The Piano: a playlist by Susan Tomes
In celebration of World Music Day and the upcoming publication of The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces, we…
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Jewish History & Culture: Stanley Kubrick
Our series of blog posts on Jewish History and Culture continues with this extract from David Mikics’ biography…
Poulenc: A Biography by Roger Nichols – An extract
Escape Into Art, Look Through the Lens of History, Seek Certainty in Science … To help us all…
Charles Rosen Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas A Short Companion – musical examples
These tracks feature pianist and author Charles Rosen performing extracts from several Beethoven piano sonatas, illustrating points made…
The Classical Music Lover’s Playlist by Robert Philip
To celebrate the publication of The Classical Music Lover’s Companion To Orchestral Music, we asked Robert Philip, scholar,…
Take a tour of blue with new book ‘On Color’
We live in a world of vivid colours and colour marks our psychological and social existence. But for…
Lynda Nead explores post-war Britain, 1950s culture & The Tiger in the Smoke
To coincide with the launch of The Tiger in the Smoke by Lynda Nead – her third publication for…
What Are Brothers For? – Warner Bros, An Extract
The Warner brothers formed one of the most iconic and powerful movie studios of the 20th century, delighting…
Eclectic and Inclusive: Inside the Association of Art Historians Conference 2017
This year the Association of Art Historians Annual Conference will focus on inclusivity and diversity in the field…
Picture a Revolution: Russian and Soviet Art Books from Yale
2017 marks a century since the revolutionary year that brought about the fall of the Russian Empire and…
Play All: 4 TV Shows to Bingewatch this Winter
‘Everyone who has written television criticism since the 1970s … has done so in the long shadow of Clive James’…
Shakespeare400 – Why Hamlet?
‘Josipovici … has a nose for the big questions and for what doesn’t work as an answer. Best…
Shakespeare – The Poet of Them All
April 2016 marks 400 years since the death of Shakespeare, one of the greatest and most renowned poets…
Aubrey Beardsley, Oscar Wilde and Salome
Aubrey Beardsley, Oscar Wilde and Salome by Linda Gertner Zatlin, author of Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné Artistic…
Tristan Perich’s Art of Music by Patrick Coleman
Patrick Coleman, co-author of The Art of Music – Right now, one of the most exciting art exhibitions…