Although the bookbinder's craft isn't always about preservation, Rowledge has done a lot of book conservation work. But can the arts of the book protect the future of the environment?

Padding out of the snow, this Arctic fox blends almost completely into the blank landscape behind him. The image, snapped by photographer Anna Hen...

British historians have probably enjoyed 2012. Two big set pieces, the Olympic Games and Diamond Jubilee, proved the ideal invitation to reflect on where we have come from, who we are now, and where we are going

A new book by Jon Ronson is always cause for cheer. The documentary filmmaker and author of The Psychopath Test and The Men Who Stare at Goats has a new collection of journalism - Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries.

In 2010, the philosopher Roger Scruton, together with the BBC, made a documentary titled Why Beauty Matters, in which he gave an eloquent and impassioned plea for a return to the beautiful aesthetic, pointing towards the unifying and spiritually uplifting qualities of beauty.

Instead of putting a kibosh on that rascal kid journalist and his adventures, let us look at how we can best use these images, and others, to illustrate and explain the complexity of colonialism, slavery and oppression in a wider context.

At first glance it appears to be a black and white photo torn in half. Then you noticed the nose facing the wrong way. Then you see the profile. Then ...

As someone who works freelance (read: lots of time on my hands), I can often be found mooching around London's many fine and, crucially, free art galleries, waiting for inspiration to strike.

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Most photographers know that a opportunistic snapshot can tell a much richer story than a set-up scene. Which is why The Museum of London were pro...

Eric Franklin is no ordinary glass blower. If such a thing exists. His anatomical study Embodiment consists of hollow glass body shaped sculptures...

Jean-Christophe Naour might well have created the next Instagram. He has invented an app for the iPad which allows users to create polygonal versi...

Most people remember their favourite Disney films with fond memories of their childhoods. Rowan Stocks-Moore feels this too, but on re-watching n...

Andres Amador takes street art to another, sandier level - beach art. Inspired by, among other things, crop circles, he draws geometric or fantas...

Mike Stilkey uses an unusual medium to create his impossibly charming sculptures - books. Elephants play the piano, peacocks sport school ties an...

As Salmon Fishing In Yemen, the latest celebrated novel to hit the big screen, arrives amid traditional grumbles about how cinema can never do literat...

If Charlotte Caron, a French artist working out of Rennes, asked to take your photo, you might be very flattered. You might not be so pleased whe...

Paige Smith’s Urban Geode project fills up the cracks and decayed spaces of Los Angeles with sparkling paper ‘geodes’, imitations of the crystal...

Gunther von Hagens’s Body Worlds has been a long running success, travelling around the world to huge acclaim and crowds. The exhibition feature...

The Bookseller’s annual search to find the Oddest Book Title of the Year has turned up a real stinker this time around – Cooking with Poo. The ...

I speak to many performers: singers, actors, conductors, composers and orchestras who don't care what the critics say, "as long as the audience loves it" they often remark and so what could be better than a raw audience reaction?