COMMON AND UNCOMMON SCENTS bottles the sensory history of perfume
In Common And Uncommon Scents, Susan Stewart traces both the origins of perfume and its rich social history from the Ancient Romans to the interwar period.
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In Common And Uncommon Scents, Susan Stewart traces both the origins of perfume and its rich social history from the Ancient Romans to the interwar period.
Will Dean's Wolf Pack isn’t about a murder so much as coping with grief, loss, loneliness and mental health issues.
Celebrating life, love, death and style, A Book Of Days uses Patti Smith’s Instagram account and archives to reveal a beautiful and diverse collection spanning decades.
Cerys Matthews' illustrated version of Under Milk Wood is sure to capture the heart of new audiences for generations to come.
Compelling and unsettling in equal measure, Idol, Burning is a pitch-perfect insight into how confusing and exhausting modern life can feel to young women today.
On paper, Harry Baker’s new collection, Unashamed, should be worth attention. Unfortunately, these poems rarely come to life
Through The Billboard Promised Land Without Ever Stopping is an opulently surrealist piece of narrative fiction, the only of its kind known to have been written by Derek Jarman.
Bournville is a 75-year family saga with no clear protagonists, but a temporal anchor in the form of Mary, who experiences World War II aged 11 and COVID at 86.
For fans, The Philosophy Of Modern Song is another opportunity to see into the mind of the most important lyricist of popular songs, Bob Dylan.
Up to now, the close call U2 frontman Bono had with death has only ever been acknowledged. Surrender, his first-ever autobiography, uncovers the full details.
As its title suggests, Will Self’s latest book - Why Read - collects pieces that coalesce into the form of a manifesto.
Trying to cram over a thousand years’ worth of philosophy into a 250-page book is no mean feat, but Zabus and Nicoby do just that in Sophie's World.
Biblical’s content more closely resembles a memoir than what it purports to be, “a bible of hard rock and heavy metal”.
If good fiction is meant to hold up a mirror to society, then Saunders smashes the mirror and lets you find yourself in the pieces.
Hans Luijten’s pivotal new exploration of Jo van Gogh-Bonger's life in The Woman Who Made Vincent Famous aims to rewrite part of Van Gogh's history.
Mab Jones kicks this October’s poetry instalment off by recommending a multimedia installation, before reverting to the paper and ink combo we know and love.
List-making king of 90s male fiction Nick Hornby is back with an extended essay on two of his favourite people: Charles Dickens and Prince.
Vampire Cinema: The First Hundred Years functions as both a sweeping primer for the freshly bitten and illuminating biography of the creatures of the night for long-time fans.
The term ‘Psychogeographer’ doesn’t really suit Terminal Zones, but it’s got plenty of geography, and psychosis.
Kid Congo Powers closes Some New Kind Of Kick almost exactly 25 years before its publication, on the day he did heroin for the last time.
The follow-up to Richard Herring's Talking Cock, Can I Have My Ball Back? is an honest, moving, funny book about the most serious of subjects.
The story of Carlotta sometimes resembles a retelling of The Odyssey, from the contemporary perspective of a Black, trans and formerly incarcerated person.
A captivating collection of poetry, Pearl & Bone’s first four poems arise from Mari Ellis Dunning’s pregnancy.
Jan Morris was adamant no one should write her biography during her lifetime, and following her death in 2020 Paul Clements has stepped into the breach.