I’m Max Moorhouse, and I curate people’s personal libraries for a living. Fairly recently I came to a realisation - that the stories people were telling about how they imagined their dream space and what books they would surround themselves with - said something fairly profound about who they imagined themselves to be. They were weaving their memories with their aspirations and telling me a story about who they thought they were.
In A Room of Your Own, I’ll be inviting guests to explore the books and the spaces that they’ve loved. I’ll help them to construct their own dream library, and act as architect, designer and curator, inviting you to listen in on our rambling consultation on books, life and memories.
Today’s guest is author Juliet Nicolson. I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Juliet in her Sussex home shortly after the release of her latest work - The Book of Revelations: Women and Their Secrets From the 1950s to the Present Day. As I’ve found with all of my favourite writers - from Edward St Aubyn to Joelle Taylor - Juliet has an incredible gift for balancing a sense of playfulness and wit while delving deep into the most serious topic with insight and sensitivity.
We were so deep in conversation that we never got round to fully imagining her dream library space. Our conversation ranged from discussing her memories of exploring Sissinghurst Castle as a child, and going into her grandmother Vita Sackville-West’s private library for the first time, to her collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld, and to her latest work and the personal experiences that inspired The Book of Revelations.
10 Nov 2025
AROYO 39 // Karun Thakar
Today’s guest is Karun Thakar - one of the world’s leading collectors of and experts on global textiles. Using his extraordinary collection of textiles, Karun tirelessly works to illuminate history through the lives and the hands of remarkable and often overlooked artists. As well as being a prolific writer, he is an active philanthropist, encouraging young people to learn about world history through textiles.
I joined Karun in his London home to talk about his life as a collector and the importance of textile history to our understanding of the world.
If you want to learn more about his work, you can visit his website www.karuncollection.com (http://www.karuncollection.com)
21 Oct 2025
AROYO 38 // Andrew Torrey
Today’s guest is interior designer Andrew Torrey. Andrew recently published a book with Rizzoli celebrating his life and journey in design. I joined him in his design studio in Manhattan to talk about what it was like to put the book together, his influences in art and design, before moving on to imagine his dream library space.
If you want to learn more about his work, you can find him on Instagram @torreyllc, or buy a copy of his book - Torrey: Private Spaces: Great American Design.
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