This beautiful little gift book features over 50 dogs painted by Hannah Dale in her uniquely quirky, characterful style. From the faithful Labrador and the bouncy Cocker Spaniel to the loveable Old English Sheepdog and French Bulldog, all our favourite dog breeds are delightfully brought to life by this award-winning artist. Each portrait is accompanied by insightful and entertaining text from Hannah, who is a trained zoologist as well as an artist. A wonderful reference and beautiful gift book for all dog lovers.

Based on an exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery held in autumn 2024, In the Footsteps of the East London Group brings together 30 original paintings by members of the East London Group, paired with 20 new interpretations and responses from contemporary painters including David Hepher, Doreen Fletcher and Tim Craven.

The East London Group were a group of artists who created paintings in the 1920s and 30s of buildings, streets, and London life. They were mostly working class, realist painters whose formal education had often stopped at an early age. The group developed from an art club at the Bethnal Green Men’s Institute to a group of painters who exhibited alongside prominent artists of the day and attracted enormous press coverage and support. They were taught by Walter Sickert, John Albert Cooper, Phyllis Bray, and others.

Curated by the Urban Contemporaries Group, a London-based collective who are interested in exploring the urban experience, the exhibition features 30 original paintings by members of the East London Group alongside 20 contemporary paintings inspired by them, from leading artists working in the urban landscape tradition, including Timothy Hyman, Philippa Beale, Nicole Poh and Marc Gooderham. Each artist selected for the show has a respect and curiosity for the history of the area and for these paintings made on the streets of Bow a hundred years ago, and which open a window onto the past life of east London and an earlier period in British art.

This fascinating book brings together all the images from the exhibition in print, showcasing surprising pairings of paintings from a group of artists that are steadily growing in popularity and reputation with fresh interpretations from a new generation of painters.

A showcase of Britain’s most architecturally significant shops throughout the twentieth century and beyond.

100 20th-Century Shops is a fascinating insight into the heritage of Britain’s changing high street and the diverse architectural styles of the 20th century. Entries in this book showcase 100 often instantly recognisable shops from across the country, from throughout the 20th century and stretching into the 21st, capturing the changing architectural styles of our beloved and rapidly disappearing retail environment.

As the UK’s retail landscape faces an existential crisis, now is an appropriate time to review and celebrate the architecture of our high streets. From Tudor-revival department stores and futuristic supermarkets to Art Deco shop fronts and post-war Festival style markets, the 100 shops featured here evoke a variety of design styles and traces the history and evolution of our cherished high street. 

The book also contains essays by respected writers Elain Harwood, Lynn Pearson, Matthew Whitfield, Kathryn A. Morrison and Bronwen Edwards on the design, development and decline of the high street over the last 100 years within a social and political context. This compelling book provides a glimpse into the wonderful shops that Britain has to offer and is a must-have for all fans of design history, architecture and retail.

‘This book combines great works of art with great thoughts from the likes of Sophocles, Harriet Tubman and Charlie Chaplin….. Intended to be a "journey" to help you through any stage of life, this book will leave your soul feeling well and truly soothed.’ – Katharine Spurrier, Daily Mail

SHORTLISTED for best Wellbeing Book in the Health & Wellbeing Awards 2023.

Take a transformative journey to improve your mental wellbeing with this sumptuous collection of 80 paintings and uplifting quotes.

Ravenous Butterflies is the online brainchild of artist Lisa Azarmi and was designed to provide a safe sanctuary for emotional wellbeing. An Apothecary of Art is a soothing blend of 80 beautiful paintings and inspiring, comforting and uplifting quotes to lift the spirit, calm the mind and heal the soul. 

The contents page is artfully divided into 24 emotional journeys that suggest routes in which to navigate the book to explore different feelings along the way, and to provide comfort and solace in difficult times. Within these pages you will find both the works of world-renowned masters and the paintings of lesser-known talents paired with uplifting thoughts from great poets, writers and thinkers. A biographical section on the featured artists will provide context on your new favourite finds.

This inspiring debut collection from Ravenous Butterflies features 80 exquisite works of art from the likes of Modigliani, Hasui Kawase, and Thomas Cooper Gotch with accompanying quotes from inspirational voices including Sappho, Pablo Neruda and Harriet Tubman. This illumination of the power of art as a source of wellbeing is modern yet timelessly beautiful – the perfect book to dip into to lift your spirits.

A magnificent colouring book from the well-loved Maggie Magoo design house – inspired by the world of astrology.

This beautiful book brings you many wonderful decorative designs to colour. It contains six different illustrations of each sign of the zodiac, in varying adorable design styles, so you can build up a glorious collection of colourful astrological imagery. And to finish, there are some general celestial images – suns, moons, stars – to complement the individual star signs.

Once coloured, the pictures make ideal framed prints for the home – colour and frame your family’s star signs, or one for a baby’s nursery. Or you could colour the entire zodiac! The designs can also be used as creative templates for collage, embroidery or appliqué.

Whether you’re a cautious Virgo, a colourful Leo or a moody Scorpio, this gorgeous colouring collection will have you reaching for your pens and pencils to add a touch of colour to the whole range of star signs, in your own inimitable style.

