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Marina Picasso remembers being six years old and standing awkwardly in front of the gates of Picasso's grand house near…

In this wholly original work of film criticism, David Thomson, celebrated author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film,…

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Over seventeen years and nine collections, John Burnside has built - in the words of Bernard O'Donoghue - 'a poetic corpus…

Greta Garbo's enduring legend derives from her incandescent performances as a woman in love in such classics as Camille,…

Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from?…

Lancelot Brown changed the face of eighteenth-century England, designing country estates and mansions, moving hills and…

* 'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of the power, and whole…

Lucian Freud is not only the most celebrated artist working in England, but one of the most private.…

The Sunday Times BestsellerThis is the inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain's greatest theatre. of opening…

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NEIL BARTLETT 'The life-affirming expression of an artist engaged in living to the full' The…

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The story of Tommy Nutter is the story of a man who climbs up from nothing to reshape the silhouette of British fashion. It…

Her new book, invaluable for all who want to write as well as read poems, reveals the journey of thought, language and music…

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The life and times of one of the most important writers of our time, from her peripatetic childhood in the Canadian far…

From 1950 to 1962, John Richardson lived near Picasso in France and was a friend of the artist. After Picasso's death, his…

Intends to recreate the Pablo Picasso's life and work during the decade of 1907-17 - a period during which the artist and…