In honour of Cecil Beaton's birthday this month, 14th January , I have compiled a collection of books about his life and work. Sir Cecil...

In honour of Edith Olivier's birthday this month, 31st December , I have compiled a collection of books about her life and works. An ...

In honour of Nancy Mitford's birthday this month, 2 8 November , I have compiled a collection of books about her life and works. An...

In honour of Evelyn Waugh's birthday this month, 28 October , I have compiled a collection of books about his life and works. An English...

In honour of Siegfried Sassoon's birthday this month, 8 September , I have compiled a collection of books about his life and works. An...

In honour of Rex Whistler's birthday I have compiled a collection of books about his life and works. There is currently an exhibition at...

The theme for June's Livres du Mois is the artist and the garden, inspired by the book of the same name by Sir Roy Strong. Below is a...

The theme for May's Livres du Mois is the university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, classic novels set amongst the spires, history...

In April's Livres du Mois I recap once more some of the photographers that I have written about this year with a collection of books of...

The theme for March's Livres du Mois is the Edwardians. I have compiled a small collection of books from the era, featuring many books by...

The theme for February's Livres du Mois is Art Nouveau, a collection of books featuring artists, architects and designers of the...

Inspired by the antics of various characters by P.G. Wodehouse, for January's Livres du Mois I have compiled a list of his books...

The Vein in the Marble is a book of verse, tales and illustrations formed through a collaboration between Stephen and his mother Pamela...

The theme for November's Livres du Mois is Art Deco, a collection of books featuring artists, designers and writers of the movement,...

In October's livres du Mois I recap more of the photographers that I have written about this year with a collection of books of their...

For September's Livres du Mois I have made a collection of books on some of the illustrators that I have previously written about on the...

The theme of August's Livres du Mois is In Youth is Pleasure. Inspired by the book written by Denton Welch, I have compiled a selection...

For the return of Livres du Mois we begin with the theme of One Perfect Summer, a collection of books that tell the stories of gay men...

In celebration of Stephen's birthday I have scanned My Brother Aquarius, Poems by Stephen Tennant. The book can be read here in its own...

As a Christmas present to you all I have scanned the auction catalogue for Cecil Beaton’s Reddish House, held on the 9th-10th June 1980....