The Stripping of the Altars – 50 Years in 50 Books
Eamon Duffy’s landmark account of the pre-Reformation church in England was first published in 1992. The Stripping of the Altars is a major revisionist…
50 Years in 50 Books
Tudor Fashion – 50 Years in 50 Books
Tudor Fashion was first published in hardback in 2017 and re-released in paperback in 2021. We are re-sharing this fascinating Q&A with author, Eleri Lynn.
Artists Remake the World – 50 Years in 50 Books
Vid Simoniti considers the complexities of political art and discusses how and when art became politicised.
John Craxton – 50 years in 50 books
We’re sharing an extract from John Craxton: A Life of Gifts, which charts the beginnings of the friendship between Craxton and Lucian Freud.
The Great Partition – 50 Years in 50 Books
First published in 2007, The Great Partition by Yasmin Khan offers a reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between…
The Gardens of the British Working Class – 50 Years in 50 Books
The Gardens of the British Working Classes is an illustrated people’s history of gardening in Britain. Margaret Willes’s book celebrates the extraordinary feats of…
The Italian Renaissance Altarpiece – 50 years in 50 Books
Read an extract from David Ekserdjian’s book, in which the author takes the reader through how to read the altarpiece.
Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way – 50 Years in 50 Books
Read this free extract from Sonia Boyce: Feeling Her Way featuring an interview with the artist, in which she talks about growing up in the London Borough of Islington, her artistic inspirations and more.
The Country House Library – 50 years in 50 books
In this extract, Mark Purcell introduces the reader to the themes and historical periods covered in The Country House Library.
The Pocket – 50 Years in 50 Books
Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux guide you through the secretive and surprising world of pockets. Plus, read an extract from the book.
An Introduction to Art – 50 years in 50 books
In this extract, Charles Harrison introduces his readers to key examples of print media such as Intaglio printing, Planographic printing and Japanese woodblock prints
Britons – 50 Years in 50 Books
Britons was first published in 1992. In Britons, Linda Colley examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this…
Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered – 50 Years in 50 Books
Read an extract from Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered by Carmen C. Bambach
The Gentleman’s Daughter – 50 Years in 50 Books
Winner of the 1999 Wolfson History Prize, The Gentleman’s Daughter invokes women’s own accounts of their intimate and public lives to reveal what the…
The Elizabethan Image – 50 Years in 50 Books
Roy Strong shares an extract from his book, in which he reveals the story behind the famous ‘Darnley Portrait’