7 results for 'Simon Garfield'

'A paean to the pen - glorious and golden . . . At last, a book celebrating my most precious possession. I am so glad to better understand its history, and I shall appreciate my pen even more every...

1856. Eighteen-year-old chemistry student William Perkin's experiment has gone horribly wrong. But the deep brown sludge his botched project has produced has an unexpected power: the power to dye...

Discover the magic! This incredible story is based on the movie written by Simon Farnaby (a writer of Paddington 2 and Wonka) and inspired by Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree.When Fran's mum...

'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway...

So. Good. So. Sharp. So. Clear. You. Need. This. Book. Period' Lucy Mangan, author of Bookish Why does this sentence start with a capital letter? Why is this one broken up - and why does it end in...

BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'A teeming chronicle of those scorching months. Superbly researched.' THE TIMES'Scorching, animated and essential reading. Superb.' THE MAIL ON SUNDAY'Grippingly captures...

A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around you anew. 'A wildly ambitious book by a formidably talented young writer.' - ROBERT MACFARLANE 'Vivid,...