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Part fashionable guide, part defence of dandyism, this manual for menswear was originally published in 1830. It advises on the nuances of men's fas...

Revolution! Conflict! Gluttony! In this eclectic book of food history, Tom Nealon takes on such overlooked themes as carp and the Crusades, brown s...

Product Description Playing Jane Austen is the original dramatisation of Jane Austen's work. The collection was first published in 1895 as Duo...

The tavern, the inn, the coffee house, the tea shop: these are places where, throughout history, we have met and socialised and where the issues of...

This is a truly luxury book and a must-have for every family bookshelf, with cloth binding, a beautiful jacket and ribbon marker. It offers a compr...

The ultimate picture book – packed with wonderful, quirky, amusing and delightful images from the British Museum. There is no text at all: the pict...

Shortlisted for Exhibition Catalogue of the Year in the British Book Design and Production Awards 2022. A landmark publication of a major new disc...

Product Description ‘A simply outstanding book’ ‘Astonishing’ ‘[A] rich treasure-trove of photographs of objects’ ‘The book truly is a delight, an...

Product Description ‘A fascinating catalogue, torqued around the notion of a film critic watching moving images by day and then focussing on still...

Featuring a rich array of magnificent artworks from the British Museum and beyond, the book showcases some of the most exquisite works of wood, sto...

Authoritative, surprising, evocative and original, Shakespeare: staging the world offers a completely new approach to one of the most exceptional c...

A lavishly illustrated book to accompany the New York Public Library's exhibition of the priceless treasures in its archives Inside the walls of it...

Product Description The British Museum’s collection is one of the world’s finest and broadest, ranging from prehistoric times to the present in an...

For over three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhel...

Daljit Nagra possesses one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary English poetry. British Museum is his third collection, following his ele...

Product Description 'Scurrilous, scandalous and frequently disgusting. I absolutely loved it' James O'BrienTwitter hero James Felton brings you t...

A definitive survey of the finest examples of residential architecture in Britain from 1900 to the present, featuring the major architects of the 2...

An expert guide to the highlights and unexpected treasures of British collections. If you find yourself in Hull, Cork or Dundee, what paintings sh...

A stunning new range of stationery produced in association with the British Museum. These beautiful colour postcards, illustrated with artwork and...

'Thorough and engaging ... you can't understand England without understanding the BBC' New York Times 'Fascinating and informative' Daily Telegrap...

The Young British Artists (YBAs) stormed on to the contemporary art scene in 1988 with their attention-grabbing, ironic art. They exploded art-worl...