The Great Indoors
Laurie Taylor on the home as a vehicle for self-expression. Also, the symbolic bathroom.
Thinking Allowed · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
The Great Indoors. Laurie Taylor talks to cultural theorist Ben Highmore about his history of the family home in the 20th century and how houses display currents of class, identity and social transformation.
Also, the evolution of the bathroom. Architectural historian Barbara Penner looks at that most intimate space in the home, and considers how it became an international symbol of key modern values, such as cleanliness, order and progress.
Producer: Torquil MacLeod.