Reviewed by Stephanie Williams I must have been about thirteen when my imagination was first captured by Akhenaten, the legendary pharaoh wh...

Gloriously eccentric, and somehow quintessentially British, follies see reason give way to imagination and sensation as prosaic water t...

The thought of a flock of sheep running wild in Cavendish Square seems bizarre to say the least, but in the eighteenth century it was a...

Few places seem as paradoxically familiar and exotic as the Alhambra. The romantic paintings of the Orientalists and the eulogies to ...

A selection of historical titles to look forward to in the coming months:                                      THE QUEEN'S CHOI...

Researching the history of jewellery making for 'The Christmas We Met' gave me a wonderful excuse to explore the world of gems...

I am still a 'new girl' compared to many of the illustrious HGs, but the more I write, the more it feels publication is a case...

VELLICHOR: n. the strange wistfulness of used bookstores, which are somehow infused with the passage of time—filled with thousands of o...

Even in the days of Kindle, Abebooks, Amazon and all the online book retailers there are some out of print books so rare that you have...