For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
Our replica of the famous motor show showcases the "cars of the future" in true Revival style
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
David Edney, head Butler dons a morning suit "and a smile" every day and has been woking at Goodwood for over 25 years!
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
Each room is named after one of the hounds documented in January 1718, including Dido, Ruby and Drummer.
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!
Legend of Goodwood's golden racing era and Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori once famously said "give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can forget the rest".
Future Lab is Goodwood's innovation pavilion, inspiring industry enthusiasts and future scientists with dynamic tech
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
Goodwood Motor Circuit was officially opened in September 1948 when Freddie March, the 9th Duke and renowned amateur racer, tore around the track in a Bristol 400
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
Leading women of business, sport, fashion and media, take part in one of the most exciting horseracing events in the world.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
Whoa Simon! A horse so determined and headstrong, he not only won the 1883 Goodwood Cup by 20 lengths, but couldn't be stopped and carried on running over the top of Trundle hill
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
Whoa Simon! A horse so determined and headstrong, he not only won the 1883 Goodwood Cup by 20 lengths, but couldn't be stopped and carried on running over the top of Trundle hill
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
Just beyond Goodwood House along the Hillclimb, the 2nd Dukes banqueting house was also known as "one of the finest rooms in England" (George Vertue 1747).
Just beyond Goodwood House along the Hillclimb, the 2nd Dukes banqueting house was also known as "one of the finest rooms in England" (George Vertue 1747).
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
Flying jetpacks doesn't have to just be a spectator sport at FOS, you can have a go at our very own Aerodrome!
We have been host to many incredible film crews using Goodwood as a backdrop for shows like Downton Abbey, Hollywood Blockbusters like Venom: let there be Carnage and the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
Testament to the 19th-century fascination with ancient Egypt and decorative opulence. The room is richly detailed with gilded cartouches, sphinxes, birds and crocodiles.
Flying training began at Goodwood in 1940 when pilots were taught operational flying techniques in Hurricanes and Spitfires.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
The oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
Inspired by the legendary racer, Masten Gregory, who famously leapt from the cockpit of his car before impact when approaching Woodcote Corner in 1959.
Buying a box of old Kodachrome slides on eBay inspired Lee Shulman to create the Anonymous Project. Two years on, he has built up a vast collection of vintage images – unique artefacts that offer a fascinating snapshot of past lives.
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When Lee Shulman opened up the box of vintage Kodachrome slides he’d bought on eBay and held one up to the light, “something just clicked”, he says. “It was a real Eureka moment. It’s the fact that you can only reveal the images by projecting light through the slide; there’s a kind of magic. The colours are incredible, they just glow. And there’s a real intimacy to so many of the images that is really powerful.” And so the Anonymous Project was born, starting life as a website that houses the scanned and digitised images but now expanding with books and exhibitions and associated art projects.
Shulman is a Paris-based film director and photographer who has worked mostly in advertising and music video production. Although in his professional life he deals largely with digital images, like many photographers and filmmakers he has a love for the pure aesthetics of film. It was this that prompted him to send off for that first box of old slides, and once he started, he couldn’t stop, buying on eBay, at flea markets and taking donations from people who had found out about the work. “The project has only been going for two years, but in that time I’ve physically looked at 800,000 slides, and chosen 12,000 for the collection.
Photographs in the Anonymous Project’s collection are displayed without biographical information – just when and where the image was taken. The project’s founder believes this focuses attention on the emotion of the photograph.
Kodachrome was the HDTV of its day. It produced very high-quality images and was an expensive process, which is why it eventually went out of business. I love the fact that there’s a hidden quality to the images, only revealed when light is shone through them. It’s light that’s the medium.”
Launched by Eastman Kodak in 1935, it wasn’t until the early 1950s that the price of Kodachrome had fallen enough for home photographers to use it, which they did right through to the 1970s. Putting on a home slide show of holiday photos for family and neighbours became a staple of life. “I think of it as the first social media,” adds Shulman, who says it’s the intimacy of the images that he finds powerful, plus the fact that we know nothing about the subjects. “For me, that anonymity is important; I want viewers to connect with the emotion of the image, not the specifics of that person. I’m also very aware of the person taking the photograph, you can almost feel that emotional connection, between lovers, fathers, daughters, friends.”
The project has only been going for two years, but in that time I’ve physically looked at 800,000 slides, and chosen 12,000 for the collection.
But the images are also a fascinating time capsule of how we used to live: people standing proudly next to their cars, midcentury interiors, duffel-coated toddlers and beach musclemen. There’s also a timeless universality to many of the pictures, which feature embracing couples, family celebrations, much-loved pets and happy holidays.
Two years on, Shulman now works with a small team to develop the project. This summer saw an immersive exhibition, sponsored by French fashion house agnès b., at the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival in Provence. There’s also an upcoming book, Midcentury Memories: The Anonymous Project, published by Taschen, with other books and shows in the pipeline. Shulman welcomes donations of slides from all over the world, and, as a Brit based in Paris, is especially keen to grow the UK part of the collection. “The British pictures have a very distinctive feel,” he says. “Some people dig out their slides to send to us, then start looking at them, and rediscover them themselves, which is great.
For Shulman, what matters most is the emotional content of the pictures, the privilege of being granted a glimpse of an unstaged moment of a life. Tenderness, hilarity, pride, sadness... all are on display here. As Shulman explains, often these amateur photos are technically imperfect – like life itself – and all the more compelling for that. “The project is akin to finding fading pages from an anonymous diary and placing them in a time capsule for future generations.”
The Anonymous Project would be interested in receiving donations of slides from readers of Goodwood Magazine. Contact info@anonymous-project.com
This article was taken from the Autumn 2019 edition of the Goodwood Magazine.
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