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Any Human Heart is William’s Boyd’s classic, bestselling novel, now available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart’s – lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century – contains more than its fair share of both. As a writer who finds […]

»Originell, modig, mästerlig.« | The Guardian Det är inte mycket med julen som gör Eileen Dunlop särskilt glad. Hon är en försynt men djupt bekymrad ung kvinna fångad mellan rollen som sin alkoholiserade pappas vårdare – i ett hem vars eländighet folk pratar om i grannskapet – och ett dagjobb som sekreterare på Moorehead, ett […]

Born into a working-class Glaswegian family in the summer of 1961, Tenement Kid begins in the district of Springburn, soon to be evacuated in Edward Heath’s brutal slum clearances. Leaving school at 16 and going to

Swoop into a captivating realm of winged wonders through the lens of bird-loving artists and creatives. As Claude Monet once said, “I would like to paint the way a bird sings”. From the sacred falcons and ibis in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, to the elegant cranes and swallows in East Asian ink paintings, birds have been […]

The American Dream: From Pop to present presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. The 1960s was a period of change in the production, marketing and consumption of prints and the medium attracted a new generation […]

An authentic, indulgent collection of dessert recipes from across the Middle East, from one of the region’s most loved home cooks. Whether you start your day with something sweet, finish it with something sweet, or make sure sweets are within reach all day long, you’ll find serious inspiration in the pages of Salma Hage’s latest […]

Design for Children, a must-have book for all style-conscious and design-savvy readers, documents the evolution of design for babies, toddlers, and beyond. The book spotlights more than 450 beautiful, creative, stylish, and clever examples of designs created exclusively for kids – from toys, furniture, and tableware, to textiles, lights, and vehicles. Contemporary superstars and twentieth-century […]

När Neneh Cherry 1988 slog igenom med låten Buffalo Stance gick det en skälvning genom musikvärlden. Det var i samband med framträdandet i det brittiska teveprogrammet Top of the pops som hon iklädd behå och jacka i guld, vita sneakers, tajt svart kjol och med en sjumånaders gravidmage i vädret levererade en låt och en […]