The Broom of the System

A unique, moving and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, writers and filmmakers that inspired David Jones to become David Bowie, what we can learn from his life’s work and journey, and why he will always matter. When David Bowie died on 10th January 2016, it seemed the whole world was united in […]

Alla häpnar vid en första läsning av »En ghasel« eller »Vallarelåt« av Gustaf Fröding [1860-1911]. Värmlänningen med rykte som krank och förvirrad var en diktare i världsklass.

The landmark volume celebrating the life and work of Ralph Lauren—the vision of the brand as told and presented by Lauren himself—in a smaller, more portable edition, with additional photographs updated to the present. In this visually stunning book, Lauren speaks candidly about himself and his art. In part one, we get to know the […]

De senaste åren har en bukett av småskaliga kreativa blomsterodlingar slagit ut i landet. Följ med på en roadtrip från Smygehuk i söder till Västerbotten i norr och träffa blomsterbönderna och deras fält av närodlade snittblommor. Alla odlar de hållbart och med omsorg. Här får du möta både nybörjare, rutinerade proffs och frontfigurerna inom den […]

From a journey through the Alps on the Bernina Express to a ride from Colombo up to Sri Lanka’s tea plantations, there are endless possibilities to explore the world through fabulous train rides. Train Journeys will provide inspiration and practical tips for people who want to experience the joys of traveling by rail. The book […]

One hot August day a family drives to a mountain clearing to collect birch wood. Jenny, the mother, is in charge of lopping any small limbs off the logs with a hatchet. Wade, the father, does the stacking. The two daughters, June and May, aged nine and six, drink lemonade, swat away horseflies, bicker, sing […]

Alexander Cleave, an actor who thinks his best days are behind him, remembers his first unlikely affair as a teenage boy in a small town in 1950s Ireland: the illicit meetings in a rundown cottage outside town; assignations in the back of his lover’s car on sunny mornings and rain-soaked afternoons. And with these early […]

Taken from the cult BBC 6 Music show, The First Time invites you inside the lives of some of the music world’s most notable legends. From Alice Cooper to Yoko Ono, Courtney Love to Elton John, follow their lives and careers starting with their first musical memories, first records and first gigs, finding out the […]