'A beautiful and clever book about being human' Russell BrandCOMEDY. Loneliness, anxiety, depression - this book has it all.…

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITHA glorious collection of stories from the author of Cold Comfort Farm. The…

A meditation on the colour spectrum by the painter, poet and film-maker, Derek Jarman. He explains the use of colour in…

In The Visit (original title Der Besuch der alten Dame), Claire Zachanassian, now a multimillion heiress and an older woman,…

A poetic meditation on life and death, by one of the most renowned and respected film-makers and intellectuals of our time.…

A raw, cerebral work devoted to the inextricability of pleasure and pain, and to the question of what role, if any,…

A series of autobiographical fragments, interviews and newspapers extracts in which the painter, theatre designer and…

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This is the only book you need to understand our new world – from the ultimate AI insider, the CEO of Microsoft AI and…

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

Widely regarded as the best British painter since Turner, very little is known about Francis Bacon's life. In this, the…

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Every inch of Grayson's childhood bedroom was covered with pictures of aeroplanes, and every surface with models. But as…

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A wooden box holds the buttons of three generations of women in Lynn Knight's family - each one with its own tale to tell...…

The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40…

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…

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

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR PAUL MCCARTNEYFirst published in 1964 and 1965, In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works are…

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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…

'Hungry City is a sinister real-life sequel to Animal Farm with the plot turned upside down by time in ways even George…

Witty, comedic and engrossing, this second collection showcases the range of W. The delightful satires of marriage Lady…

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

In 1863, the French painter Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world and the darling of the 'Salon'…

The vivid scenes on the Bayeux Tapestry depict the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Hicks shows us this…

Poem for the Day Two is a repeat of the formula which made Poem for the Day such a well-loved favourite. Chosen for their…

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

This 1997 revised and updated biography of the celebrated artist, using the mass of new material which has come to light…

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Winner of the East Anglian Book of the Year 2015 Winner of the New Angle Book Prize 2017John Craske, a Norfok fisherman, was…

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

Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century. Richard Avedon later championed Arbus's work. Avedon…

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…