Cariad Lloyd
Appearances
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
He would never be his friend, unfortunately. That is how all women should test for a boyfriend.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
For a partner. If they can't epic poem and weave at the same time, red flag. They're out.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
be able to pay their rent and text someone back on time. I think the word back to the basics.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Well, for a lot of guys, that seems quite hard.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Hello. I wanted to think of a sewing pun, but I couldn't. So nice to meet you.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Because it's not known if Jane, like... It's just, what you can imagine is like, Morris, yeah, look, okay, the photo's nice, he looks like a cool vibe, but we know Rossetti is fit. So, like, what we're knowing is, like, he's like, oh, my really fit friend who's also really talented is, like, living in the house. I'm probably not going to win this battle, essentially.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
So Jane is making good and useful times with Rossetti.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
That's your... I'm pretty good on Georgian Regency.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
I mean, is Morris... It's a party. Like, what, is he starting a cult? Like, this sounds like... I'd go commune.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Yeah, he was like 45. He was a rich, successful, educated adult man who was like, hey, all my buddies, come round with all your wives. I just think maybe he was more aware. I'm just saying it feels like it wasn't an uninformed decision.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
God, William's asked us to live with him. Oh God, that's because Jane's sleeping with Dante. Georgiana's like, I'm not going there. We've got a nice house. Why do we have to go and move with them? It's going to be so awkward at parties. We have to say no. I have to say no. I don't want to sleep with Dante. Yeah.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Maybe John John was like, yes, please.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Where do I put my stuff? In Dante's room?
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
I know the arts and crafts movement. I love the arts and crafts movement. I have been to an exhibition of the arts and crafts movement when I was in Glasgow. I doubt my memories because I have two small children. I'm always like, did it happen or was it a fever dream? Great fever dream. Before they had the fire at the Glasgow School of Art, I did a tour and they had an amazing exhibition there.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
You get all your mates around and then no one's paid the gas bill and no one knows how to operate the internet properly.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
No, I haven't been to this one.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
But like, normally when artists get together to form companies, you know, the Beatles or the Apocat, like, it doesn't always work out. No. It's like with art, normally that's the point. They're really good at all the artistic, creative stuff and then someone's like, have you paid the tax bill? And they go, what's that? Yeah. But it survived and it ran as a business. Is that right?
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
And it was incredible, like amazing chairs and tables and like proper, like the good stuff and just the building itself. So I'm a fan. I'm a fan of the movement. Although I did, I was saying to Isabella earlier, I had a moment on the way here when I was like, oh yeah, it's William Morris. And then I thought, is it? Have I made that up? Is it William Morris? Or is he like Elizabethan?
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
They were the Ikea of their day. Except it was four guys who were also socialists. Yes, and they had...
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
His daughter's like, Dad, I was thinking about accountancy. No!
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
And some money men having to come in and be like, we'll sort it out, you idiots.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
I googled it and it confirmed it was Elizabeth Morris.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Put that in your tapestry and weave it for us.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
He would love it. And we should, quickly, I know it's audio, but Isabella is wearing a very cool William Morris jacket.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Because medieval times, I know they're like, oh man, do you remember the mid... They were so great. The only people who needed tapestries were church. Everyone else was living in a hovel. And it's like, oh, it's accessible for all. They'd be like, we're peasants. We really don't need this lovely chair. We just need something to sit on. Now we're going to sleep.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
We get up with the sun and we have to sort out these cows. So really, they can only exist in bringing this medieval...
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
No, because it's both beautiful and useful. So he'll be happy.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
You start a cult, you can't keep hold of it. Before you know it, they're starting their own cult.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Okay, this is positive. They can stay.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Time to tidy up, guys. Look at this mess. Come on.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Is it? No, I don't think it is. I think we still, as we've just said, it's very apt for modern life.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Wow. It is so ubiquitous. Everywhere. That it's almost gone back round to being like a bit passé, don't I say, Strawberry Thief? Like because it's on notebooks and pens and every gift shop in every National Trust property in the country has all the Strawberry Thief you can desire. That would be my slightly snobby opinion.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
of the craft but to be fair to you morris it is a banging pattern it's so good and the first time i think you realize what it is because i think we've all seen it and do you know what i mean and then i went first time i was like oh i see that's his like he designed that that's a thing like rather than like it's just a like who you know a pattern you see every day i think you do go oh that is a really good pattern there is a reason it's so successful it's so charming isn't it yeah it's still still very charming it's beautiful so what do you know now
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
I'm going to answer William Morris to every single one. You'd almost be right.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Oh, it wasn't John Ruskin.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
It was the other person with three names.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Edward Byrne-Jones, May Morris.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
They didn't put a primer on that baby. They didn't paint it first.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
That was Red, that one? Yeah, Red House.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Oh, the school in Euston? Yeah. That one for destitute boys?
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
There's a lot of names. The Royal Industrial Needlework School for boys and girls who don't have families.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Gardening and interior design.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
It's always going to be embroidery. Embroidery.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
The Royal Needlework Society. The Royal Society for Needlework.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
She got 71 local people. She did. And they learned ceramics and started their own trades guild.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
You got the number as well.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
It's a funny phrase. What was it about a girl? They didn't let women in.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Yeah, sorry. They didn't let women in. They did not let women in. And they mostly made them do embroidery. And the Royal Academy didn't even let a woman in either.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Oh! Oh, I've been so annoyed if I'd lost that.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
My arts and crafts are now fulfilled. Thank you.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
So is it kind of reaction to industrialization? Oh, have you read the script? No, I was just thinking like that. Is that where it's got like, you know, you've lost, you know, you have, oh God, my brain. What's it called? Encroachment? What's the thing they do? When they get all the land of everybody.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Yeah. And then like you get industrialization and you've lost all these skills, right? These amazing weaving skills and sewing skills. So is William Morris like harking back to good times?
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Oh, well, obviously I do. I heavily daydream about the Regency period.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
I live there doing a show called Ostentatious, improvised Jane Austen. And yeah, I wrote a kids book set there as well. Big fan of Elizabethan times as well. I'd go there happily. I'd like to go and see a play at the Globe. That's what I'd like to see.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Yeah, yeah. If we can time travel, I'll go anywhere. I'll go last week. That'd be interesting.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Nice hats. Good hats. Pointy hats.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Good old pointy shoes as well.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
I've heard of William Ruskin. No, you're just, it's all Williams to you now.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Capital G, capital M. He did everything.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
He's like a nightmare director. It's like film directors now who are like, I'm in charge of casting, I'm in charge of set, and everyone's being like, it's easier if you give somebody else some delegation here.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Pugin did the inside, right, of the Houses of Parliament, did the patterns.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Yes, he did the Palace of Westminster and he did all the patterns and it's all like repeating portcullis patterns everywhere. And apparently he would close his eyes and it's all he could see. And so he went mad. What a hellscape.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Big William energy. I've called him Daddy Morris.
You're Dead to Me
The Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris and his circle
Big William? Let's go with that. Does that sound better? I guess.