Curated Spaces

Molly Cooper
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Curated Spaces is the podcast on a mission to reignite real world connection. From founders sharing their stories of burnout and loneliness to the spaces leading the charge in rewilding and sustainable food production, Curated Spaces is about living life in full colour and connecting deeply with the spaces and faces around us. Join Molly Cooper as she sits down with the founders of spaces and thought leaders from the travel, design and hospitality spheres to share their story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 1d ago

    Gleneagles / Celebrating our 100th episode at Scotland's 'Great Playground'

    When Gleneagles opened in 1924 on its 850-acre Perthshire estate, the press called it the eighth wonder of the world and a Riviera in the Highlands. A hundred years on, it is still one of the most storied hotels in the country: James Braid's King's Course, the only venue to have hosted both the Ryder Cup and the Solheim Cup, and a "Glorious Playground" of falconry, gundogs, fishing, riding and the spa. In today's episode, Molly sits down with managing director Conor O'Leary, who has steered this Scottish icon through the biggest period of change in its history and into its centenary. From repositioning a golf-led hotel into a year-round destination to keeping a thousand staff and a whole community on side, this is a conversation about what it really takes to look after a place that is meant to outlast you. Head to Curated, the world's first travel platform powered by tastemakers with soul, style and story at its heart to discover and book a collection of soulful stays curated by tastemakers you trust https://curatedspaces.club/ Curated Spaces is the podcast on a mission to reignite real world connection. What started as a project to share the stories behind spaces has snowballed into something a little bit bigger. From founders sharing their stories of burnout and loneliness to the spaces leading the charge in rewilding and sustainable food production, Curated Spaces is about living life in full colour and connecting deeply with the spaces and faces around us. https://www.instagram.com/curatedspacesclub/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. Jul 15

    Dunsinnan / From a working farm to a modern retreat, in the shadow of Macbeth's hill

    At the foot of the Sidlaw Hills in Perthshire, Dunsinnan has been Sinclair family land for five generations. Above it rises Dunsinane Hill, crowned with an Iron Age fort and written into Macbeth as the place Birnam Wood marches on. It is still a working farm of arable, cattle and sheep, but its old buildings are finding a second life. In today's episode, Molly sits down with Alice Sinclair to hear how she has turned part of a family farm into a modern hospitality concept - a Scottish timber cabin, a stone cottage, and a reimagined bothy - built lightly into the landscape they look out on. From generational change to low-impact tourism, this is a conversation about making an old estate pay its way for the people who come next. Head to Curated, the world's first travel platform powered by tastemakers with soul, style and story at its heart to discover and book a collection of soulful stays curated by tastemakers you trust https://curatedspaces.club/ Curated Spaces is the podcast on a mission to reignite real world connection. What started as a project to share the stories behind spaces has snowballed into something a little bit bigger. From founders sharing their stories of burnout and loneliness to the spaces leading the charge in rewilding and sustainable food production, Curated Spaces is about living life in full colour and connecting deeply with the spaces and faces around us. https://www.instagram.com/curatedspacesclub/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. Jul 8

    Links House / Exploring the UK's most northerly luxury hotel

    In Dornoch, on the far north-east coast, Links House began life in 1843 as a manse for a Free Church minister. It served as officers' quarters in the war and stayed a private home for generations after. Today it stands a short pitch from the first tee at Royal Dornoch, one of the world's great links courses, and holds a Michelin Key as the most northerly five-star hotel in the country. In today's episode, Molly sits down with managing director Phil Scott - Aberdeen-born, returned home by way of the Far East - to hear what it takes to run a luxury hotel at the very top of the map. From its 15 rooms to MARA, the restaurant named for the Gaelic word for the sea, this is a conversation about remoteness as an asset, building a reputation far from the central belt, and hospitality as warmth rather than formality. Head to Curated, the world's first travel platform powered by tastemakers with soul, style and story at its heart to discover and book a collection of soulful stays curated by tastemakers you trust https://curatedspaces.club/ Curated Spaces is the podcast on a mission to reignite real world connection. What started as a project to share the stories behind spaces has snowballed into something a little bit bigger. From founders sharing their stories of burnout and loneliness to the spaces leading the charge in rewilding and sustainable food production, Curated Spaces is about living life in full colour and connecting deeply with the spaces and faces around us. https://www.instagram.com/curatedspacesclub/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. Jul 1

    Newhall Mains / From a building at risk to a Highland hotel with its own airfield

    On the northern edge of the Black Isle, half an hour from Inverness, Newhall Mains is an 18th-century farm steading built around a sandstone courtyard - the "Mains" being the old Scottish word for the working heart of an estate. Not long ago it sat on the buildings-at-risk register, roofless and close to being lost for good. In today's episode, Molly sits down with founder Euan Ramsay, who left a London hospitality career to come home and bring the derelict family steading back to life. Rebuilt by Highland craftsmen in stone, lime and slate, it reopened in 2021 as a comfortable boutique hotel - one with a private airstrip, so guests can quite literally fly in. This is a conversation about heritage restoration, doing it properly, and the leap from ruin to retreat. Head to Curated, the world's first travel platform powered by tastemakers with soul, style and story at its heart to discover and book a collection of soulful stays curated by tastemakers you trust https://curatedspaces.club/ Curated Spaces is the podcast on a mission to reignite real world connection. What started as a project to share the stories behind spaces has snowballed into something a little bit bigger. From founders sharing their stories of burnout and loneliness to the spaces leading the charge in rewilding and sustainable food production, Curated Spaces is about living life in full colour and connecting deeply with the spaces and faces around us. https://www.instagram.com/curatedspacesclub/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. Jun 24

