A History of Western Architecture (6th edition)

How do you be an artist? How do you become one in the first place, and what sort of advice should you heed along the way? Is art a ‘career’, or a vocation? Do you need a studio or a dealer, and how do you find one? Are artists too competitive? How do they come […]

Could you leave behind all that you know and live in solitude for three decades? This is the extraordinary story of the last true hermit – Christopher Knight. ‘This was a breath-taking book to read and many weeks later I am still thinking about the implications for our society and – by extension – for my […]

Artists have always relied on their sketchbooks. This was true for artists working within a fine art tradition and is just as true today in the age of Macs, digital cameras and computer-generated imagery. This new line…..

On first impression, Istanbul can seem a touch demure. But beneath its inimitable skyline is a teeming, triumphant metropolis with imperial history, intrigue, and entrepreneurial zeal written into its streets. It’s a city constantly being remade and reimagined, and the resulting sense of opportunity and vigor is palpable. Monocle has sought out must-sees with an […]

Anne hoppar från en fängelsemur och bryter i fallet språngbenet, astragalen, i sin fot. Hon tar sig krypande ut till vägrenen där hon blir upplockad av kåkfararen Julien. Han ska komma att bli hennes älskare och beskyddare.

Freewheeling and spontaneous, Mexico City Blues is Jack Kerouac’s most significant and emblematic poem. Consisting of 242 loosely linked ‘choruses’, it takes in life, death, spirituality, jazz improvisation, memory, fantasies and dreams, all infused with the rhythm of the blues, to create a surreal and all-encompassing epic. ‘A spontaneous bop prosody and original classic literature‘ -Allen […]

Den här antologin presenterar sju serier av den banbrytande konstnären Hilma af Klint, som alla tillkom under det första halvåret 1920 och är de sista målningarna af Klint skapade innan hon övergick till att måla akvarell och anlade den tydligt antroposofiska stil som Rudolf Steiner och hans lärjungar lärde ut. Antologin är baserad på ett […]

Drink Like a Man distills 83 years of drinking wisdom into this indispensable manual. With more than 125 cocktail recipes and 100 photos, including 13 drinks every man should know how to make, variations on classic cocktails, and drinks batched large enough to satisfy a crowd, it’s an essential guide to cocktail making, but also […]