Book of the Month: The Very Hungry City by Austin Troy
January’s Book of the Month is The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities by Austin…
Architecture
Pevsner Update: News about new and forthcoming Architectural Guides from the Pevsner editorial team
Pevsner Architectural Guides are among the most respected architecture books in the world, offering a comprehensive survey of…
What Dr Johnson Knew: Julie Flavell takes us on a tour of Georgian London’s Fleet Street
When London Was Capital of America by Julie Flavell re-creates London’s heyday as the epicentre of the British empire. Today…
Pevsner 60th Anniversary Photography Competition: Winner Announced!
Congratulations to Nick Haynes, whose photograph of Charing Cross Mansions, Glasgow has won the Pevsner 60th Anniversary Photography Competition….
Yale University Press London launches its Spring / Summer 2012 Seasonal Catalogue
Yale’s Spring / Summer seasonal catalogue is now available now to order and download. Today we take a…
Author article by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair: Colour in Islamic Art and Culture
And Diverse are Their Hues (published last week by Yale University Press) is an exciting new book that…
Book of the Month: ‘The Making of the English Gardener’ by Margaret Willes
Our Book of the Month for September goes straight to the root of a true British obsession. The Making…
Author Article by John Marriott: Uncovering the real history of East London
From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses, ancient docks to the 2012 Olympics, the area of East…
Bookshop of the Month: Picture Book, a haven for local history books
In a new segment beginning today, we will be looking at independent bookshops from around the country, focusing…
Contemporary British Artists: Tony Cragg exhibition opens today
In the next instalment in our series looking at contemporary British artists and accompanying Yale books, we take…
Tales from the Pleasure Garden: New book from Yale unearths Vauxhall Gardens
Vauxhall Gardens was the foremost pleasure garden of eighteenth and nineteenth-century London. The recently published Vauxhall Gardens: A…
‘Pevsner Architectural Guides’ turns 60! Enter our Architectural Photography Competition to win Pevnser books
The Pevsner Architectural Guides series is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Started by the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner in 1951,…
Contemporary Art books and the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition
The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition is an essential part of the London art calendar. First held in 1769…
Pevsner Guide to Cumbria is awarded the Michael Berry Prize for Guides, Walks and Places
The Pevsner Guide to Cumbria by Matthew Hyde has been awarded the The Michael Berry Prize for Guides, Walks and Places in…
Baroque Star: New Yale book examines Caravaggio’s influence
The Italian artist Caravaggio (1571-1610) had a profound impact on a wide range of baroque painters of Italian,…