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Homing

The Homing podcast explores the importance of home in shaping who we are. Join Matt Gibberd, author and co-founder of The Modern House, as he takes listeners inside the homes of inspiring guests to examine what really happens inside our walls – how they influence our emotions, creativity and sense of self. Featuring leading voices from art, film, wellbeing and beyond, Homing is a thoughtful journey into remarkable homes and the minds that shape them. Be prepared for tears, laughter, and

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73:28

Dan Pearson on Landscape Design, Mindfulness & the...

Homing ·

2026/01/22

For Dan Pearson, working with the landscape isn’t simply his profession — it’s how he makes sense of the world.In this emotional conversation, he opens up about self-image, mindfulness and the alchemy of gardening – something that can feel like magic, but is really about careful attention and a deep respect for the natural rhythms of life.Dan fondly recalls his childhood home: a dilapidated house where wildlife knew no boundaries, with rat holes under doors and vegetation pressing up

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74:21

Matilda Goad on Balance, Joy and Playful Homeware Design

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2026/01/12

For homewares designer Matilda Goad, balance isn’t just a design principle – it’s a way of living. Her home is a reflection of that: comfortable and familiar, but full of playful touches.Growing up in a country cottage, boredom became a lesson in invention. With her grandfather an artist and her mother a fashion designer, Matilda was surrounded by creativity from an early age and developed a strong drive to prove herself.That ambition runs through everything she does. From designing her

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Skye McAlpine on Hosting, Christmas & the Myth of...

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2025/12/11

For a special Christmas episode of Homing, I was invited into the home of cookery writer and ultimate host, Skye McAlpine.Skye is like a modern-day “Mother Christmas”. She was raised between London and Venice by parents who were great bon viveurs, and her childhood home was an open house, filled with guests, conversation and celebration. It’s there that she absorbed the idea that a home is meant for sharing – a philosophy she has carried into both her life and her work.If you follow Skye

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73:41

Max Rollitt on Interior Decorating, Sentimentality &...

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2025/11/27

Max Rollitt is a highly respected interior decorator and antiques dealer. Extraordinary pieces pass through his hands every day, yet most of the objects he chooses to live with at home have little monetary value. Instead, they are tokens of respect and love.The conversation begins with Max’s childhood in Winchester, where he struggled at school because he processed information in images – something we’d now recognise as dyslexia. It’s this visual approach that is the foundation for a ‘Max

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85:18

Polly Morgan on Taxidermy, Family & Letting Things Go

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2025/11/13

Much like her taxidermy-based sculptures, Polly Morgan is an artist who delights in looking beneath the surface. Her home in Camberwell is deliberately minimalist - a space viewers may recognise from Netflix’s Baby Reindeer. As she prepares to move out after 13 years, with most of her possessions already shipped off to the countryside, she reflects on the highs and lows of her time there. Growing up in the Cotswolds, Polly’s childhood was characterised by watching animals die and by seeing

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1:28:42

Bethan Laura Wood: the multidisciplinary designer on...

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2025/09/30

Bethan designs everything from furniture to lighting and textiles, and some of her work is currently on display at the Design Museum in London.She presents herself to the worldlike a human peacock. She dyes her hair different colours, wears layers of vivid clothing, and puts dots on her cheeks.Her flat in east London isn’t exactly demure either. We recorded this podcast in the company of various hats and handbags, a jar of balloons in liquid, and a lamp shaped like a jellyfish.In this conversation,

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54:49

Lakwena Maciver: the renowned artist on colour,...

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2025/09/18

Today's guest is the wonderful Lakwena Maciver.Lakwena is an artist whose work has exploded out of the Instagram generation. She uses bright colours and patterns inspired by her African heritage and bold written slogans.Given that her work is so positive and uplifting, I was really interested to find out that she's a natural pessimist with a very tough inner critic. So the words that appear in her art, which say things like 'Do Better' and 'Raise Your Hopes', are actually messages to herself.She

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27:41

How My Garden Grows: A pint-sized coastal plot...

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2025/09/04

Welcome to the first instalment of our new gardening series, How My Garden Grows, hosted by lifelong gardener and journalist Francine Raymond. "I have visited hundreds of gardens, some for work and others for pleasure, but what excites me most about gardens is their atmosphere and the stories they tell," she says. "In this series of garden get-togethers, I want to explore real gardens going through the seasons; gardens that have been grown with passion and patience."Each garden visit will be

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1:19:51

Sir Christopher Le Brun: The leading painter on the...

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2025/04/03

Christopher was President of the Royal Academy for eight years and given a knighthood in 2021.I first met hima few years ago,when The Modern House was selling his beautiful home in Camberwell. Shortly after that, he had a joint exhibition in Los Angeles with my wife, Faye Toogood, so I got to know him better during the week we were out there together.This podcast gave me the chance to go a bit deeper, and I really enjoyed finding out more about his life.Despite always finding himself in positions of

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52:16

Dame Zandra Rhodes: the fashion legend on living a...

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2025/03/11

Zandra's home is one of the mostcolourful, cluttered and downright bonkers living spaces I've ever been in.We recorded this podcast justbefore Christmas, so there was an extra layer of sparkle on top of the kaleidoscope.Zandra walked me through her incredible life story... from being born during an air raid in 1940, to being discovered byAmerican Vogue'sfashion editor Diana Vreeland... dressing people like Freddie Mercury, and having lunch with Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol.We discussed why she dyes

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1:32:26

Nigel Slater: the food writer opens the door to his...

