The Authenticator: The legacy of slavery tackled head-on, with humour

And privilege is indeed relative: Fen, who amusingly considers herself an “outsider”, can only keep the Hall going with an annual festival and film shoots. A bodice-ripping show called The Parlourmaid – a thinly veiled Bridgerton – was shot in the Large Study, which is smaller than the Small Study (Henry Harford III “had a sense of humour”, Fen says). A rapper, deliciously named Phallus-E, is making a video in the garden. (“Oh no, he’s in the fountain!”) The house will likely end up with the National Trust, who will have to deal with its thorny history.