’s Pride & Prejudice (1995). Kedleston Hall\, designed by Robert Adam\, showcases the height of Neoclassical design—the Kedleston state rooms provide a magnificent setting for the film The Duchess (2008). The Temple of Apollo at Stourhead set the scene for Mr. Darcy’s dramatic first proposal to Elizabeth Bennet in the later Pride & Prejudice (2005) film\, while Stourhead’s Palladian bridge and gardens are highlighted in the background. Meanwhile\, Saltram\, an elegant Georgian mansion in Devon\, lent its interiors to Sense and Sensibility (1995)\, offering an authentic glimpse into 18th-century refinement and taste. Social and architectural historian\, Dr. Amy Boyington will explore the histories of these treasures as she traces the development of Georgian architecture and its relationship to 18th-century aristocratic life. She will illustrate gorgeous examples used in period film and television. She will also explore how these houses\, as portrayed in film\, impacts how we visualize the Georgian period. Identifying these locations in period dramas is not only a delight for viewers (and Royal Oak Foundation members)\, but their on-screen presence also shapes how we understand and envision the past\, influencing our connection to the hallmarks of Georgian architectural style. \n \nDr. Amy Boyington is a social and architectural historian who attained her PhD in architectural history from the University of Cambridge. Dr. Boyington has worked in a curatorial capacity at Holkham Hall\, Goodwood House and Woburn Abbey. She has worked as a research consultant for the National Trust at Stowe Landscape Gardens and for Historic Royal Palaces at Kensington Palace. She was recently a Senior Properties Historian for English Heritage. Her debut book is Hidden Patrons: Women and Architectural Patronage in Georgian Britain (Bloomsbury\, 2023). She is now working on her second book Decadence & Display (Yale University Press) which focuses on the 18thc country house dining room. Dr. Boyington is a popular historian on social media (@history_with_amy) with over 1.4 million followers. \nTickets: $15 members*; $25 non-members \n*Membership discount applied automatically when logged into your Royal-Oak.org account
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