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Originally published in the 1830s, Samuel Rogers' energetic, entertaining, and occasionally eye-p...

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A brand new collection of essays exclusively commissioned by Notting Hill Editions. Iain Sinclair...

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The Victorian artist and activist William Morris travelled to Iceland in search of an answer to t...

Perec was a leading exponent of French literary surrealism who found humour - and pathos - in the...

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A famed British neurologist embarks on an expedition in Brazil to follow the trail of Percy Fawce...

Noriko Smiling breathes new life into Ozu's film, and film studies as a whole. There has never be...

The best fishing writing is never really about fishing, or never only about fishing, and the writ...

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A walking guide to this historic London neighbourhood, uncovering its countercultural roots.

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A delightful and unusual selection of Priestley's essays, drawing on five decades of his writing.

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BBC broadcaster Stephen Johnson explores how Shostakovich's music took shape under Stalin's reign...

Richard Sennett has spent an intellectual lifetime exploring how humans live in cities. In this p...