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125 Annual, Book 1
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Perry Curties; Designed by Rob Crane; Photographs by 96 Assorted Photographers
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At the beginning of 2020, just as global Covid-19 restrictions were
coming into force, the artist David Hockney was at his house,
studio and garden in Normandy. From there, he witnessed the arrival
of spring, and recorded the blossoming of the surrounding landscape
on his iPad, a medium he has been using for over a decade. Working
outdoors was an antidote to the anxiety of the moment for Hockney
– 'We need art, and I do think it can relieve stress,' he says.
This uplifting publication – produced to accompany a major
exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts – includes 116 of his new
iPad paintings and shows to full effect Hockney's singular skill in
capturing the exuberance of nature.
The iconic bags, the instantly recognizable packaging, the
celebrity fans - Hermes is the last word in luxurious accessories.
Through the generations, Hermes have created innovative and
exquisite accessories for the most glamorous customers. From their
nineteenth-century saddlery workshop to 1960s Paris and beyond,
Hermes has graced the arms and wardrobes of style icons from Grace
Kelly and Jane Birkin to Victoria Beckham and Kim Kardashian.
Little Book of Hermes tells the story of the evolution of the House
of Hermes, through beautiful illustrations of the most coveted
items and authoritative text by fashion historian Karen Homer.
Was Britain's postwar rebuilding the height of mid-century chic or
the concrete embodiment of crap towns? John Grindrod decided to
find out how blitzed, slum-ridden and crumbling austerity Britain
became, in a few short years, a space-age world of concrete, steel
and glass. What he finds is a story of dazzling space-age optimism,
ingenuity and helipads - so many helipads - tempered by protests,
deadly collapses and scandals that shook the government.
The Life Eclectic is a stunning interiors book that celebrates the
individuality of eclectic decorating styles through 15 homes of
creatives from around the world. Featuring homes of the world's
most well-respected creatives, including Studio MacLean, Manfredi
della Gherardesca and Martin Brudnizki, The Life Eclectic is a
celebration of individuality, and embracing the joy that fluidity
in taste can bring. How often have you leafed through an interiors
book and wondered how you might be able to recreate the eclectic,
joyful and chic style of famed designers, when your mis-match
belongings seem to juxtapose in all the wrong ways? The Life
Eclectic is an interiors book that through carefully selected case
studies of homes from the UK, US, Australia, France and Denmark,
shows how highly regarded designers, artists, gallerists and
writers curate their treasured (and varied) possessions to glorious
effect.
First published in 2018 This Hollow Land was reprinted in 2021 due
to popular demand. A third edition will be available shortly -
please check website regularly for updates. For many the folklore
of Norfolk consists of little more than the Swaffham Pedlar, Black
Shuck and Babes in the Wood. Why is there such an apparent dearth
of material? Were the old beliefs suppressed here more effectively
by the new Puritan faith or, as Peter Tolhurst suggests, was it
simply that Norfolk has had no folklore collector like Enid Porter
in the Fens or George Ewart Evans in Suffolk? In this absorbing
work, the first of its kind devoted entirely to the county, the
author has unearthed a rich legacy of beliefs and customs once
widespread in the Norfolk.
In It's Not a Proper Job, TV legend Chris Tarrant regales the
reader with hilarious and heart-warming stories from his stellar
50-year career in television and radio. With trademark wit and
self-mockery, Chris not only recalls his behind-the-scenes capers
with fellow celebrities, but also shows us how, as a man of the
people, he has relished rubbing shoulders with ordinary folk on his
way to becoming one of the nation's favourite TV faces. A former
teacher and ATV newsreader, Chris soon established himself at the
forefront of trailblazing telly as the host of Tiswas, and here
recounts this 1970s, anarchic, flan-flinging children's show that
spearheaded a fresh format and a new era for Saturday morning TV,
packed with pranks, full of fun, and which remains a benchmark to
this day. For later audiences, Chris will be more familiar as the
face of yet another groundbreaking show, Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire? which he presented for sixteen gripping years, and
which grew into a global phenomenon exported to over one hundred
countries. Here Chris remembers the joyous highs of contestants'
life-changing winnings, the frustrating lows of loss, the cringing
embarrassment of ignorance, and the infamous cheating of the
'Coughing Major'. Spanning five decades, Chris's television credits
are the envy of aspirational TV stars, but reading his
laugh-out-loud anecdotes - akin to having a chat with the man
himself over a pint, or listening to one of his entertaining,
after-dinner speeches - reveals a man still amused by life, by the
people he meets, and by his own humble assertion that none of his
glittering career can, in any way, be called 'a proper job'.
