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Product Description William Morris's patterns are enduringly popular for their originality and colour, and have captured the imagination of countl...

William Morris (1834–1896) was one of the most celebrated practitioners of the Arts and Crafts movement in the late 19th century. In creating woven...

Product Description Winner: Best Trade Illustrated Book, British Book Design & Production Awards 2017 ‘As to the arsenic scare a greater foll...

'A masterly, vivid and original sketch, not just of the history but of the culture (or cultures) of the Church of England across nearly five centur...

The disturbing true story of the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown LA, by its general manager for a decade and star of the controversial Netflix do...

Parish churches have been at the heart of communities for more than a thousand years. But now, fewer than two in one hundred people regularly atten...

Review 'Reveals that Morris' writing is just as elegant and erudite, and her mind just as supple, playful, curious, rigorous, humorous and sur...

Imagining England’s Past takes a long look at the country’s invented histories, from the glamorous to the disturbing, from the eighth century to th...

Product Description I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bri...

Christopher Dresser (1834–1904) is one of the most influential British designers of all time and he is widely regarded as Britain’s first independe...

'A stunningly good and surely definitive biography of one of the most fascinating British engineers ever to have lived' JAMES HOLLAND Barnes Walli...

A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting encounter with another; a brother and sister find them...

In a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris - a constant traveller - has produced ...

Veniceby Jan Morris is an international bestseller, a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and a love letter to Italy's most iconic city.

About the Author Carolyne Larrington is Professor of Medieval European Literature, University of Oxford, and Official Fellow and Tutor, St John’s ...

War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused ...

"Sisters Under the Rising Sun" stands as Heather Morris’s gripping, deeply moving historical masterpiece that chronicles the extraordinary, true-li...

A heartbreaking story of love and survival based on the incredible true story of the Meller sisters, as told to Heather Morris. Now a Sunday Times...

Review At its best when reminding us how deeply embedded these buildings are in the English landscape and when exploring, how the intimate mea...

Review 'Time - what it is, how it shifts, what happens when we lose our grip on it - is at the heart of Lavinia Greenlaw's new collection . here's...

"Three Sisters" stands as Heather Morris’s gripping, deeply moving historical masterpiece that serves as the final, triumphant conclusion to the gl...

Published one year on from her death, at the age of ninety-four, Jan Morris' Allegorizings is the final despatch from one of the greatest chronicle...

Review Such fun. An illuminating story for every stitch in your wardrobe and pigment on your wall -- Simon Garfield, author ― Just My TypeFun ...

Examining the body language displayed in works of art is a whole new way of looking at art. The gestures portrayed can reflect the mores of a parti...