While the author's grandfather (Walter Runciman) tried to mediate between the new Czech Republic and the Sudeten Germans, her grandmother publicly favoured the Germans. This is a fascinating... read more
A handsome hardback edition of this book, first published privately by the Land Gardeners in 2022. Large format and beautifully designed with lots of lovely photographs of gardens, farms, fr... read more
This complex man exposed horrors in the Congo and Amazon, winning renown and a knighthood. But his support for Irish Independence led to his execution for high treason.
Beautifully photographed sculptural ceramics from the collection of Anthony Shaw. Includes pieces by Gordon Baldwin, Ewen Henderson and Gillian Lowndes.
Majorelle (1886-1962) was a French painter who travelled widely in Italy and Egypt before settling in Morocco in 1917; he became well-known as an Orientalist painter (with shades of Edward H... read more
This fascinating account of a forgotten moment in history is part family memoir, part the telling of a Texan offshoot of the early Zionist movement, when 10,000 Jews set sail for Galveston b... read more
A gorgeous book on CDF on the 250th anniversary of his birth, to accompany the spectacular exhibition in Hamburg. Notes, essays and outstanding reproductions.
An awe-inspiring epic about a young Dutch microbiologist whose research takes her on a deep dive into sea and space. These journeys raise profound questions about the origin of life, our pla... read more
Matar's photographs at sites of lethal police violence in the US and her fastidious research make for a quietly devastating critique. The formality of her images and the directness of her g... read more
The repeated confusion of the author's name with that of Naomi Wolf became ever more disturbing as 'Other Naomi' slid deeper into alt-right conspiracy theories during the pandemic. Klein fol... read more
Auguste and Gausserand met at a pottery school in Montpellier in 1948. For the next seventy years they would share studios in small towns in the south of France, amongst a community of post-... read more
A selection of Jarman's writings on Prospect Cottage and the plants in its strange and consoling garden. His light, iridescent prose gives the strangest sense to the reader of being able to ... read more
These diary extracts reveal the artistic perspective behind one of cinema's greatest authors. With notes covering all facets of Bresson's film-making theory, the collection expresses an appr... read more
Lerner's fiendishly clever second novel is about a writer who has just received an enormous advance for his second novel. The excitement of this sum is dwarfed by other pressures: strange we... read more
A dizzying tale of social collapse, generational impasse and mid-life crisis; a Bonfire of the Vanities set in London. Brilliantly observed, lean, slick, clever and gripping.