🎧 Treasures from the National Trust Collections
🎧 Not Just the Tudors • 50m
Dr Tarnya Cooper is the Curatorial and Collections Director at the National Trust. For her recent book, 125 Treasures from the Collections of the National Trust, she and 60 curators showcased the most extraordinary objects that can be found in National Trust properties around the country.
In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Tarnya joins Suzannah Lipscomb with her pick of her 12 favourite items, from Cardinal Wolsey’s purse to a "spangled bed."
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