For People Who Devour Books

Book Reviews by subject:
Crafts

Lucy Lethbridge

Doves & de Havillands

Kneelers: The Unsung Folk Art of England and Wales

By Elizabeth Bingham

March 2023 Issue

Frances Spalding

Chiselled Features

Words Made Stone: The Craft and Philosophy of Letter Cutting

By Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley & Marcus Waithe

September 2021 Issue

Sarah Watling

Of Porcelain & Profits

The Radical Potter: Josiah Wedgwood and the Transformation of Britain

By Tristram Hunt

April 2019 Issue

Lucy Lethbridge

Stitches in Time

Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

By Clare Hunter

November 2018 Issue

Tanya Harrod

Modernists & Marionettes

William Simmonds: The Silent Heart of the Arts and Crafts Movement

By Jessica Douglas-Home

December 2016 Issue

Juliet Barker

Cloths of Heaven

English Medieval Embroidery: Opus Anglicanum

By Clare Browne, Glyn Davies & M A Michael (edd)

March 2016 Issue

Tanya Harrod

Light Shows

Wilhelmina Geddes: Life and Work

By Nicola Gordon Bowe

August 2015 Issue

Tanya Harrod

Getting Fired Up

Arts & Crafts Stained Glass

By Peter Cormack

August 2004 Issue

J W M Thompson

Highly-Strung Hero

Stradivarius: Five Violins One Cello And A Genius

By Toby Faber

April 2013 Issue

Jerry Brotton

Cameo Appearances

Medusa’s Gaze: The Extraordinary Journey of the Tazza Farnese

By Marina Belozerskaya

April 2013 Issue

Adrian Tinniswood

What a Carve Up!

The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making

By David Esterly