A 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle of an evocative Parisian scene, inspired by classic Batsford book covers of the 1930s and 40s.

Immerse yourself in a wonderfully colourful vision of Paris. This nostalgic illustration of a Parisian balcony looking onto a picturesque boulevard with the Eiffel Tower in the distance, is inspired by Batsford’s vintage Brian Cook book covers, first published in the 1930s and still very popular today.

This gorgeous and vivid puzzle will provide you with hours of mindful entertainment. The box includes 1000 jigsaw pieces in a sustainable paper bag, plus a helpful poster for guidance. Once completed, the jigsaw puzzle measures 70 x 50cm / 27.56 x 19.69in.

Also available in this series as puzzles are the Brian Cook covers for the classic Batsford books The Landscape of England, The Cathedrals of England and The Spirit of London, alongside The Spirit of New York.

A stylish celebration of some of the greatest buildings in Britain, from the 20th century and beyond, by the country’s leading organisation for the protection of 20th century architecture.

Inside Ukraine is a compelling visual portrait of the real Ukraine, lovingly put together by Ukrainians in the years leading up to the current war. 

The product of five years and 100,000km of travel around the country by the volunteers of Ukraïner, an organisation that aims to explain Ukraine to its inhabitants and promote it to the wider world, this unique book is a beautiful celebration of the land and its people. It captures the true variety of this vast country, the second largest in Europe, from picturesque forest villages to large urban housing projects, stunning mountain and estuarine scenery to industrial quarries and medieval fortresses.

It introduces the people of Ukraine and their stories, with a huge cast of characters including traditional carol singers, wild honey farmers, potters and railwaymen, artists and sheep-breeders and broom-makers. The natural world is represented too, with its populations of wild pelicans, roaming herds of buffaloes and the charming inhabitants of a bear sanctuary.

Also included are a wealth of QR codes that can be scanned to unlock longer articles on the Ukraïner website, along with more images and videos, giving a whole new dimension to the book.

With over 350 evocative images accompanied by illuminating text, this book will educate, surprise and enchant you, providing a fascinating insight into the side of Ukraine we don’t often see.

A celebration of Britain’s diverse housing styles throughout the twentieth century and beyond.

This illuminating book is a fascinating insight into Britain’s built heritage and the diverse housing styles of the twentieth century. Redesigned and updated in a brand-new edition, it showcases 100 houses, from throughout the 20th century and stretching into the 21st, that represent the range of architectural styles throughout the years and show how housing has adapted to suit urban life. Each house is accompanied by stunning photography and texts written by leading architectural critics and design historians, including Gavin Stamp, Elain Harwood, Barnabas Calder, Alan Powers and Gillian Darley.

From specially commissioned architect-designed houses for private individuals to housing built for increased workforces, each of the 100 houses brings a different design style or historical story. There are houses built as part of garden cities, semi-detached suburban dwellings, housing estates, eco-houses, almshouses, converted factories and affordable post-war homes. Architectural styles encompass mock Tudor, modernist, Arts and Crafts and brutalism, and featured architects include Giles Gilbert Scott, Walter Gropius, Edwin Lutyens, Powell and Moya and David Chipperfield.

The book also contains essays that explore the social and political aspects of housing design in Britain over the last 100 years, looking at the impact the world wars had on housing, exploring domestic technology and building materials and discovering how the modern house came about. This compelling book gives a glimpse into the wonderful housing Britain has to offer and is a must-have for all fans of design history and architecture.

1000-piece jigsaw puzzle of an iconic New York illustration, inspired by classic Batsford book covers of the 1930s and 40s.

Immerse yourself in a wonderfully colourful vision of New York. This bright and brilliant illustration of a picturesque New York scene, overlooking Central Park with the iconic skyline and the Statue of Liberty in the background, is inspired by Batsford’s vintage Brian Cook book covers, first published in the 1930s and still hugely popular today.

This gorgeous and colourful puzzle will provide you with hours of mindful entertainment. The box includes 1000 jigsaw pieces in a sustainable paper bag, plus a helpful poster for guidance. Once completed, the jigsaw puzzle measures 70 x 50cm / 27.56 x 19.69in. Also available in this series as jigsaw puzzles are the Brian Cook covers for The Landscape of England, The Cathedrals of England and The Spirit of London.

1000-piece jigsaw puzzle of an iconic cathedral illustration from book designer and artist Brian Cook.

Immerse yourself in the colourful world of Brian Cook’s vision of England. This bright and brilliant vintage illustration of Gloucester cathedral featured on the dust jacket of the 1934 book The Cathedrals of England by Charles Fry.

Now available as a jigsaw puzzle for the first time to provide you with hours of mindful entertainment. The box includes 1000 jigsaw pieces in a sustainable paper bag. Once completed, the jigsaw puzzle measures 70 x 50cm / 27.56 x 19.69in.

The book jackets that Brian Cook designed for B. T. Batsford through the 1930s and 1940s are much-loved, timeless pieces of illustrative art and highly collectable. The Landscape of England from the same popular heritage book series is also available as a jigsaw puzzle.