Two cheers because only Love deserves three... Forster - that great humanist and sublime prose stylist - advocated "curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race... read more
A sequence of illustrated essays on the late work of 19 artists including Titian, Gwen John, Bonnard, Morandi and Soutine that pursues themes of absence, mortality and season. By the author ... read more
Subtle and slim volume of essays by a neurologist who champions the cross-fertilisation of different approaches - anatomical, electrical, chemical, etc.
The great Russian poet became a master of the English language in his long American exile: these essays evoke his youth in post-WW2 Leningrad with memorable portraits of his parents, in whom... read more
The last edition to be edited by the brilliant Francesca Wade (whose 'Square Haunting' also appears in this catalogue as a recent favourite). Contributors include Lydia Davies, Can Xue, Kris... read more
The literary fl?neur wanders amongst places and objects, images, film and ideas: a series of short, discursive essays that are the more brilliant for being unassuming.