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William Morris was a giant of the Victorian age, and his beautiful creations and provocative philosophies are still with us today: but his wife, Jane, is too often relegated to a footnote. In truth, Jane and William's personal and creative partnership was the central collaboration of both their lives. The homes they made together were works of art in themselves, and the great labour of their lives was life itself: through their houses and the objects they filled them with, they explored how we all might live a life more focused on beauty and fulfilment.

Named a BOOK OF THE YEAR by The Times and Sunday Times, New Statesman, Spectator, Prospect, and New Yorker. ‘Undoubtedly Hoare’s masterpiece’ Olivia Laing ‘Queer in all senses of the word’ Neil Tennant ‘A life-changing book’ Robert Douglas Fairhurst, The Times ‘Fabulously...

Beyond Beauty, a new William Collins book, full description to follow when available...

Socialist, philosopher, and poet William Morris (1834 - 1896) was at the center of the design renaissance of the 1880s, not only because of his celebrated hostility to aspects of machine culture, but because of his success as a designer and businessman whose work had enormous influence on the next generation of artists, craftsmen, and designers.

Aristocrat, literary celebrity, ‘Rose Queen’, devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast – Vita Sackville-West was many things, but she was never straightforward. Her life is re-told here in a dazzling new biography. In this stunning portrait of Vita Sackville-West, Matthew Dennison traces...

The Times Art Book of the Year 2021 FINALIST FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARD 2022 ‘Must surely be the definitive life of Francis Bacon … A biography that no Bacon fan – or indeed foe – can afford to overlook … Mesmerising’ THE TIMES ‘A magnificent triumph … I was captivated by every...

In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over across the centuries. In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci’s small...

An intimate portrait of Stephen Spender’s extraordinary life written by Matthew Spender, shifting between memoir and biography, with new insights drawn from personal recollections and his father’s copious unpublished archives. Stephen Spender’s life was a vivid prism on the twentieth...

’You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later…’ Nick Cave ‘Later… is a voyage of discovery for us as well as the viewers’ Dave Grohl Dave Grohl and Alicia Keys loved it, Björk treasured it, Ed Sheeran’s life was changed by it, Kano felt at home...

Book five in my memoirs. A love story, a story of art and music. A modern fairy tale. Glasgow and Scotland - my family saga over a couple of hundred years.

Hope you enjoy listening to my books, my memoirs, most of all my story. Like the man said, "No told me they would be days like these." A story of the rock and roll world, of the fashion world, of being an author from a children's home to Beverley Hills. My family and Glasgow, history from mental ward to Harley Street. People often ask how do you write with all the rings on your fingers, and l say very well, indeed, thinking of buying a Rolls and limo.

Step into the extraordinary world of William Verdult—an acclaimed Dutch-American painter whose work blended royal heritage, mythological influence, and raw emotional depth. From his early life in war-torn Europe to his rise among American elites, The Life and Times of William Verdult explores the artist’s journey through fame, scandal, artistic brilliance, and ultimate legacy.

William Turner, englischer Maler und Erfinder des Abstrakten: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

William Turner, English painter and inventor of the abstract: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in Incidental Architect Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the late 1700s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both model and mirror for the city’s own.

My swan song. My last book. Thank you, fans and Amazon. Love you all.

My story of rock and roll, of the fashion world, of being an author; a family and Scottish story from the garden center to being an author....

My name Billy. Life is good, the strangest life of them all. My story of rock and roll, the fashion world, being an author, my family, and Glasgow history. A love story.

This my story a story of rock and roll the 60 and 70 decade of love and standing up for your rights like love man.

My memoirs are a love story. A story of achievement, of one man's love for the world. A story about the art world and Glasgow and Scotland.