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From the author of the bestselling phenomenon The Hare with Amber Eyes

As you may have guessed by now, I am not in your house...

Meet the unexpected, overlooked and forgotten models of art history.

Who was Picasso's 'Weeping Woman'?
Why was Grace Jones...

Christopher Somerville, author of the acclaimed The January Man, pictured cathedrals as great unmoving bastions of tradition. But...

A highly eclectic, intensely personal dictionary of design from a leading expert in the field

This an essential tool kit for...

The Roots of Romanticism is the long-awaited text of Isaiah Berlin's most celebrated set of lectures, the Mellon Lectures,...

During the 1920s, in the Parisian neighbourhood of Montparnasse, a unique flowering of avant-garde artistic creativity became the...

The real revolution in the arts first took place not, as is commonly supposed, in the 1920s to the accompaniment of the...

The highly-acclaimed, definitive biography of one of history's most compelling artists

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio...

Illuminating reflections on painting and drawing from one of the most revered artists of the twentieth century

'Thank God for...

'We live within a spectacle of empty clothes and unworn masks'

In this series of remarkable pieces from across his career,...

'When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished'

Italo Calvino was one of the most joyful and imaginative writers of...

From the bestselling author of Meetings With Remarkable Manuscripts, a captivating account of the last surviving relic of Thomas...

A guide to the wonders of Venice, conveyed by means of an artist's sketchbook

Matthew Rice is a long-time observer and...

Perfect for father's day: a gift book that asks your Dad to share his experiences, dreams and wishes, creating a personal...

Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow for childhood reading, the...

'Tiepolo: the last breath of happiness in Europe'

The eighteenth-century Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo spent his life...

A groundbreaking history of architecture told through the relationship between buildings and energy

Reducing energy use is the...

An intimate study of three of Ireland's greatest writers from one of its best-loved contemporary voices, Colm Toibin

In Mad,...

Revolutionary essays on design, aesthetics and materialism - from one of the great masters of modern architecture

Adolf Loos,...

John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This selection contains many...

Warhol... , Hackett...

A cultural storm swept through the 1960s - Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies - and at its centre sat a bemused...

In this triumphant work David Thomson, one of film's greatest living experts and author of The New Biographical Dictionary of...

John Ruskin overturned Victorian society’s ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for...

Based on the BBC television series, John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we view art, published as part of...

Susan Sontag's On Photography is a seminal and groundbreaking work on the subject.

Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of...

David Thomson's 'Have You Seen?' - A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films is a quirky, idiosyncratic and hugely entertaining look...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles is art critic Martin Gayford's account of the tumultuous...

During his decades of world fame as a novelist, Tolstoy also wrote prolifically in a series of essays and polemics on issues of...

Before publishing the sensuous and scandalous poems of Les Fleurs du Mal, Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) had already earned respect...