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In this instalment of the FUTURES series, journalist and broadcaster Bidisha uses her personal journey though books, TV and film to trace seismic changes in the way we engage with culture, and what we consider to be serious art
From post-colonial arrogance to climate disaster, Frankie Boyle takes a characteristically unsparing look at the key issues on our political horizon, in this instalment of the FUTURES series
A powerful polemic on the major threats facingthe world today and how they can be overcome.
The definitive collection of art by Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, with a foreword by Grayson Perry
A new translation of the classic English poem that inspired Malory, stunningly illustrated with linocuts by the author
Two IRA detectives attempt to solve the murder of a young boy during the Irish War of Independence in 1920
From the first EU Referendum in 1975 to the handover of Hong Kong, one of the great British civil servants recounts his first-hand experience of some of the most significant events in recent history
The definitive illustrated guide to art deco, modernist and brutalist architecture in London's suburbs
An irreverent, feminist fairy tale for adults that teaches us to care less about what others think
Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of is a full-colour illustrated compendium of the most painfully bad games, based on Ashens' YouTube series of the same name.Everyone's heard of E.T. for the Atari 2600 and Superman for the Nintendo 64, but these are almost nothing next to the abject incompetence of Count Duckula 2 on the Amstrad CPC. There are people who seriously believe that Shaq Fu is the worst fighting game ever made, having never experienced Dangerous Streets on the Amiga. This book will blow their very soul apart. (Not a guarantee.)Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of is meticulously researched and written, with the dry humour you'd expect from a man who has somehow made a living by sticking rubbish on a sofa and talking about it. Each entry is accompanied by a series of full-colour images from the games.
Where are all the women philosophers? The answer is right here.
Even the most successful lives are often shaped by great personal struggle: here, fourteen writers discuss the secret battles that made them who they are today
This novel by comedy legend Andy Hamilton (Outnumbered, Not the Nine O'Clock News) is a publishing first, reproducing 300 pages of handwritten manuscript
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