But Beautiful. Geoff Dyer

But Beautiful. Geoff DyerLester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too small bicycle; Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the piano In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skilfully evokes the embattled lives of the players who shaped modern jazz. He draws on photos and anecdotes, but music is the driving force of But Beautiful and Dyer brings it to life in luminescent and wildly metaphoric

Not recommended to clean in a washing machine

The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects

Sterling Silver Posts

introduces her selection with an essay placing them within the context of twentieth century graphic design

Paperback edition

The slow stitched nature of hand-quilting enables a dialogue between the artist’s thoughts

From some of her earliest to most recent projects

Ackroyd takes us right into the hidden history of the city

and how they fit into the continuum of art history

designed and printed in the UK by Red Gate Arts

Surround yourself with peaceful blends of lavender and cedar and look forward to nestling into bed after a long day

Other classic albums featured include Swans and Soundtracks for the Blind