The Georgian period gave us many of Britain’s most beautiful buildings – in cities, towns and villages. Yet much of our Georgian inheritance remains in danger...

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Forever a popular period drama setting, the Georgian era is regularly portrayed on our screens, entertaining us with galloping horses, classical country houses and divine costumes. With the recent hit-series Bridgerton now crowned as Netflix’s most watched TV drama to date, it is clear that our love-affair with the Georgian era is far from over.

Georgian buildings, particularly country houses, regularly play a crucial role in evoking the character of the times: just think of Mr Darcy’s ‘Pemberley’ in the BBC’s adaption of Pride and Prejudice (1995). The beautifully landscaped gardens of Stowe and Stourhead are equally popular locations, as are the distinctive honey-coloured streets of Bath and Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College. In this talk, Dr Amy Boyington will explore the real-life locations from some of the most famous dramas and films, including Bridgerton (2020), Outlander (2014-), Poldark (2015-19), The Duchess (2008), Emma (2020), Belle (2013) and Barry Lyndon (1975).

Dr Amy Boyington is an architectural historian and research consultant.  She is a trustee of the Georgian Group and the Chair of the Young Georgians.  In 2018 she completed her doctorate at Cambridge University in which she investigated female architectural patronage in eighteenth-century Britain. She is now writing a book on this subject. After completing a postdoctoral research position at Queens’ College, Cambridge, Amy went on to work as a research consultant for the National Trust at Stowe Landscape Gardens and for Historic Royal Palaces at Kensington Palace. She has previously worked in a curatorial capacity at Woburn Abbey, Holkham Hall and Goodwood House.

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This talk will explore the fascinating life and scandalous death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, celebrated in her day as the ‘female Byron’ for her poetry. The mysterious circumstances of her death, found with a bottle of Prussic acid in her hand at Cape Coast Castle, West Africa, in 1838, were as enigmatic as the particulars of her life; she was a woman with many secrets, not least three illegitimate children. Following her death she became the subject of a cover up which is only now unravelling and this talk will delve into the mystery of her life, work and death, set against the backdrop of the late Georgian period, that post-Byronic era which marked a ‘strange pause’ between the Romantics and the Victorians.

Lucasta Miller is a writer and literary journalist, who formerly worked as deputy literary editor of The Independent. She has contributed to The Guardian, The Times Literary Supplement and The Economist, as well as publishing and writing on the works of the Bronte sisters. Her biography of Letitia Elizabeth Landon was published in 2019.

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***This talk will be recorded. The recording will be available to all those who have purchased a ticket for a limited period of time after the event takes place***

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The Georgian era saw the heyday of England’s spa towns. Catering for an ever-growing demand for commercialised leisure, they encouraged a spate of new building which transformed provincial towns such as Bath and Cheltenham. This talk explains the social background to this transformation, and discusses its effect on urban architecture and planning.

Dr Geoffrey Tyack is a council member of the London Topographical Society, an emeritus fellow of Kellogg College in the University of Oxford, and the editor of the Georgian Group Journal. He is the author of Sir James Pennethorne and the Making of Victorian London (1992) and co-author of John Nash: Architect of the Picturesque(2013). He recently completed a book on the history of the British urban landscape, to be published by the Oxford University Press in 2022.

The talks starts at 6.30pm. Joining details will be sent to attendees the day before.

Georgian Group members are eligible for a discount on their ticket by entering GGMEMBER at the checkout.

***This talk will be recorded. The recording will be available to all those who have purchased a ticket for a limited period of time after the event takes place***

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The talks starts at 6.30pm. Joining details will be sent to attendees the day before.

Georgian Group members are eligible for a discount on their ticket by entering GGMEMBER at the checkout.

***This talk will be recorded. The recording will be available to all those who have purchased a ticket for a limited period of time after the event takes place***

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