Croome: A Creation of Genius
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Croome was the Worcestershire seat of the Earls of Coventry. During the eighteenth century it was...
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Collected Essays
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Much has changed since Camille Paglia first burst onto the scene with her groundbreaking Sexual...
Rich and Poor: Photographs of Jim Goldberg
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From 1977 to 1985, Jim Goldberg photographed the wealthy and destitute of San Francisco, creating a...
Cassandra Darke
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Cassandra Darke is an art dealer, mean, selfish, solitary by nature, living in Chelsea in a house...
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Phantoms on the Bookshelves
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This enchanting study on the art of living with books considers how our personal libraries reveal...
ClareR (6037 KP) rated Death at the Sign of the Rook in Books
Nov 23, 2025
Death at the Sign of the Rook gives a nod to the Golden Age of Agatha Christie I think, with the murder set in a grand country house that’s fighting for survival, by turning part of it into a country hotel.
There are some very Christie-esque characters: an army major, a vicar, a dowager and of course, the sleuth with his sidekick (in the form of Jackson Brodie and DC Reggie Chase).
There’s art theft, people in disguise, secrets, lies and a truly awful Murder Mystery weekend! And Brodie can’t even get away because of the snowstorm!
This is everything I’d hoped for: funny, clever, fast-paced and immersive. I loved how it all came together at the end.
I can’t wait for the next instalment now!
The Education of the Eye: Painting, Landscape, and Architecture in Eighteenth-Century Britain
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The Education of the Eye examines the origins of visual culture in eighteenth-century Britain. It...
Amaravati: The Art of an Early Buddhist Monument in Context
Michael Willis and Akira Shimada
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Buddhism originated in north India and spread to other parts of the subcontinent in the third...


