Phaidon Press's Blog, page 130

Lucian Freud Slices of Life - The Middle Years

A friendly intervention by the Palace helped Freud and his family escape peril - half a century later he repaid the debt

Lucian Freud Slices of Life - The Early Years

The artist mixed with rogues and royals in his early London life and kept in touch with both during his gambling days

The surprisingly British origins of German currywurst

The street food was first cooked with a little help from Germanys enemies as The German Cookbook explains

Cool Designs for Cultured Kids - The Frisbee

Discover how an amateur American designer took a cake tin and turned it into one of the worlds most popular toys

These Brutalist buildings look like they shouldnt stay up

A smart choice of materials and techniques enables architects to dazzle as Atlas of Brutalist Architecture reveals

Scholten & Baijings rework afternoon tea in London

The Dutch design duo has filled Fortnum & Mason with pale green products for their new tea installation

A Brutalist guide to Open House London

Londoners heres how to satisfy your craving for mid-century concrete this coming weekend

What is it with Sarah Lucas and eggs

Volunteers just smashed 1,000 eggs at the artists request - our new book explains why she works with them

Astonishing Animals The Male Diving Beetle

The microscopic intricacy of this insects foot belies a deeply sinister mating habit

The surprisingly political origins of German pickled herring

How Otto von Bismarck came to lend his name to one of Germanys best-loved seafood dishes