The Royal Academy of Arts: History and Collections – by Robin Simon
To mark the occasion of the opening of the New RA on 19 May 2018 and the celebration of…
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Bookshop of the Month – Barton Books, Penzance
We take a trip to the south coast this month to Barton Books in the Cornish town of…
International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
To celebrate both International Women’s Day and the centenary of women’s suffrage in Britain, we’ve taken a look…
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Bookshop of the Month – South London Gallery
We’re heading over the river to the South London Gallery (SLG) for June’s bookshop of month. Just a…
Bookshop of the Month – News from Nowhere, Liverpool
For May’s bookshop of the month, we paid a visit to News from Nowhere, Liverpool’s radical and community…
Monet and Architecture: An interview with Richard Thomson
The new exhibition Monet and Architecture opens at London’s National Gallery on 9 April. It’s been nearly twenty…
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Gardens and Gardening by Jill Francis
The extravagant gardens of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British aristocracy are well-documented and celebrated, but the more modest…
The Royal Academy of Arts: History and Collections – by Robin Simon
To mark the occasion of the opening of the New RA on 19 May 2018 and the celebration of…
How do you talk to a Russian gangster?
In his new book The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia, Mark Galeotti explores the underground world of the Russian mafia,…
