{"title":"Cultural studies","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-sound-of-being-human","title":"The Sound of Being Human","description":"'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and cerebral heft such music can have. It's a personal journey which becomes universal. Fascinating' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Moving and absorbing, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Being Human\u003c\/i\u003e mixes memoir, analysis, anecdote and personal chronicle into a mosaic that evokes what music means to the individual and the human tribe. A candid, beautiful read'\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStuart Maconie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Being Human\u003c\/i\u003e explores, in detail, why music plays such a deep-rooted role in so many lives, from before we are born to our last days. At its heart is Jude's own story: how songs helped her wrestle with the grief of losing her father at age five; concoct her own sense of self as a lonely adolescent; sky-rocket her relationships, both real and imagined, in the flushes of early womanhood, propel her own journey into working life, adulthood and parenthood, and look to the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShaped around twelve songs, ranging from ABBA's 'Super Trouper' to Neneh Cherry's 'Buffalo Stance', Kraftwerk's 'Radioactivity' to Martha Reeves and the Vandellas' 'Heat Wave', the book combines memoir and historical, scientific and cultural enquiry to show how music can shape different versions of ourselves; how we rely upon music for comfort, for epiphanies, and for sexual and physical connection; how we grow with songs, and songs grow inside us, helping us come to terms with grief, getting older and powerful memories. It is about music's power to help us tell our own stories, whatever they are, and make them sing.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43259948663028,"sku":"9781474622943","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/products\/9781474622943-original.jpg?v=1771052466"},{"product_id":"last-night-a-dj-saved-my-life","title":"Last Night a DJ Saved My Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eFOREWORD BY JAMES MURPHY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Literally changed the course of my life' \u003cb\u003eJames Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen someone says, 'You have to know your history...' this is it. A pop culture classic for over two decades, now fully refreshed and updated as part of White Rabbit's Deep Cuts series, \u003ci\u003eLast Night a DJ\u003c\/i\u003e ... is the whole unruly story of dance music in one volume. It recreates the dancefloors that made history, conjuring their atmosphere with loving detail and bringing you the voices of the DJs and clubbers at their heart - from grime, garage, house, hip hop and disco, to techno, soul, reggae, rock'n'roll, and EDM. Whether musical outlaw, obsessive crate-digger or overpaid superstar, the DJ has been at the spinning centre of nightlife for a century, making parties wilder, pushing clubbers harder, and driving music into completely new shapes and styles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The chapter on Larry Levan alone transformed me into wanting to be your favoUrite DJ' \u003cb\u003eQuestlove\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'We can't tell the story of dance music without speaking the names of Sharon White and Judy Weinstein, so I welcome this vital update' \u003cb\u003eThe Blessed Madonna\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44280844615924,"sku":"9781474625609","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/products\/9781474625609-original.jpg?v=1771484183"},{"product_id":"spaceships-over-glasgow","title":"Spaceships Over Glasgow","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for a life of psychedelic adventuring on the furthest frontiers of noise in MOGWAI, one of the best loved and most ground-breaking post-rock bands of the past three decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModestly delinquent at school, Stuart developed an early appetite for 'alternative' music in what might arguably be described as its halcyon days, the late '80s. Discovering bands like Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, and Jesus and Mary Chain, and attending seminal gigs (often incongruously incognito as a young girl with long hair to compensate for his babyface features) by The Cure and Nirvana, Stuart compensated for his indifference to school work with a dedication to rock and roll . . . and of course the fledgling hedonism that comes with it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpaceships Over Glasgow\u003c\/i\u003e is a love song to live rock and roll; to the passionate abandon we've all felt in the crowd (and some of us, if lucky enough, from the stage) at a truly incendiary gig. It is also the story of a life lived on the edge; of the high-times and hazardous pit-stops of international touring with a band of misfits and miscreants.