Inspiring Older Readers
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Inferno by William Blake posted on 11 Sep 2015
Blake can be difficult, especially if you have to deal with his own extraordinary mythology. Here though ,,,,
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Pens and Needles posted on 03 Sep 2015
This fantastic book is not only a glorious collection of literary caricatures but, for me, a trip down memory lane.
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Sleeping With Ghosts posted on 05 Aug 2015
Sleeping With Ghosts: A life's work in photography by Don McCullin In my late teens and twenties I was bewitched by photography and the legends of the grea
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Jazz Seen by William Claxton posted on 03 Aug 2015
William Claxton's classic photographs of the US jazz scene of the post-war years are luminescent and evocative. The black and white prints - which glow off
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Drawing the Curtain: The Cold War in Cartoons posted on 27 Jul 2015
What can you do when the world is teetering on the brink of nuclear destruction?
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The Coalition Book posted on 31 Jul 2015
The Coalition Book by Martin Rowson In times when we're being ruled by fools and charlatans we need our greatest satirists to step forward ...
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A Book of Books posted on 31 Jul 2015
A Book of Books by Abelardo Morell This is a beautiful book of luminous black and white photographs that present the book in all it's magnificent forms.
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The Art of the Bookstore : The bookstore paintings of Gibbs M. Smith posted on 31 Jul 2015
The Art of the Bookstore : The bookstore paintings of Gibbs M. Smith There are very few things that make me happier than a book about bookshops.
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Beauty Is In The Street : A Visual Record of the May '68 Paris Uprising posted on 31 Jul 2015
Beauty Is In The Street : A Visual Record of the May '68 Paris Uprising I was 15 years old and self-obsessed, politically unaware ...-
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The Public Library : A Photographic Essay posted on 31 Jul 2015
The Public Library : A Photographic Essay by Robert Dawson At a time when the whole public library movement is under unprecedented threat ..