Thoroughly Modern by Sarah Knights was published on 8/6/23 Post author By Maggie Hanbury Post date 25 May 2023 Categories In News One of a handful of outstanding British photographers of her generation, Ker-Seymer’s work defined a talented, forward-looking network of artists, dancers, writers, actors and musicians, all of whom flocked to her Bond Street studio. Among her sitters were Evelyn Waugh, Margot Fonteyn, Cyril Connolly, Jean Cocteau and Vita Sackville-West. Barbara Ker-Seymer (1905-1993) disdained lucrative ‘society’ […]
Bandit Country by Jamie Reid was published on 8/6/23 Post author By Maggie Hanbury Post date 25 May 2023 Categories In News Welcome to an after-dark world of new money, hedonism and excess. A world of luxurious nightclubs where racketeers, gamblers and glamorous women mixed with entrepreneurs, bunny girls, politicians and policemen. Bandit Country is a gripping, atmospheric true-crime noir. It is the story of Britain’s 1960’s gambling boom, as the country emerged from years of hardship […]
Island of Woods by Paul McMahon was published on 11/4/23 Post author By Maggie Hanbury Post date 30 March 2023 Categories In News Forestry in Ireland has never been so contentious. It is the subject of protests outside parliament and angry call-in radio shows. Over the last century the area of Irish woodland has increased tenfold, mostly through the planting of imported conifer species: government policy is to plant more trees to supply industry and to tackle climate […]