The Masis Collection is one of the most comprehensive privately owned assemblages of pocket watches in the world. It encompasses over four hundred years of the watchmakers, enamellers and goldsmiths craft. This lavishly illustrated book takes the reader not only on a journey through the development of the mechanical watch.
In the spring of 2017, Carla van de Puttelaar developed a new and timely series devoted to prominent and promising women in the art world, Artfully Dressed: Women in the Art World. While working on this ongoing project, Van de Puttelaar became even more impressed by the personalities and achievements of these women. United in their brilliance and ......
The photographs are a compact summary of Bob Mazzers' work since the 1960s: photographs from London, including the famous Underground images; hippie life in Wales; loving life in France; expanding life in the USA and local life in Hastings.
Life and Work from his Memoirs, Letters, Diaries and Interviews
Potter, writer, teacher, editor, curator and gay rights activist, Emmanuel Cooper was a unique figure in the cultural landscape of this country. When he died in 2012 he left behind an extraordinary body of work. This is both a personal and a social history that celebrates the life and times of an important artist and remarkable man.
As London evolves into a Babylonian-style city of lofty towers, the artist Anna Keen has been inspired to paint this London Metamorphosis. While each new edifice heads to the heavens, the exposed entrails of these vast construction sites strangely resemble ruins. Her large canvases are enriched with details stemming from patient observation and ......
Over 50 original tried and tested recipes which include Paella, Mackerel Escabeche, Seafood Tagine, Crispy Squid, Lobster and many more! Beautiful water colour illustrations by Alice Cleary. Seasonal, sustainable and enjoyable to cook recipes for fish.
Peter Humfreys in-depth analysis of the Stafford Gallery, based on original research, shows how during the quarter century of its existence (1806-1830), it represented the greatest art collection in Regency London. It also examines the ways in which the collection was arranged and displayed.
In de herfst van 1914 verandert de oorlog, die later de Grote Oorlog en nog later de Eerste Wereldoorlog zou heten, van karakter: het is niet langer een bewegingsoorlog, maar een stellingenoorlog. Het front loopt vast van Nieuwpoort tot de Zwitserse grens. Ieper is het laatste gat dat gedicht moet worden. Reeds op 22 november 1914 worden de ......
