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A new account relates the rise of regional music scenes to the UK’s loss of heavy industry
As two new books show, 500 years since his death, the Renaissance artist’s life remains deeply controversial
Rich in anecdotes, the book charts the transformation of art into an investment vehicle
Ludovic Hunter-Tilney selects his mid-year reads
Danny Leigh selects his mid-year reads
Jackie Wullschläger selects her mid-year reads
Richard Fairman selects his mid-year reads
The art critic Jonathan Jones seeks to recalibrate the history of the YBAs
Medieval manuscripts and rare titles held privately in Belgium returned to Bonn
The Norwegian novelist argues we do the artist of ‘The Scream’ a disservice by focusing only on the angst
How the experimentalist ideals of the design school became the essence of the modern age
A study of an extraordinary moment in art history
A fascinating new history of the English country home
A series of poems on the life of St Francis of Assisi is scarce on facts but rich in imagination
Richard Fairman selects his must-read titles
Jackie Wullschlager selects her must-read titles
An exceptional linguist who brought Asterix to the English
A finely wrought, heartfelt consideration of artists’ attempts — from Giotto to Picasso — to represent the after life
An erudite memoir reveals the secrets behind the discovery of Old Master paintings
A droll guide to the movie that introduced a generation of schoolboys to the war film
A volcano of talent who never missed an opportunity
An account of the composer’s music and life in his adopted home city provides a vivid, rounded picture
‘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
