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...family, the Medicis, seized power in 1434, marking the beginning fifty year rule. With their wealth and influence, the Medicis encouraged a vibrant exchange of intellectual, artistic, political and philosophical ideas, which enabled Florence to enjoy a period of unrivalled cultural activity. Cosimo Medici was patron to Brunelleschi, Donatello, Fra Angelico and Fillippo...

...history back to the beginning of the seventh century, whence you can look back further still to the earliest Christian temples where the Romans worshipped with the Britons, whom they had enslaved and converted. But it was not till 627 that the little wooden chapel was built on the site of the Minster, to house the rite of the Northumbrian King Eadwine's baptism. He felt...

...family past. You know there's some "fellow traveller" thing going on there. And then also there's this organic sort of impetus on his part. Titchmarsh comes in and then after Titchmarsh we get Monty [Don] right? And what does Monty do? Monty has this extraordinary focus on the social possibilities of gardens, even doing a series where he tries to get damaged young people...