'Extraordinary. A****n intellectual feast as well as a visual one**'**Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber EyesThe world comes to us in colour. But colour lives as much in our imaginations as it does in our surroundings, as this scintillating book reveals. Each chapter immerses the reader in a single colour, drawing together stories from the histories of art and humanity to illuminate the meanings it has be...

Just before 3am on January 24th, 1941, when Britain was preoccupied with surviving the Blitz, the body of Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll, was discovered lying on the floor of his Buick, at a road intersection some miles outside Nairobi, with a bullet in his head.A leading figure in Kenya's colonial community, the Earl had recently been appointed Military Secretary, but he was primarily a seducer of other men's wives. Sir Henry Delves Broughton, whose wife was Erroll's current conquest...

Few people know that Ypres, centre of First World War remembrance, was once home to a thriving British community that played a heroic role in the Second World War. This expatriate outpost grew around the British ex-servicemen who cared for the war memorials and cemeteries of 'Flanders Fields'. Many married local women and their children grew up multi-lingual, but attended their own school and were intensely proud to be British.When Germany invaded in 1940 the community was threaten...

Few people know that Ypres, centre of First World War remembrance, was once home to a thriving British community that played a heroic role in the Second World War. This expatriate outpost grew around the British ex-servicemen who cared for the war memorials and cemeteries of 'Flanders Fields'. Many married local women and their children grew up multi-lingual, but attended their own school and were intensely proud to be British.When Germany invaded in 1940 the community was threaten...

The First World War is usually believed to have had a catastrophic effect on British art, killing artists and movements, and creating a mood of belligerent philistinism around the nation. In this book, however, James Fox paints a very different picture of artistic life in wartime Britain. Drawing on a wide range of sources, he examines the cultural activities of largely forgotten individuals and institutions, as well as the press and the government, in order to shed new light on art's unus...

“A funny, tender, poignant debut with a believable, sympathetic protagonist.” - The Guardian“Tender, truthful and touching.” - The Times“A really lovely book, so tender and truthful.” - Jacqueline Wilson, bestselling author of The Story of Tracy Beaker“Fox writes with great warmth and humour: his triumph is to turn this story of modern domestic strife into an uplifting read, wi...

A funny, relatable, moving story about online fame vs reality.“A timely book about what social media does to people.” - The ObserverMeet Ethan Lacey, online vlogging sensation alongside his mum, dad and big brother Mason.They film and upload everyday life for their million subscribers to enjoy - the pranks, the cosy family time, the perks like going to the opening of an epic new theme park. They are

"A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second" by Charles James Fox is a detailed examination of the political landscape during the early years of King James II's reign. Fox, a prominent Whig politician and historian, provides insights into the conflicts and controversies that characterized this tumultuous period. His narrative explores the struggles between monarchy and parliament, the impact of religious tensions, and the evolving nature of governance in England. Through ...

This book pulls together experts in the fields of economics and Russian culture, all participants in the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and Economic Development, a follow-up to the 1999 Cultural Values and Human Progress Symposium at Harvard University. As the sequel to the 2001 volume Culture Matters, it discusses modernization, democratization, economic, and political reforms in Russia and asserts that these reforms can happen through the reframing of...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2026**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO NON-FICTION BOOK AWARD 2025**SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025**A BBC RADIO 4 AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK*Connect with Britain’s extraordinary heritage and be awakened to the beauty all around you with this Sunday Times bestselling journey to Craftland – by award-winning historian and broadcaster James Fox.

THE ILLUSION OF PEACE IS SHATTEREDIn this third book of the Stonegate trilogy, familiar characters return, especially Donald of Fisher and Rachel of Westerly. It is now twenty years since Donald claimed victory in the wars against the evil Prophet, and peace has reigned. Donald and Rachel now have children, Robby and Sara. Both share a close friendship with Ari, their cousin and neighbor, who like her mother, Carla, proves to be a skilled archer and horsewoman. But the pea...

Across the forests and deserts of a post-apocalyptic outback Australia, the quest for answers and salvation begins.Jake, Marcus, and their small tribe of survivors have acquired an airship, a medical pod, and most strangely of all, an iridescent blue friend; the mysteriously wise and powerful Adam.For the moment, they survive in obscurity from the watchful gaze of Eve, the malevolent A.I. with its eyes in the sky. As they grasp for answers and a meaning to all the carnage, ...