Adopting a textual, chronological approach, "Studying German
Cinema" is for students of German and film studies and the general
reader with an interest in German cinema. Each of the fourteen
chapters focuses on one key film, from the groundbreaking horror
"Nosferatu" (1922) to the Oscar-winning "The Lives of Others"
(2007), and explores industrial practices both in West and East
Germany; aesthetic approaches; auteurist traditions (including
films by Fassbinder, Wenders, and Herzog); and ideology. Each film
is embedded in its cultural and political context, and together
they provide an overview of German history from the end of World
War I to the present.
Pillar boxes were first introduced into Britain at the instigation
of Anthony Trollope, the novelist, who was also a Post Office
surveyor. Although many letter boxes are ordinary, some types, such
as those that survive from the 1850s, are understandably rare. This
book describes and illustrates some of those from the Channel
Islands, where pillar boxes were first introduced in 1852, to
Scotland, which has had its own design of letter boxes since the
Queen's accession in 1952, and from the heart of London to the
depths of rural Wales and the Irish Republic.
The first full and authoritative biography of an American--indeed a
world-wide--musical and cultural legend. "No one worked harder than
B.B. No one inspired more up-and-coming artists. No one did more to
spread the gospel of the blues."--President Barack Obama "He is
without a doubt the most important artist the blues has ever
produced."--Eric Clapton Riley "Blues Boy" King (1925-2015) was
born into deep poverty in Jim Crow Mississippi. Wrenched away from
his sharecropper father, B.B. lost his mother at age ten, leaving
him more or less alone. Music became his emancipation from
exhausting toil in the fields. Inspired by a local minister's
guitar and by the records of Blind Lemon Jefferson and T-Bone
Walker, encouraged by his cousin, the established blues man Bukka
White, B.B. taught his guitar to sing in the unique solo style
that, along with his relentless work ethic and humanity, became his
trademark. In turn, generations of artists claimed him as
inspiration, from Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton to Carlos Santana
and the Edge. King of the Blues presents the vibrant life and times
of a trailblazing giant. Witness to dark prejudice and lynching in
his youth, B.B. performed incessantly (some 15,000 concerts in 90
countries over nearly 60 years)--in some real way his means of
escaping his past. Several of his concerts, including his landmark
gig at Chicago's Cook County Jail, endure in legend to this day.
His career roller-coasted between adulation and relegation, but he
always rose back up. At the same time, his story reveals the many
ways record companies took advantage of artists, especially those
of color. Daniel de Vise has interviewed almost every surviving
member of B.B. King's inner circle--family, band members,
retainers, managers, and more--and their voices and memories enrich
and enliven the life of this Mississippi blues titan, whom his
contemporary Bobby "Blue" Bland simply called "the man."
A FLAME TREE POCKET NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals
combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a
gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers,
travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of
well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published
throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted
covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped,
complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The
covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many
hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces
that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table.
PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical
features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two
ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list;
robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to
collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps
everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Tove Jansson was a
Finnish-Swedish writer and artist who created the Moomin family and
their friends. She first started painting Moomintrolls in 1935 and
her last Moomin book was published in 1970; but her stories live on
and continue to be adapted and enjoyed by many generations. THE
FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses
that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Russell "Russ" Melcher came to Europe and photographed the
superstars of the time, either during their visits to Paris and
France or accompanied them on worldwide trips. He witnessed many
world events from film festivals to terrorist attacks. Among the
portrayed were royal families like the Windsors, Grace Kelly &
the Monegasques, as well as film legends like Romy Schneider, Alain
Delon, Burt Lancaster, Erol Flynn, Alfred Hitchcock, Sofia Loren,
Brigitte Bardot, and music legends like Frank Sinatra, Elvis
Presley, Harry Belafonte, and Yves Montand. In addition, there were
political greats such as Charles DeGaulle, Fidel Castro, Nikita
Khrushchev, the Shah of Persia, American presidents, and many more.
