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‘Mars by 1980’ is a beguiling history of electronic music — from Stockhausen to Kraftwerk via ‘Dr Who’
In ‘The Warm South’, Robert Holland explores how southern Europe captured English hearts and minds
‘Peggy to her Playwrights’ is an impressive selection of the caustic letters of one of Britain’s most celebrated theatrical agents
Online dealers have caused mid-market volumes to fall in value, experts say
Danny Leigh selects his mid-year reads
Jackie Wullschlager selects her mid-year reads
One of America’s greatest novelists rose to fame with ‘Portnoy’s Complaint’
A study of British painting is a compelling account of a great time in modern art
In her last work, the late Linda Nochlin finds a 19th-century social critique in realist art more often lauded for line, form and colour
From Hay-on-Wye to niche events, book lovers are spoilt for choice
A bracing pluralism courses through this impressive new collection of essays
A novelist’s meditation on photography makes unexpected connections
Ludovic Hunter-Tilney selects his mid-year reads
Edwin Heathcote selects his mid-year reads
Share your top pick — fiction or non-fiction — for our Summer Books feature
The singer-songwriter vividly recaptures a lost moment in British music
An astute chronicler of human life who was born into Hollywood glamour
Doug Woodham’s introduction to the market is both insightful and accessible
Author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ tapped into the zeitgeist
A history of the market in masterpieces is also a caustic commentary on what it has become
