Stately homes, cream teas … and an indie band: countryside opens up to crossover culture

Guillemots members are among the exhibitors at National Trust's Nunnington Hall, one of the UK's most unlikely cutting-edge galleriesTwo miles from the nearest B road, one of the UK's leading indie rock band members pauses, hammer in hand, below a 17th-century roof beam, and admits: "I'm scared.""I mean, can I really put nails into the walls of a National Trust house dating back hundreds of years?" asks Aristazabal Hawkes of Guillemots, the band that has taken over the ancient manor's top floor....

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