Willows at Bonhams

A first edition of the much loved children’s classic, Wind in the Willows, inscribed by Kenneth Grahame to the daughter of the man who inspired the character of Ratty, is among the star lots offered at Bonhams Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts sale at New Bond Street on 23 March.

Ancient Politics

The publication of Paul Cartledge’s Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice reflects a wave of interest in classical political thought, which in 2009, has also seen two companion volumes published, The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Political Thought, edited by Stephen Salkever, and Blackwell’s A Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought, edited by Ryan [...]

Wonderlandism in Brompton

Part gallery, part open-studio, Anonymous Artists Presents is a series of pop-up residencies focusing on hypothetical design movements and ways of thinking. During the course of a week, five designers explore the parameters of a given hypothetical ideology by creating work ranging from textiles, ceramics, products, illustration and installations. Open to the public during the [...]

Queen of Hoxton

A bar, club and art collective, the Queen of Hoxton holds court in the heart of the East End, entertaining her neighbours with an eclectic programme of music accompanied by a rolling gallery of art installations, photographic exhibitions, fringe theatre and screenings. The ground floor is an intricate blend of window etchings, graffiti, ivy and [...]

Shooting the Entrepreneurs

Rankin. If you haven’t heard of him, chances are you’ve seen his work, including infamous photographic portraits of Jay-Z, U2, Daniel Craig, Britney Spears, Kate Moss, Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Campbell, Queen Elizabeth II, Damien Hirst, Tony Blair and Robert Matthams. Intimate, irreverent, he makes his subjects almost familiar…hang on, Robert who?

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