David Jones 1895-1974The work of British painter and writer David Jones (1895 1974) is complex and intricate, his themes multifarious. Published to accompany a major centenary exhibition, this beautifully illustrated new book provides an overview of Jones's life and work. In his accompanying essay 'Portrait of a Maker', the artist and writer Merlin James approaches Jones's work with the fresh perceptions of a younger generation. He examines the artist's prints and text

Renovating an old cabin on his vineyard so he can babysit his vines 24/7

and the applied arts

the local paper carries a story highly unusual by York standards: two brothers have been shot to death

with over 200 new entries on contemporary artists

including Spartan Reflections (California

Inviting the reader to experience the paintings visually

with full-size templates and a large photograph of the finished toy

through the heights of medieval splendour and down to the present day

Publisher: Sampson Low

loved jokes and hated growing up

We then leap forward in time to the Meiji period when the status of women in Japanese society

Paul Cartledge and his team of contributors ask what it was like for an ordinary person to partake in "the glory that was Greece