Published in conjunction with the opening of the New-York Historical Society's newly installed permanent gallery, 'New York Rising: New York and the Founding of the United States' seeks to capture thi
The dazzling palatial mansion of circus tycoon John Ringling in Sarasota, Florida, is a tribute to the American Dream and reflects the splendour and romance of Italy. Described as 'the last of the Gil
Thomas Becket, the best known of all English saints, is an essential part of the story of Canterbury Cathedral. It was there that he served first as archdeacon and then as archbishop, and there that h
Continuing Scalas innovative series of landscape shaped volumes celebrating the architecture of buildings housing art and design, this is a fascinating profile of a contemporary art centre revered thr