    Glen Dye / From historic estate to wild luxury

    In Royal Deeside, where the River Dye runs down off the moor beneath the granite tor of Clachnaben, sits Glen Dye - a vast Aberdeenshire estate that has been in the Gladstone family since the 1840s. When Charlie and Caroline Gladstone took it on in 1990, swapping London careers in music and design for the glen, the houses had no heating, the place was deep in debt, and the whole estate was, by Charlie's own account, on its knees. In today's episode, Molly sits down with Charlie Gladstone to hear how he brought a historic Scottish estate into the modern era without sanding off its soul. From renovated steadings and a converted sawmill to a 1950s Airstream and a BYOB pub in an old bothy, this is a conversation about stewardship, diversification, and the long, unglamorous work of handing a place on in better shape than you found it. Head to Curated, the world's first travel platform powered by tastemakers with soul, style and story at its heart to discover and book a collection of soulful stays curated by tastemakers you trust https://curatedspaces.club/ Curated Spaces is the podcast on a mission to reignite real world connection. What started as a project to share the stories behind spaces has snowballed into something a little bit bigger. From founders sharing their stories of burnout and loneliness to the spaces leading the charge in rewilding and sustainable food production, Curated Spaces is about living life in full colour and connecting deeply with the spaces and faces around us. https://www.instagram.com/curatedspacesclub/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Jun 17

    The Star, Alfriston / From medieval pilgrims to a family homecoming, an inn six centuries in the making

    In the medieval village of Alfriston, tucked into the folds of the South Downs, The Star is one of the oldest buildings on a very old street. It began life in 1345 as a hostel run by the monks of Battle Abbey, built to shelter friars and pilgrims walking to the shrine of St Richard at Chichester. It became an inn proper in the 16th century, and somewhere along the way acquired the carved red lion that still stands guard on its frontage, said to be salvaged from a wrecked Dutch warship and carried into the village by smugglers (Alfriston has never been short of those). In today's episode, Molly sits down with Alex Polizzi to hear how she and her mother Olga brought this 15th-century landmark back to life. It's a restoration story with an unlikely twist of fate at its centre: The Star was once part of the Forte hotel empire built by Alex's grandfather, Lord Forte, which makes the whole project something close to a family homecoming. From the realities of rebuilding behind a listed timber facade to what hospitality dynasties actually pass down, this conversation is about heritage, instinct, and the long art of keeping a great old building useful. Head to Curated, the world's first travel platform powered by tastemakers with soul, style and story at its heart to discover and book a collection of soulful stays curated by tastemakers you trust https://curatedspaces.club/ Curated Spaces is the podcast on a mission to reignite real world connection. What started as a project to share the stories behind spaces has snowballed into something a little bit bigger. From founders sharing their stories of burnout and loneliness to the spaces leading the charge in rewilding and sustainable food production, Curated Spaces is about living life in full colour and connecting deeply with the spaces and faces around us. https://www.instagram.com/curatedspacesclub/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. 12/24/2025

    The Bear Inn / From bear pits to ghost stories, a pub with nine lives

    At the heart of the Shropshire village of Hodnet, The Bear Inn is the kind of pub that feels like it’s lived a thousand lives. With a history that includes bear pits, lingering ghost stories, and generations of local lore, it’s long been a place where stories are swapped as freely as pints. In today’s episode, Molly sits down with Tom Heber-Percy to hear how he’s reimagined this much-loved village pub for a new era, honouring its rich past while creating a space that feels warm, welcoming, and alive once more. From the weight of history to the joy of bringing a community hub back to life, this conversation is a reminder of why pubs matter, and why their stories are worth preserving. Head to Curated, the world's first travel platform powered by tastemakers with soul, style and story at its heart to discover and book a collection of soulful stays curated by tastemakers you trust https://curatedspaces.club/ Curated Spaces is the podcast on a mission to reignite real world connection. What started as a project to share the stories behind spaces has snowballed into something a little bit bigger. From founders sharing their stories of burnout and loneliness to the spaces leading the charge in rewilding and sustainable food production, Curated Spaces is about living life in full colour and connecting deeply with the spaces and faces around us. https://www.instagram.com/curatedspacesclub/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. 12/17/2025

    Kudhva / How an artist turned a forgotten mine into Cornwall’s most radical stay

    Perched above the rugged north Cornish coast, Kudhva is part design experiment, part wilderness retreat - the original landscape hotel that set out to reconnect people with nature in its rawest form. In this episode, Molly sits down with artist and founder Louise Middleton to hear the remarkable story of how she transformed an abandoned slate quarry into a place of radical rest. From off-grid architecture and outdoor showers to the philosophy behind “raw luxe,” Louise shares what it means to build a space that invites people to strip life back to its essentials and rediscover the beauty of being untamed. Head to Curated, the world's first travel platform powered by tastemakers with soul, style and story at its heart to discover and book a collection of soulful stays curated by tastemakers you trust https://curatedspaces.club/ Curated Spaces is the podcast on a mission to reignite real world connection. What started as a project to share the stories behind spaces has snowballed into something a little bit bigger. From founders sharing their stories of burnout and loneliness to the spaces leading the charge in rewilding and sustainable food production, Curated Spaces is about living life in full colour and connecting deeply with the spaces and faces around us. https://www.instagram.com/curatedspacesclub/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Curated Spaces is the podcast on a mission to reignite real world connection. From founders sharing their stories of burnout and loneliness to the spaces leading the charge in rewilding and sustainable food production, Curated Spaces is about living life in full colour and connecting deeply with the spaces and faces around us. Join Molly Cooper as she sits down with the founders of spaces and thought leaders from the travel, design and hospitality spheres to share their story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Molly Cooper
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Molly Cooper
  • Show Website
    Curated Spaces

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