Off The Shelf

05/03/2014

Award-winning writer, curator and director of Salon London Helen Bagnall reveals her Notting Hill go-to addresses, a recent uncomfortable dinner and what gets her in trouble: http://bit.ly/1l0ov9D

Where is your hood and why? Westbourne Park, the canal, the Queensway end of Westbourne Grove and of course, the mighty Portobello Road. What inspired your science, art and psychology event Salon? It was inspired by wanting to know more … Read more →

25/02/2014

Very much looking forward to checking out Amsterdam Writers' Workshop this evening: http://www.amsterdamwriters.com/workshops.html

11/02/2014

To many book professionals, Amazon is a ruthless predator; recently, the company has even started publishing books. A monopoly is dangerous because it concentrates so much economic power, but in the book business the prospect is especially worrisome: it would give Amazon more control over the exchan...

03/02/2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman: 'He ennobled the 99%': http://bit.ly/1gGcfgi

Xan Brooks looks at what made Philip Seymour Hoffman the greatest character actor of his generation

07/01/2014

A good book can change your brain as if you were living the experience, research finds http://fw.to/uZ9eYDj

Getting lost in a good book can actually change your brain, with neural paths forming in the same way as if you were actually living the experience, scientists have found

30/12/2013

Humorous Street Art and Urban Interventions by SpY. http://j.mp/1dL9pjR

10/12/2013

Last month I had a sudden urge. As I sat here writing on my own, I fantasied about having a big old chinwag with someone. But not just any old chat, I wanted to talk BOOKS… and mostly those that have changed the way we think, feel and even live.

10/12/2013

Stylist Magazine's pick of the best books of the year: http://ow.ly/rAW3k

We’ve rounded up the best 30 books of 2013, so put these books on your Christmas list and get stuck into our end-of-year literary feast.

09/12/2013

A lovely letter from Doris Lessing: http://buff.ly/1iN9PgG

Fascinating letters. Interesting correspondence.

05/12/2013

The year’s best books, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.

02/12/2013

An astronaut's view on Gravity http://gu.com/p/3kz7z/tw pic.twitter.com/adRd2w008H

Space garb isn't as sexy as Sandra Bullock's in Gravity, and real-life spacewalk dangers can be even worse, says astronaut Major Tim Peake

27/11/2013

The best opening lines from books: celebrity edition http://ow.ly/re1vE

The Best 100 Opening Lines From Books remains stylist.co.uk’s most popular piece of content ever. In homage to that fact, we asked former Stylist contributors to share the opening lines that mean the most to them. Click here for the reasons behind their choices Exclusive illustration: Quentin Blake