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From the lens of Magnum’s Abbas – the mystical world of the Hindu revealed, from ancient rites to contemporary beliefs. This latest in Abbas’s transcendent series of books on major world religions, featuring ritualistic elements – wind, water, earth, and fire, magic, the spiritualism of animals – to explore the mysteries of the Hindu faith. […]

As heard on BBC Radio Four – Book of the Week . . . A memoir of love, death and jazz chickens, Eddie Izzard’s fabulous Believe Me is his one and only autobiography . . . ‘I know why I’m doing all this,’ I said. ‘Everything I do in life is trying to get her […]

Typography confronts us everywhere: in books and newspapers, on road signs, product packaging and political leaflets. It is ubiquitous to the point of mundanity. But while the typeface might be secondary to the message, it remains crucial to the way we respond. Fonts spark emotions; they evoke eras and ideologies. Some, like Edward Johnson’s for […]

“Jag tycker att det bästa ordet för det som kallas nouvelle nouvelle cuisine är marknadsmat, cuisine du marché. De nya franska kockarna är heller inte nödvändigtvis franska. De är fransk-japansk-nordiska. Och det spelar ingen roll var de kommer från. Restaurangerna där de lagar mat ligger ofta i det kulturellt unika elfte arrondismanget. De har udda […]

Cooks across Italy have been making vegetarian dishes for centuries. Full of the exhaustive research and bona fides that readers worldwide have come to expect from Slow Food, Vegetariano collects over 400 of the best vegetarian (and frequently vegan) recipes from home cooks in every region of Italy—all approachable, cookable, and full of the rustic Italian spirit […]

Everyone loves a melted cheese sandwich – they are cheap, quick and easy to make, and don’t involve much cooking skills or special equipment. This book includes over 50 imaginative and delicious toasted sandwiches, perfect for hurried dinners, tight budgets, quick snacks or when you just don’t feel like cooking a big meal. Featuring a […]

‘Remarkable’ Observer ‘A joy to read’ Daily Telegraph ‘Soaringly beautiful’ Sunday Times Magazine ‘Genuine and persuasive’ Guardian Alexandra Heminsley thought she could swim. She really did. It may have been because she could run. It may have been because she wanted to swim; or perhaps because she only ever did ten minutes of breaststroke at […]

After losing himself in Taos, New Mexico, for 15 years, Dennis Hopper returned to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s. In 1987, Hopper began to use a Polaroid camera to document gang graffiti. He was particularly drawn to the abstract shapes of overlapping paint that appeared when graffiti had been covered up or written over, reminding […]