Our recommended reading series offers readers a curated list of Thames & Hudson titles relevant to selected cultural events. In this post we focus on Comics Unmasked, a new show of iconic work at the British Library. Comics Sketchbooks We rarely see the creative thinking – the doodling, the experimentation – that leads to fully […]
A fortnight in the life of Laurent Philippon, hairstylist extraordinaire… Paris, Tuesday night: off to concept store Colette, a fashion zone so hip there’s a bouncer checking your look as you enter 213 Faubourg Saint-Honoré… But move inside, and what a beautiful sight: a table full of fashion and photography books so fine you know […]
A brief Q&A with typography authorities Steven Heller and Louise Fili about their new book Shadow Type, a breathtaking spectrum of vintage shadow typefaces for today’s graphic designer. What’s the idea behind your latest book Shadow Type? First Louise Fili and I did Scripts, perhaps the most frequently used non-Roman type style. So, Shadow is […]
Throughout his career, the British film-maker Derek Jarman created beautiful handmade books in which he kept poetry, drawings, pressed flowers, photographs, scripts and notes – seen together they reveal the story of how he gathered, shaped and made concrete his ideas. To get a closer look, we visited the BFI National Archive’s Special Collections with […]
Our latest author interview takes us to a church foyer in East London for an informal chat with Dr Paul Koudounaris, to find out about his new book Heavenly Bodies. Watch Paul in a Church here Following the success of his last book The Empire of Death, which has attracted a huge cult following, Heavenly […]
A brief Q&A with the authors of The Neanderthals Rediscovered, Dimitra Papagianni and Michael A. Morse. What are your backgrounds as writers? We both studied archaeology, in fact, that’s how we met. While we both enjoy fieldwork and original research, there is nothing more rewarding than sharing what we know with non-specialists. We have done […]
With a major exhibition coming up at the British Museum in 2014, James Graham-Campbell, author of the new World of Art series title Viking Art, takes us on a short tour of this fascinating subject in five objects. My chronological trail of some exceptional examples of Viking art starts and ends in Norway, but takes […]
Read the introduction to the new book The Wry Romance of the Literary Rectory by Deborah Alun-Jones, which explores the lives of writers whose work was deeply influenced by the time they spent living in village rectories. For more information, head to our website. Read, comment on and share more book extracts on our ISSUU […]
Our groundbreaking title Medieval Modern offers a radical new reading of art since the Middle Ages and sheds fresh light on the deep connections between modern and pre-modern art. In this fascinating interview, author Alexander Nagel talks to Kaiya Stone about the origins of the book and highlights works that have inspired and influenced its […]
In this instructional animation, Remake It: Clothes shows the avid life-hacker how to create a cloth bag from an unwanted t-shirt. For more sustainable fashion tips, ideas and inspirartion, read Henrietta Thompson’s new book Remake It Clothes. Watch the instructional here For more information about Remake It: Clothes, visit our website. Tweet
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