Alexandra Harris

The Rising Down by Alexandra Harris is a mesmerising exploration of memory, place, and connection through the lens of West Sussex. Returning to her childhood home, celebrated critic and cultural historian Alexandra Harris discovers a land rich with untold stories and hidden treasures. With her detective-like curiosity, Harris peels back the layers of history and brings forth the soul of...

An accessible introduction to a writer whose work is of timeless significance and whose unconventional life is a continuous source of fascination. In 1907, when she was twenty-five and not yet a published novelist, Virginia Stephen had everything still to prove. She felt herself to be at a crossroads: 'I shall be miserable, or happy; a wordy sentimental creature, or...

An award-winning study of England's unique and peculiarly insular variant of modernism. While the battles for modern art and society were being fought in France and Spain, it has seemed a betrayal that John Betjeman and John Piper were in love with a provincial world of old churches and tea-shops. In this multi-award-winning book, Alexandra Harris tells a different story....