Born out of the Sankey Commission's identification of the appalling living and working conditions of coal miners, the Miners' Welfare Fund was established by the Mining Industry Act 1920 to improve the social conditions of colliery workers. Administered by the Miners' Welfare Committee, it was totally depended on a levy on the ton of the national ......
Forty famous paintings are given the Mychael Barratt treatment - by imposing a canine or feline feel into the artwork. A clever, and sometimes ironic, take on the world's most iconic images.
William Carne's life, like so many others in the 20th Century, was defined by the two World Wars. He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet aged just sixteen in 1914. This is his story of his life at sea, from his own memoirs, letters, diaries and photos. It is a humbling account of his time as a midshipman on HMS New Zealand at the Battle of Jutland, ......
Born in Henan Province, China, in 1953, Liu Yuan now lives in Guangzhou. A freelance photographer, he is a member of both the China Photographers Association and the Photojournalism Society of China. He has travelled to more than a hundred
countries, created more than a hundred albums and exhibited more than seventy times. His works are held at ......
Originally written and illustrated by Enid Marx in 1945, The Little White Bear tells the tale of Ivan, the friendly polar bear, and his exciting adventures in the snow.
The third title in an exciting new series called Unicorn Icons, bringing out-of print biographies and autobiographies of celebrated artists and key figures from the world of art back into print.
Bryan Robertson (1925-2002) was the greatest director the Tate Gallery never had. Robertson was a man of vision and flair, and this book celebrates his lasting influence over the way we look at and think about art, as witnessed through the words of his friends and contemporaries and in excerpts from his own written works.
This is the story of Cornish fisherman-turned-artist Alfred Wallis, whose paintings of boats from his past inspired the future of British modern art. Told from Wallis' perspective - inspired by his crudely written letters to Jim Ede - this book takes the reader through his remarkable life; his early sailing days, his late arrival to painting, his ......
The Untold Story of Britain's Secret Mission to Murder the Kaiser in 1918
In mid summer 1918 the First World War was still finely balanced. A top secret mission, which has remained classified information for a century, was set in motion to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II. It was felt that by killing their head of state and commander in chief it would serve as a mortal blow to the German forces and they would collapse very ......
