this green stained glass dome was done by alfred godwin. so it's got a -- basically a penthouse over top that leds light come in from the side. so it's lit on -- it's photo-lit from the inside. so on cloudy days, the dome is sti lit up but allows natural light to come in. this is the final room oakley decorates. she spent 20 years of her life producing work for the capitol. the first commission was in 1902. these works were installed in 1927. so she worked on the senate and supreme court at the same time. so she completed the senate around 1918, 1920, and then went on and did these works for seven years. violet oakley, the whole fries represents her idea of what the evolution of world law is. it starts with antiquities and works its way up through the 1920s. the evolution of world law and international law which culminates in world peace. the mural on this wall. william blackstone. blackstone's commentaries. is a unique mural. that's the one, when you come in the door that's the one you see facing. you see this kind of imposing figure of bl

this green stained glass dome was done by godwin out of philadelphia. so it's got basically a penthouse over top that lets light come in from the side. it's lit from the inside. on cloudy days the dome is still lit up. but it allows natural light to come in. this room actually is the final room that violet oakly decorated. she spent 25 years of her life producing work for the capitol. the first was in 1902. these works were installed in 1927. she worked on the senate and supreme court at the same time. she completed the senate around 1919, 1920. then went on and did these works for seven years. basically, you have violet oakly, the freeze represents her idea of what the evolution of world law is. this is probably her most original. it starts and works its way up through the 1920s, which is the evolution of world law and international law, which culminates in world peace. the murals in this way, william blackstone is a unique mural. that's the one when you come in the door, that's the one you see facing. you see this imposing figure of blackstone on the

and in our salford studio is ryan godwin who owns welcome to the programme.let's start with you. why did it take seven months? my mother had been living with us. she was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2012, so she moved to our home in east london, from outside of the capital, so a completely new part of the country for her. so we took it on ourselves to look after her, but in 2016, early 2016, she came down with pneumonia and was admitted to oui’ with pneumonia and was admitted to our local hospital, and essentially she was there for six months. she was what i would describe as bed blocking, and during that time i was campaigning to get a better care package for her, because she had been receiving social services package from our local authority, which had its shortfalls, and clearly it was very challenging for oui’ clearly it was very challenging for ourfamily, particularly clearly it was very challenging for our family, particularly for my children, having carers coming into oui’ children, having carers coming into our home, it felt like an institution