Stephen Boniface and Rich Alesbury

Talking Conservation

History EN ↓ 27 episodes

Welcome to Talking Conservation, where we talk about all things related to our built heritage. Whether you own an historic building, are responsible for a heritage site, or are a professional consultant, contractor, or simply interested - this is the place to find out more. We discuss various matters and conduct interviews with a wide range of people involved with our heritage in some way. This includes architects, surveyors, archaeologists, conservation officers, contractors, conservators, historians ... the list goes on. We are interested in and talk about any aspect of heritage; not only li...

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Stephen Boniface and Rich Alesbury

Episodes

Meeting The Building Conservation Directory founder Jonathan Taylor 11.11.2024 1:00:51

In this episode we talk with Jonathan Taylor, exploring his beginnings in Architecture and then as a Conservation Officer, before the founding of the Building Conservation Directory. We discuss its success and some of the challenges Jonathan faces in publishing, as well as issues that are close to Jonathan's heart relating to conservation and his concern that conservation is about more than just t...

Introductions Episode - who we are and why we're doing this 10.11.2024 47:40

An introduction to this podcast. Find out a bit about Stephen and Rich, what their motivations are, and what this podcast is about. Chapters: 0:44 Introduction to Stephen 7:24 Introduction to Rich 13:08 How and why we’ve got together 15:26 Why we’re doing this podcast 16:12 What we mean by “Conservation” 19:18 Misinformation online / media (print/TV etc) 21:02 Dispelling myths 22:08 The need for...