The Restless Republic Britain Without a Crown

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The Scottish enlightenment is such a gripping extraordinary phenomenon that this tiny little country you know my birthplace but micro little place on any world view through the course of the early and into the later 18th century had such incredible influence around the world. And are we doing enough to preserve the Scottish enlightenment? Well there's a very good new book that your listeners might be interested in called Scotland the Global History of Christian by someone called Murray Pissock that came out early this year. I'm trying to save an amazing building outside Edinburgh high school may this bank which was built in the 1720s for a man who was one of our great Renaissance figures. We should teach it more to our children and we

Anna Keay is a historian who specializes in the cultural heritage of Great Britain. As the director of the Landmark Trust, she has overseen the restoration of numerous historical buildings and monuments, while also serving as a prolific author and commentator on the country's architectural and artistic traditions. Her book, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown, was one of Tyler’s top picks for 2022.

Tyler sat down with Anna to discuss the most plausible scenario where England could’ve remained a republic in the 17th century, what Robert Boyle learned from Sir William Petty, why some monarchs build palaces and others don’t, how renting from the Landmark Trust compares to Airbnb, how her job changes her views on wealth taxes, why neighborhood architecture has declined, how she’d handle the UK’s housing shortage, why giving back the Koh-i-Noor would cause more problems than it solves, why British houses have so little storage, the hardest part about living in an 800-year-old house, her favorite John Fowles book, why we should do more to preserve the Scottish Enlightenment, and more.

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Recorded February 23rd, 2023

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