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13, 2012 'If Walls Could Talk': A History Of The Home Lucy
Worsley works as the chief curator in several palatial buildings
in London, including Kensington Palace, Hampton Court Palace and
the Tower of London. In contrast, she lives in what she calls a
"normal, boring modern flat." The differences between her home
and her workplace inspired Worsley to research the history of
the home, which she details in her new book If Walls Could Talk.
The book answers questions like: Why did the flushing toilet
take two centuries to catch on? Why were kitchens cut off from
the rest of a home? And did strangers really share beds as
recently as a century ago? (Yes, they did.) "You would have been
quite happy to share your bedroom not only with your husband or
wife, but with your colleagues from work — even with people that
you didn't know at all," she tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "And
if you look back centuries, people have no particular
requirement to sleep by