Arts, Language & Literature
Living the Artist's Way
Julia Cameron
The essential Artist's Way programme on guiding ourselves back to creativity
The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary
Hana Videen
Welcome to the strange and delightful world of Old English reference books of animals – the ordinary and the extraordinary, the good, the bad and the…
The Secret Life of John le Carré
Adam Sisman
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive
The Book at War
Andrew Pettegree
Propaganda, pulp fiction, spies and censorship: the fascinating and action-packed story of books in wartime
Writing with Style
Lane Greene
A brand new take on how to write with style – from The Economist's language columnist, Lane Greene
Art & Fear
David Bayles
The bestselling cult classic that offers a roadmap to overcoming the daily obstacles of a creative life
Magritte
Alex Danchev
The first major biography for our time, from the celebrated biographer of Cézanne
Write for Life
Julia Cameron
The essential guide to writing by the Queen of Creativity, Julia Cameron
An Admirable Point
Florence Hazrat
Love it or hate it, the exclamation mark has been with us from Beowulf to the spam email – an enthusiastic history for language lovers!
Fabric
Victoria Finlay
A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth – how we make it, use it and what it means to us
The Library
Arthur der Weduwen
Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google
LRB Diary for 2023
Alan Bennett
Celebrating 40 years of Alan Bennett's diary in the London Review of Books
House Arrest
Alan Bennett
Reflections on Covid and confinement from the unparalleled pen of Alan Bennett
Speaking and Being
Kübra Gümüsay
What happens when our language is no longer fit for purpose, and how we can change the discourse
Two-Way Mirror
Fiona Sampson
How Britain's most famous female poet invented herself and defied her times