Inspiring Older Readers
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Strangers to England: Immigration to England 1100 – 1945 posted on 11 Sep 2018
One of the drawbacks to having a job in academia – especially in a subject like sociology – is that the books you tend to read ....
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Peace Moves: Nuclear Protest in the 1980s posted on 31 Aug 2018
I’ve only just discovered that the photographer, Ed Barber died early last year.
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Exploring a photographic homage posted on 08 Aug 2018
Between 1915 and 1970, the great photographer, Andre Kertesz, took photographs of people doing something deeply self-absorbed and essentially personal..
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Ulysses posted on 20 Jul 2018
Released in 2017 and only available from The Folio Society, this lavish and extraordinary edition doesn’t come cheap.
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination posted on 02 Jul 2018
It’s almost impossible to imagine how any artist could accept a commission to illustrate the works of Edgar Allen Poe and not be influenced
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The Rime of The Ancient Mariner posted on 25 Jun 2018
There are times when you pick up an illustrated book and you instantly know when it was first published.
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Lucien Pissarro in England: The Eragny Press 1895 – 1914 posted on 12 Jun 2018
Lucien was the rather troublesome eldest son of the great Impressionist, Camille Pissarro.
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The Drunken Sailor: The life of the poet Arthur Rimbaud in his own words posted on 01 Jun 2018
This really is a stop-you-in-your-tracks, knock-down dead fabulous looking book.
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New York Underground 1970 – 1980 posted on 20 May 2018
Early in the 1970s, unnoticed by lots of people, the old pop and rock establishment was starting to be challenged by a musical underground...
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark posted on 09 May 2018
At first sight the book I have in front of me as I type this article looks unremarkable.