Philip Sutton RA, his family & his friends

by Philip Sutton images by Philip Sutton Woodcuts by Philip Sutton 1950s-1970s Philip Sutton RA is probably best known for large and highly coloured paintings of landscape, flowers and people. Since he was at the Slade in the 1950s, however, he has been fascinated by...

Letters and Heads

by W. S Graham images by Douglas Thomson The two elements which make up this dramatic production came from quite different directions and owe their linking entirely to a decision by us as publishers. We took a text which had become important to us and we caused it to...

Jubilate Agno

by Christopher Smart images by Angela Lemaire by Christopher Smart. Woodcut and linocut images and an Afterword by Angela Lemaire. Christopher Smart (1722-1771) was a major poet of great learning. Fascinated by the occult and the supernatural and Freemasonry, his...

Green Blades

by Thomas Hardy images by Mark Cazalet Thomas Hardy’s wife Emma died in November 1912, in the attic room of their house where she had lived estranged from him. Their marriage had hardened into an empty shell and Hardy had long been in love with Florence Dugdale, whom...

Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

by Béla Balázs images by Susan Adams Libretto for the Opera in One Act by Béla Balázs English performing version by John Lloyd Davies The story of Bluebeard has a long history, from Perrault's Fairy Tales through Maeterlinck, and is deeply embedded in the dark...