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Read the podcast transcript for 'Mind the Carriage' - part of the Garden Companion Walk.
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'About Chiswick House' - part of the Garden Companion Walk - listen to the podcast or read the podcast transcript.
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'The Shadow' by Michelle Penn - part of the Garden Companion Walk. Listen to the podcast or read the podcast transcript.
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'A Revolutionary Garden' - part of the Garden Companion Walk - listen to the podcast or read the podcast transcript.
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'The Artist Admires His Handiwork' by Florence Read - part of the Garden Companion Walk - listen to the podcast or read the transcript.
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NARRATOR: Burlington added the Obelisk to the garden in 1732. Built into its base is a classical sculpture of a […]
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NARRATOR: Former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion reads his poem, ‘The Ionic Temple, Chiswick.’ SIR ANDREW MOTION: Once upon a time […]
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NARRATOR: After Lord Burlington died in 1753, Chiswick House was inherited by his daughter, Charlotte, who married the 4th Duke […]
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NARRATOR: ‘A Place of Healing’ by Adults competition winner Jo Thomas. Constance: Another beautiful day Lydia, and in such perfect […]
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NARRATOR: The Tuke brothers ran their mental asylum here at Chiswick for more than 35 years. Rather than prescribing drugs, […]
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NARRATOR: ‘A Sporting Tradition’ by Chiswick Residents competition winner Nigel Macarthur. MALE VOICE (in a comic fashion): Our spying is top […]
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NARRATOR: From 1946 until 1992 the Turnham Green Cricket Club played on the pitch at weekends. Celebrity cricket matches were […]
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NARRATOR: ‘An Audience of Oranges,’ a.k.a. ‘Critic’s Circle’ by Adult competition winner Katharine Kavanagh. Waiting in the wings the sweet […]
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NARRATOR: At the end of this path is one of the key features of Chiswick’s garden, a series of radiating […]
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NARRATOR: ‘Long Necked Visitors’ by Under 18s competition winner Lily Hewitt, aged 17. Herald: And to welcome the Tsar of […]
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NARRATOR: The 6th Duke of Devonshire owned a large collection of exotic animals, among them an Indian bull, a Neapolitan […]
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This poem, ‘HERACLES’, is by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. To look at him now, who would think he’d flayed […]
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NARRATOR: The gateway was designed by the celebrated architect Inigo Jones for Beaufort House in Chelsea in 1621. Lord Burlington […]
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NARRATOR: ‘Parklife’ by Leah Kharibian, an audio script-writer and occasional film-maker who lives in Leicestershire. Ted Musing to himself Don’t […]