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2024/11/13

Nigel is the first podcast guest ever to make me cry.I'm a big fan of his writing, and suspected he'd be a kindred spirit, but spending the day with him in his house was an overwhelming experience I wasn'tprepared for.He lives around the corner from where I grew up, in a pared-back way that feels very familiar. In this remarkably honest conversation, he outlines the essential role his home plays in keeping him on an even keel.We discuss what it's like to suffer from panic attacks, and how they're

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1:13:10

Tim Ross: the Australian comedian on the...

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2024/06/21

A while back, Tim came to London to perform at theIsokonbuilding in Belsize Park, and I managed to catch up with him to record this podcast.As a small boy in the Seventies, Tim quietly absorbed the lessons of modernist architecture.He remembers accompanying his parents to a dinner party at a modern house, where the sound of laughter reverberated around the circular lounge; his career seems to have been about trying to recapture that heady moment.In 2003, he bought his own modernisthouse in Sydney, a

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1:03:42

Luke Edward hall: the artist and designer pulls back...

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2024/06/07

Luke has kindly invited us to his house in the Cotswolds, which he shares with his husband, Duncan Campbell, and a pair of enthusiastic whippets.I was intrigued to learn that this modern-day dandy comes from a bog-standard commuter town, and like many of the people I talk to on this podcast, his creative impulses offered a route out of mediocrity.He tells me his very personal backstory of being estranged from his father at a young age, and what it was like to come out as gay to his family.We talk

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1:06:31

James Lohan: the co-founder of Mr & Mrs Smith on how...

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2024/05/24

This is the first time we’ve recorded an episode in a hotel suite, and that’s because today’s guest knows more about opening doors to glamorous guesthouses than anyone else.James Lohan co-founded the travel company Mr & Mrs Smith with his wife Tamara back in 2003, and since then he’s visited nearly 4,000 hotels in the name of research.James is a gregarious character with some brilliant tales to tell.We discuss his earliest experiences as an entrepreneur, from selling cheese toasties at school,

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Claudia Donaldson: the pioneering editor and creative...

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2024/04/26

During her tenure at Nowness, Claudia commissioned the well-known ‘In Residence’ series, which took us inside the homes of the biggest names in design and architecture. Today, I’m meeting Claudia in her beautiful London home to give her a taste of her own journalistic medicine …She tells me about what it was like to grow up in an English prototype of the American dream, and talks fondly about her ‘impossibly glamorous’ grandparents’ house, which had shagpile carpet, pink loo roll and a telephone

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1:02:07

Philippe Malouin: the experimental designer on...

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2024/04/11

Philippe designs everything from furniture to lighting, combining modern geometry with a sense of humour and materials that are built to last. I first met him many years ago, when he was doing some work with my wife, Faye Toogood. We’d turned our bedroom into a makeshift design studio, and Philippe and a few others would come round to make maquettes and geek out about ergonomics.Nowadays, he’s a burly, bearded bear of a man with an extra 20kg of muscle, but his wit and warmth are the same as I

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51:32

Sumayya Vally: the South African architect on how...

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2024/03/28

Today I’m talking to the wonderful Sumayya Vally, founder of the architecture and research practice Counterspace. When in 2020 Sumayya designed the Serpentine pavilion, she joined the ranks of luminaries including Zaha Hadid, Peter Zumthor and Frank Gehry. In 2021, Time Magazine named her one of the ‘100 Leaders of the Future’ and, more recently, she was artistic director of the inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale in Saudi Arabia.What really shines through in this conversation is Sumayya’s interest in

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55:32

Tim Little: the owner of Grenson footwear on his...

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2024/03/15

At the time of recording, Tim was knee-deep in building works at home, so I polished up my Chelsea boots for a visit to his London studio.As always, I asked him to describe his life story through the lens of the homes he’s lived in over the years. It was particularly interesting to find out more about his current home, which he bought after seeing it on our website and falling instantly in love. It’s a mid-century masterpiece set in splendid isolation near Rye, in East Sussex. A celebration of

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55:19

Jeremy Lee: the much-loved chef who grew up in a...

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2024/03/01

I first became aware of Jeremy’s food when he was head chef of Terence Conran’s BlueprintCafé, which wasabove the old Design Museum in Shad Thames. Nowadays, of course, he’s in charge of the kitchen at the revered Quo Vadis in Soho.No one seems to have a bad word to say about Jeremy, and Jay Rayner describes him as ‘one of those rare phenomena in the London food world: a chap everyone agrees is a good thing.His cookbookis simply calledCooking, which sums up his warm-hearted and simple approach to

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1:02:41

Cath Kidston: the floral-obsessed entrepreneur on why...

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2024/02/16

There’s barely an oilcloth, mug or ironing board cover that hasn’t been embellished with a nostalgic floral print from Cath Kidston. Because of the brand’s ubiquity, it’s easy to forget quite how influential it was when it appeared in the 1990s.What I love about Cath is that she’s living proof you can be a wildly successful entrepreneur whilst also being a kind, gentle soul. Although her name’s still above the door, she hasn’t been involved with the Cath Kidston business for many years, so I was

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