Later Russ Melcher became director of the legendary photo agency
MAGNUM and worked with photo legends Robert Capa, Henry
Cartier-Bresson, Ian Berry, Bruce Davidson, Elliott Erwitt, to name
a few. This large-format photo book is about the stories behind the
images and personalities. Entertaining, humorous, but also
profound, Russ describes his way to the perfect photo, his
individual perspective, up to the importance of photographic
storytelling of this 'Golden Age of Photojournalism'. Russ Melcher
is an important witness to that time, but also an American
entertainer in Paris who encouraged his protagonists to do things
that few photographers could manage, a true and trusted partner to
the stars of that era through the ages. The book is organised
according to the two decades and Russell's encounters with the
stars of the time. Text in English and German.
A ground-breaking new anthology in the Art in Theory series,
offering an examination of the changing relationships between the
West and the wider world in the field of art and material culture
Art in Theory: The West in the World is a ground-breaking anthology
that comprehensively examines the relationship of Western art to
the art and material culture of the wider world. Editors Paul Wood
and Leon Wainwright have included 370 texts, some of which appear
in English for the first time. The anthologized texts are presented
in eight chronological parts, which are then subdivided into key
themes appropriate to each historical era. The majority of the
texts are representations of changing ideas about the cultures of
the world by European artists and intellectuals, but increasingly,
as the modern period develops, and especially as colonialism is
challenged, a variety of dissenting voices begin to claim their
space, and a counter narrative to western hegemony develops. Over
half the book is devoted to 20th and 21st century materials, though
the book's unique selling point is the way it relates the modern
globalization of art to much longer cultural histories. As well as
the anthologized material, Art in Theory: The West in the World
contains: A general introduction discussing the scope of the
collection Introductory essays to each of the eight parts,
outlining the main themes in their historical contexts Individual
introductions to each text, explaining how they relate to the wider
theoretical and political currents of their time Intended for a
wide audience, the book is essential reading for students on
courses in art and art history. It will also be useful to
specialists in the field of art history and readers with a general
interest in the culture and politics of the modern world.
Now available on CD, fifteen powerful a cappella songs from the
South African church, including the acclaimed 'We Are Marching in
the Light of God' (Siyahamba). Recorded in 1984. Songs collected
and edited by Anders Nyberg. Freedom is comingAsikhatali (It
Doesn't Matter)Gabi (Praise the Father)IpharadisiSingabahambayo (On
Earth an Army is Marching)Siph'amandla (O God, Give Us
Power)Akanamandla (He Has No Power)Bamthatha (He's Locked Up)Vula,
Botha (Open, Botha)Shumayela (Come, Let Us Preach)Nkosi, Nkosi
(Lord, Have Mercy)Siyahamba (We Are Marching)Haleluya! Pelo Tsa
Rona (Haleluya! We Sing Your Praises)Thuma Mina (Send Me Jesus)We
shall not give up the fight
A sinister case of deadly poisoned chocolates from Sodbury Cross's
high street shop haunts the group of friends and relatives
assembled at Bellegarde, among the orchards of 'peach-fancier'
Marcus Chesney. To prove a point about how the sweets could have
been poisoned under the nose of the shopkeeper, Chesney stages an
elaborate memory game to test whether any of his guests can see
beyond their 'black spectacles'; that is, to see the truth without
assumptions as witnesses. During the test - which is also being
filmed - Chesney is murdered by his accomplice, dressed head to toe
in an 'invisible man' disguise. The keen wits of Dr Gideon Fell are
called for to crack this brazen and bizarre murder committed in
full view of an audience. Also known by its US title The Problem of
the Green Capsule, this classic novel is widely regarded as one of
John Dickson Carr's masterpieces and remains among the greatest
impossible crime mysteries of all time.
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