When Harry Met Polly
Hell-bent Harry Crosby meets his future wife
Places: Lamorna
The Cornish village where writer and artist Ithell Colquhoun lived and worked (and died)
Places: Lamorna
The Cornish village where writer and artist Ithell Colquhoun lived and worked (and died)
Places: Sissi and Fanny’s Corfu
The adjacent hillside retreats of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and “bohemian countess” Franziska zu Reventlow
Places: Sissi and Fanny’s Corfu
The adjacent hillside retreats of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and “bohemian countess” Franziska zu Reventlow
Postcard from Pontikonisi
The tiny Greek island cited as one of the inspirations for Arnold Böcklin’s immortal Toteninsel
Postcard from Pontikonisi
The tiny Greek island cited as one of the inspirations for Arnold Böcklin’s immortal Toteninsel
Maya Deren at 100
“I am not greedy. I do not seek to possess the major portion of your days…”
Thedore Wratislaw: Fragments of a Life
D.J. Sheppard’s highly recommended biography of the elusive 1890s poet
Thedore Wratislaw: Fragments of a Life
D.J. Sheppard’s highly recommended biography of the elusive 1890s poet
Spring Trees
The lyrical prose of architect and designer August Endell, born in Berlin on this day in 1871
Spring Trees
The lyrical prose of architect and designer August Endell, born in Berlin on this day in 1871
The Blind Man
100 years since the radical journal by Marcel Duchamp, Beatrice Wood and Henri-Pierre Roché brought Dada to New York
The Blind Man
100 years since the radical journal by Marcel Duchamp, Beatrice Wood and Henri-Pierre Roché brought Dada to New York
The Surreal Century of Leonora Carrington
The belatedly recognised artist and writer, born 100 years ago today
The Surreal Century of Leonora Carrington
The belatedly recognised artist and writer, born 100 years ago today
Places: Nevill Holt
The birthplace and childhood home of Nancy Cunard
The Pepys of sleep
Michel Leiris’s 1961 dream diary, Nights as Day, Days as Night
Pearls: Octave Mirbeau
The great provocateur of French letters, who died 100 years ago today
La vie en Palais Rose
The collection of Boni de Castellane and Anna Gould
Back to The Pleasure Garden
Happy birthday Hattie Jacques!
17-plus books for 2017
Dead poets, nude dancers, good bohemians, mystical Symbolists, jaded aristocrats, queer courtiers and blind men at play in a realm of dreams and voodoo
17-plus books for 2017
Dead poets, nude dancers, good bohemians, mystical Symbolists, jaded aristocrats, queer courtiers and blind men at play in a realm of dreams and voodoo
Late entries
A few book titles from late 2016 you may have missed…
Ta-ra Rasputin
100 years since feckless, frocked-up Felix Yusupov helped eliminate the man who held Russia’s imperial family under his spell
Ta-ra Rasputin
100 years since feckless, frocked-up Felix Yusupov helped eliminate the man who held Russia’s imperial family under his spell
“Suicide must be a vocation”
“You are all poets and I’m on the side of death.” It’s Demotivational Quote of the Day brought to you by everyone’s favourite Dadaist nihilist, Jacques Rigaut.
“Suicide must be a vocation”
“You are all poets and I’m on the side of death.” It’s Demotivational Quote of the Day brought to you by everyone’s favourite Dadaist nihilist, Jacques Rigaut.
