Chromorama: How Colour Changed Our Way of Seeing by Riccardo Falcinelli (2017, translated from Italian 2022, published by Penguin Random House 2025; 470 pages) What a beautifully illustrated, free-wheeling journey through history, art, graphic design, marketing, technology, science, and philosophy! This book is one of a kind, and it truly lives up to its subtitle… Continue reading Colours – in Black & White
Month: November 2025
Finding Ludwig
In Search of Beethoven: A Personal Journey by John Suchet (Elliott & Thompson, 2024; 302 pages) Between Two Stools The journalist and broadcaster John Suchet has written several books about Ludwig van Beethoven, reflecting a lifelong love of the great composer’s music, bordering on the obsessive. So he has written extensively about Beethoven and while… Continue reading Finding Ludwig