A Visual History of Cookery is a stunning look at food and its visual representations throughout time. Exploring the historical progression of cookery, the global food journey, the development of food branding, and the culture of celebrity chefs, A Visual History of Cookery provides a beautiful look at how culinary imagery has changed over the centuries.

Inventors and Inventions is a compendium of the history of invention. It charts the major innovations of human history, calling out the minds behind some of the most profound and transformative technologies created.

Published to coincide with the exhibition Identity: Eight Rooms, Nine Lives at Wellcome Collection, Identity and Identification is a challenging exploration of the philosophical, biological, historical and socio-political issues underlying our conception of self and identity. 

Roja Dove’s passion for fragrance is contagious. As the world’s leading perfume authority, Dove leads us on a fascinating journey through the world of scent, from Ancient Egypt, where myth has it that the fragrance Kypi induced mass surrender, through to the 1920s, when the husband of a Hollywood legend maddened by his love and frustrated by his impotence, drenched himself in his wife’s perfume before ending his life. We read about the bitter rivalry between Coco Chanel and “that Italian”, Elsa Schiaparelli, and how this inspired some of history’s most iconic scents.

In their 20 years of architectural practice, Proctor and Matthews Architects have developed a reputation for being at the centre of Britain's urban regeneration debate. Pattern Place Purpose: Proctor and Matthews Architects takes a close look at the company's body of work, examining its working practices in detail.