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Of course, now we value period
features and houses, so we might think of it
as cultural vandalism, but I think if we see it through the
lens of the time, it was about looking forwards. And of course, lots of the kinds of
furniture that people were now using were a bit incompatible
with these older houses
features and houses, so we might think of it
as cultural vandalism, but I think if we see it through the
lens of the time, it was about looking forwards. And of course, lots of the kinds of
furniture that people were now using were a bit incompatible
with these older houses
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Of course, now we value period
features and houses,
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so we might think of it
as cultural vandalism,
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but I think if we see it through the
lens of the time,
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it was about looking forwards.
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And of course, lots of the kinds of
furniture that people were now using
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were a bit incompatible
with these older houses.
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Movie Summary
Historian David Olusoga charts 180 years of British history as lived by the successive inhabitants of a single home in a British city - from its construction to the present day.