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Thomas Neurath, Managing Director and Chairman of Thames & Hudson (1940-2025). I worked at Thames & Hudson for many years. It was my first office job after university (having spent a couple of years bookselling at Dillons Gower Street). When I began there as a lowly editorial assistant the offices were a higgledy piggledy warren […]
Good discussion of The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen, one of the most beautiful books I have ever read, despite the fact that I was never able to connect with him as a person. Strange, because in films such as the below he comes across as warm and likeable. In one of Matthiessen's final interviews […]
I recommend books to people all the time, and yet somehow sitting behind a desk and trying to do it formally was more than a little intimidating, particularly as most of the people I met were extremely well-read. Conversations varied between a 90-year old gentleman who had read almost everything but who was delighted to […]
With a new baby and two other young children it's probably a good moment to acknowledge that I don't have time to write a books blog. However if you've enjoyed the posts here then fear not, I have the perfect podcast recommendation for you. It's called The Book Club Review and you'll find it on […]