Jack Vettriano: A Life: New edition
Emerging from the unlikely background of the Scottish coalfields, unknown and untutored, Jack Vettriano became Scotland’s most successful and controversial contemporary artist.
History of art
Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings
In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing ‘an art without a history’. ‘No-one’, it went on, ‘has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.’
Until now.
Painted People: Humanity in 21 Tattoos
In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing ‘an art without a history’. ‘No-one’, it went on, ‘has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.’
Until now.
Painted People: Humanity in 21 Tattoos: Unabridged edition
In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing ‘an art without a history’. ‘No-one’, it went on, ‘has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.’
Until now.
Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court
The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England.
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe: Platinum Jubilee edition
Platinum Jubilee edition
‘Full of gems … Angela Kelly is a jewel in the crown’Daily Telegraph
‘Entertaining and beautifully illustrated’The Sunday Times
‘For real intel, [The Crown] can’t come close to The Other Side of the Coin by Angela Kelly’The New York Times
Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court
The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark, Holland and Spain to England.
The Imaginary Museum: A Personal Tour of Contemporary Art featuring ghosts, nudity and disagreements
Join the art critic Ben Eastham on a private tour of an extraordinary museum. Let him walk you through a building constructed from memory and filled with a series of bewildering art works, while he delivers a guide comprised of personal experience, professional expertise and sympathy.
Jane Austen Embroidery: Authentic embroidery projects for modern stitchers
15 beautiful embroidery projects from the era of Jane Austen.
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe
‘Full of gems … Angela Kelly is a jewel in the crown’Daily Telegraph
‘Entertaining and beautifully illustrated’The Sunday Times
‘For real intel, [The Crown] can’t come close to The Other Side of the Coin by Angela Kelly’The New York Times