‘Respect – and honour’: the fight to save a Spanish civil war mass grave Remains of 451 people believed to lie on proposed site of Madrid waste plant – including Bloomsbury poet Julian Bell The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2024
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels A snail in space, dinosaurs on the beach, a fresh take on Jane Eyre, and a kebab-eating incarnation of Otis Redding The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2024
Harry Potter Conjurer JK Rowling's Net Worth: Stuff Of Magical Realism Lore J.K. Rowling, the British author who conjured up the hugely popular Harry Potter franchise, has made a billion-dollar fortune from seven novels translated into 80 languages, which sold 500 million copies, and eight blockbuster films made out of it. International Business Times · Dec 27, 2023
A Cold Spell by Max Leonard review – from cube to crisis A fascinating exploration of how ice has shaped human existence The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023
The best childrens books of 2023, from The Bowerbird to Impossible Creatures With authors such as Katherine Rundell, Julia Donaldson and Frank Cottrell Boyce, these are the most brilliant gifts for the smaller readers in your life Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2023
British Library celebrates the surging popularity of fantasy fiction Authors’ sketches, early editions and movie props all feature in a new exhibition exploring the long history of the genre The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023
Bloomsbury’s fantasy list helps it to record £17.7m first-half profits Publisher to double dividend after demand grows for books by Sarah J Maas and Samantha Shannon The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023
On my radar: Slavoj Žižek’s cultural highlights The Slovenian cultural theorist on enjoying books that contradict him, Boots Riley’s hilarious TV series, and his ‘terrifying’ taste in food The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2023
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels A joyful picture-book account of family life; a magical fantasy series begins; an addictive epistolary friendship; fast-paced feminist YA; and more The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2023
My cultural day out on the Sussex Art Shuttle With next week’s Turner prize opening in Eastbourne, we try a hop-on, hop-off bus service that takes art lovers around the area’s cultural hotspots The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2023
Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion by Charlie Porter review – style revolution A fashion journalist links the sartorial choices of Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, TS Eliot et al to their avant garde outlook on life The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023
Very early version of JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book fails to sell at auction Auctioneer said it would have been ‘wrong’ to sell it for ‘too little’ The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023
Rarest Harry Potter Book Ever Published Could Fetch Thousands At Auction Only 15 copies were produced and they were never offered for sale. Zenger · Aug 23, 2023
Rare Harry Potter book could 'fetch up to £12k' after surviving devastating blaze The book is being sold after it survived a devastating blaze. The National (Scotland) · Aug 23, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023 ‘You’re not getting any’ – the secret sexual signals in the Bloomsbury Group’s clothes The Bloomsbury Group weren’t just artistic and sexual pioneers. They also sparked a sartorial revolution. We meet the author of Bring No Clothes, a revealing book about fashion’s queer trailblazers
Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2023 The best house museums for 20th-century interiors, from a PoMo funhouse to Britain’s answer to Villa Savoye Forget fusty stately homes — these domestic spaces are ripe with the relatable tastes of artists, architects and aesthetes
The Conversation · Aug 7, 2023 'What do my screams while reading this book suggest?' A cultural history of screaming fails to hit the high notes One of the great legacies of the development of cultural studies in the 1960s has been the academic acceptance of seriously analysing everyday things. We engage with these things to reveal unseen tensions – political, ideological and social – that can then be mapped against what cultural arbiters generally deem…
The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2023 ‘What we publish will stay with you’: inside a small but mighty literary hit factory Bluemoose publishes no more than 10 books a year but Kevin Duffy knows how to pick a winner
The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023 U.S. publishing executive dies in a boat crash off Italy's Amalfi Coast An U.S. publishing executive has died in a boating accident off Italy’s Amalfi Coast
The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2023 Bloomsbury USA president dies in speedboat collision in Italy Adrienne Vaughan was on family holiday and reportedly fell overboard when speedboat collided with a sailboat
Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2023 Italy boat tragedy: Skipper faces manslaughter investigation after head of Bloomsbury US killed The president of Bloomsbury USA Adrienne Vaughan died when a motorboat collided with a tourist sailboat
Wallpaper · Aug 1, 2023 Exhibition to explore the Bloomsbury Group through fashion Supported by Dior, Charleston’s ‘Bring No Clothes’ explores the Bloomsbury Group’s use of – and influence on – fashion, featuring works by Dior, Fendi, Comme des Garçons and more, alongside original clothing and ephemera
The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023 The indie publishing mavericks shaking up the UK books world Last year, all of literature’s big prizes went to small publishers. In a risk‑averse climate, edgy debuts and ‘tricky-to-sell’ foreign titles have found a home at the likes of Fitzcarraldo Editions and Sort Of Books
The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023 Big Caesars and Little Caesars by Ferdinand Mount review – a wonderfully wry field guide to autocrats With tremendous wit and wisdom, the former head of Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit identifies the qualities particular to dictators – and warns against consigning such people to history
Nottingham Post · Jul 10, 2023 Harry Potter book withdrawn from library and sold for 30p fetches £10,500 at auction It was snapped up after being withdrawn from a library