Bob the Artist

A timeless travelogue from the leading light of the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac’s Lonesome Traveller is a jubilant celebration of human discovery As he roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Kerouac records, in prose of pure poetry, life on the road. Standing on the engine of a train as it rushes past fields […]

For her first feature film, The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola commissioned British fashion photographer Corinne Day to join her on set. Renowned for her unadorned, grungy photographs of iconic models of the 1990s, Day’s representation of female beauty met its match in Coppola, whose debut marked the first of her unaffected, empathetic depictions of womanhood. Edited […]

Beyond Belief: Racist, Sexist, Rude, Crude and Dishonest is Charles Saatchi’s selection of ads created before the industry had a conscience. It demonstrates a radical change in attitudes to women, race, tobacco, size, drugs and more. Saatchi guides readers through seven sections in his inimitable style. He writes, ‘In the middle of the last century, […]

This lavish book focuses upon the key creations and important milestones in the history of the celebrated Italian designer and his eponymous fashion house. With personal texts written by Giorgio Armani, the book contains biographical details interwoven with the story of the company. Giorgio Armani has been universally credited with changing the rules of contemporary […]

Transcription is a bravura novel of extraordinary power and substance. Juliet Armstrong is recruited as a young woman by an obscure wartime department of the Secret Service. In the aftermath of war she joins the BBC, where her life begins to unravel, and she finally has to come to terms with the consequences of idealism.

Pia Ulin, a photographer based in Sweden, has documented her home-history throughout her 52 years of moving around. The homes are big and small and stretches from Stockholm, Los Angeles, Gotland, New York and some other remote places in the world. She has also included some clothing connected to some of the homes. Graphic design […]

Vilka bilder dyker upp i ditt huvud när du tänker på Janne Lööfs illustrationer? Bilar och andra mekaniska manicker, apor, uppfinningar, troll, musiker, en och annan liten tant och fantastiska äventyr kanske? I ABC-boken hittar du allt detta och massor av andra saker, från apa till ödla! Ibland följs händelser upp över två uppslag, t […]

Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan. A black guy playing white rock music, he wanted to be all things to all people. But when Jimmy arrived in England and became Jimi, the cream of swinging London […]