Category Archives: Travel Guides
Everything You Know About Planet Earth is Wrong
A fascinating and humorous read that debunks the surprising myths about the world we always believed.The latest addition to the popular Everything You Know series, this book will blow apart your beliefs in the world`s physical and social landscape, leaving you staggered by astounding facts about geography, nature, cities and the people who inhabit them.
Londonopolis: A Curious History of London
A paperback reissue of Londonopolis (9781849941655)This curious history of London whisks you down the rabbit hole and into the warren of backstreets, landmarks, cemeteries, palaces, markets, museums and secret gardens of the great metropolis. Meet the cockneys, politicians, fairies, philosophers, gangsters and royalty that populate the city, their stories becoming curiouser and curiouser as layers
Favourite Poems of England: A Collection to Celebrate This Green and Pleasant Land
A paperback reissue of a beautiful anthology.A diverse collection of poetry which celebrates both England and all that it means to be English – from the rolling hills, to those lost in battle over the centuries, to London`s bustling streets and a nation obsessed with the weather. Ode to England encompasses a breadth of poetry
Maps of London and Beyond
Shortlisted for the 2019 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s Photography & Illustrated Travel Book of the YearA spectacular, large-format collection of Adam Dant`s fine art maps giving a unique view of our history and life today.Artist and cartographer Adam Dant surveys London`s past, present and future from his studio in the East End. Beautiful, witty
Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain
In the mid-1930s, three giants of the international Modern movement, Bauhaus professors Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, fled Nazi Germany and sought refuge in Hampstead in the most exciting new apartment block in Britain. The Lawn Road Flats, or Isokon building (as it came to be known), was commissioned by the young visionary
How to See Nature
“Pack soup, cheese and a copy of How To See Nature by the Bard of Wenlock Edge and Guardian diarist.” John VidalWith a title taken from the 1940 Batsford book, this is nature writing for the modern reader. Evans weaves historical, cultural and literary references into his writing, ranging from TS Eliot to Bridget Riley,
A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year
A nature poem for every day of the year, progressing through the months and seasons. Each poem is chosen to chime with the natural world at that time of year, reminding us to connect to the natural world, which can only improve our lives. Spring is a time of hope, a season of new life
100 Churches 100 Years
Following on from 100 Buildings 100 Years and 100 Houses 100 Years, this book illustrates and describes 100 churches and chapels built in the UK since 1914, charting the development of buildings for worship. In this period concrete and steel gave a new freedom to construction, while new ideas about how congregations could participate in
Sussex, Kent and Surrey 1939
A remarkable and eccentric insight into the south east of England in the pre-war period.Richard Wyndham`s `last look round` was a tour taken immediately before the Second World War in 1939 and was originally published in the following year as South-Eastern Survey.Wyndham is a very agreeable companion as he travels in his self-confessed `haphazard` way
Shopfronts of London: In Praise of Small Neighbourhood Shops
A collection of Eleanor Crow`s beautiful watercolours of classic shopfronts.Published in partnership with Spitalfields Life Books, this timely volume celebrates the small neighbourhood shops of London. As our high streets decline into generic monotony, we cherish these independent shops and family businesses that enrich the city with their characterful frontages and distinctive typography.This collection includes
Beekeeping – A Seasonal Guide
A charming and practical guide for anyone wishing to keep bees, accompanying the would-be beekeeper through every season of the bee-keeping year. From spring awakening and summer swarms to the autumn honey harvest and providing winter protection, this essential resource guides you each step of the way.There is extensive advice for beekeeping beginners, from siting
London Buildings Colouring Book
This exquisite colouring book, a design object in its own right, contains 45 stylish line illustrations of London`s most iconic buildings, created by influential design duo Robin Farquhar and Hannah Dipper of People Will Always Need Plates. These outstanding graphic illustrations, with their clean lines, are just waiting for a touch of colour to bring
A Cloud a Day
The new book from the author of the bestselling `The Cloudspotter`s Guide`. Passionate cloud spotter and bestselling author Gavin Pretor-Pinney gives you a cloud a day in his new book, published together with the Cloud Appreciation Society. Spending a few moments a day with your head in the clouds can have a profound effect on
The Big Letter Hunt London
Take a tour of London from A to Z, searching for giant letters hidden throughout the city. This architectural treasure hunt winds its way past London`s landmark buildings and architectural gems, such as the British Museum, the Barbican, and the modernist Brunswick Centre. Letters also appear in the skyscrapers, on tube stations, and in the
Ode to London: Poems to Celebrate the City
`Earth hath not anything to show more fair` said Wordsworth of London in 1802, and hundreds of years on the same can be still be said of Britain`s largest metropolis. Ode to London is a wonderful anthology of poetry celebrating England`s capital and life as a Londoner. Verses from our best-loved authors, such as William
Northern England: Cycling Touring Guide
Northern England Cycling Touring Guide, one of the classics of cycling publishing and the inspiration behind the ‘Britain by Bike” television series. Written by Harold Briercliffe and first published in 1947, the guide has been updated to the present day and re-published in 2012. Coverage includes the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, the north-east coast of
Southern England: Cycling Touring Guide
Southern England Cycling Touring Guide, one of the classics of cycling publishing and the inspiration behind the ‘Britain by Bike” television series. Written by Harold Briercliffe and first published in 1950, the guide has been updated to the present day and re-published in 2012. Coverage includes a tour of the Thames Valley and the Cotswolds,
Central England: Cycling Touring Guide
Central England Cycling Touring Guide, one of the classics of cycling publishing and the inspiration behind the ‘Britain by Bike” television series. Written by Harold Briercliffe and first published in 1949, the guide has been updated to the present day and re-published in 2012. Coverage includes a tour of the Peak District and the Peakland
How to Grow Food
In 1940 Doreen Wallace, prolific novelist, academic, social campaigner and farmer, wrote a book for Batsford on vegetable growing, as part of the publisher`s iconic Home Front Handbook series. With its chatty, readable writing style and its beautiful Brian Cook cover, the book became a wartime classic, invaluable for everyone growing fruit and vegetables at
Ancient Trees, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
`Among all the varied productions with which Nature has adorned the surfaces of the earth, none awakens our sympathies, or interests our imagination so powerfully as those venerable trees, which seem to have stood the lapse of ages…` John Muir, 1868 A fascinating celebration of the some of the oldest living organisms on the planet,
