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
In two volumes: the photographs in part 1 were taken in Zimbabwe and Kenya in late 2020. Those in part 2 were taken at a sanctuary in Bolivia in 2022. (Each volume is available individually,... read more
Looks at three groups of wandering herders in three very different regions - the Central Sahara, the Arabian Gulf and the Central Eurasian steppes. Many photographs.
The British empire observed through the lens of a single day: the 29th September 1923, when the Mandate for Palestine became law and the British empire reached its maximum extent, just as i... read more
Brought up in late-Victorian Presbyterian Aberdeenshire, McBey became a war artist in WW1. A decade later he married the American Marguerite Loeb and went to live in Tangier, in a house on O... read more
We walked and dozed in Umberto Pasti's garden with Eden Revisited a few years ago; now we wander his house amongst his treasures - tiles, carpets, textiles... All beautifully photographed t... read more
The rise and fall of the Bacris and Busnachs, two Jewish families whose prominence in trade and banking led them to play a small but crucial diplomatic and logistical role in the Napoleonic ... read more
A valuable account of one of the greatest advocates in modern history, revered not only in South Africa but around the globe as a defendant of the rule of law.
In the C13th, the largest library in Europe contained fewer than 2000 books. Baghdad alone contained five libraries with between 200,000 and a million books.