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43718481772788,"sku":"9781474624145","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/products\/9781474624145-original.jpg?v=1707137141"},{"product_id":"hungry-beat","title":"Hungry Beat","description":"","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback £12.99","offer_id":44504482021620,"sku":"9781399600255","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/products\/9781399600255-original.jpg?v=1709198626"},{"product_id":"faster-than-a-cannonball","title":"Faster Than A Cannonball","description":"Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was \u003ci\u003ethe year\u003c\/i\u003e of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity\u003c\/i\u003e, when James Brown's \u003ci\u003eLoaded\u003c\/i\u003e detonated the publishing industry, and when pubs were finally allowed to stay open on a Sunday). It was the year of \u003ci\u003eThe Bends\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Danny Boyle started filming \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Richey Edwards went missing, the year Alex Garland wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, the year Blair changed Clause IV after a controversial vote at the Labour Conference. It was a period of huge cultural upheaval - in art, literature, publishing and drugs, and a period of almost unparalleled hedonism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFaster Than a Cannonball\u003c\/i\u003e is a cultural swipe of the decade from loungecore to the rise of New Labour, teasing all the relevant artistic strands through interviews with all the major protagonists and exhaustive re-evaluations of the important records of the year, by artists including Radiohead, Teenage Fanclub, Tricky, Pulp, Blur, the Chemical Brothers, Supergrass, Elastica, Spiritualized, Aphex Twin and, of course, Oasis.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44012789006580,"sku":"9781474624596","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/products\/9781474624596-original.jpg?v=1771052482"},{"product_id":"curepedia","title":"Curepedia","description":"\u003cb\u003eA ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cure are arguably the biggest alternative rock band in the world. Between 1985 and 2000 every album they released went to at least Gold in the UK, the US or both. In America they have earned four Platinum albums, and they are estimated to have sold 30 million albums worldwide. Their iconic status as elder statesmen of Alternative Rock remains undiminished - if anything, their tireless touring has ensured that it has grown with every passing year - and lead singer Robert Smith is an endlessly fascinating figure to successive generations of fans. The Cure's influence reverberates through genres including Emo, Goth, Industrial and Indie Rock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is an encyclopaedic A-Z of The Cure examining and riffing on miscellaneous trivia, biographies of the band members past and present, summaries of each album and selected songs, details of the band's various tours and films, and essays on broader topics such as their image, their politics and their influences. Playful, eccentric and irreverent - true to the spirit of the band itself - CUREPEDIA is a comprehensive biography of one of the biggest alternative rock bands in the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hardback edition features interior pages printed in red and black ink, a ribbon marker, and bespoke C-U-R-E letter endpapers specially designed by Andy Vella - celebrated artist and collaborator (as part of Parched Art) with The Cure on their album artwork for four decades.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback ( Published 2023-11-09 )","offer_id":63788011848057,"sku":"9781474619325","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback ( Published 2023-11-23 )","offer_id":43718481838324,"sku":"9781399617772","price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":63791352873337,"sku":"9781474619356","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399617772-original.jpg?v=1781702421"},{"product_id":"come-my-fanatics","title":"Come My Fanatics","description":"In 1993, in the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England, the heaviest band in the world was born: Electric Wizard. Led by guitarist and singer Jus Oborn, the band inhaled the iniquity of their lives and vomited it out in colossal waves of doom metal, synthesising the forbidding local landscape, biker culture, video-nasties, black magic rituals and titanic doses of psychedelics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCome My Fanatics\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of the rise and fall and triumphant return of the band, of their revolutionary and\u003cbr\u003emind-expanding output, their legendary and calamitous tours, and of their legacy. It is a kaleidoscopic exploration of the subculture the band has absorbed and, in turn, created. From seventies exploitation cinema, through the writers of Weird Tales magazine and a panoply of the marginal and downright sinister, to the band's own live ceremonial happenings - this is Electric Wizard's world. We're just dying in it.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44215707402484,"sku":"9781474625418","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/products\/9781474625418-original.jpg?v=1771052491"},{"product_id":"strange-things-are-happening","title":"Strange Things Are Happening","description":"\u003cb\u003e'A revelation. Richard Norris lived the twentieth century and beyond like no one else . . . this is one of the truly great eyewitness accounts of the counterculture' DAVID KEENAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A dazzling psychedelic memoir' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCAUGHT BY THE RIVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Makes you feel like getting up and doing something!' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWENDY ERSKINE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAs a pioneering musician, producer and DJ, Richard Norris has been at the forefront of countless creative revolutions, from punk to acid house, psychedelia to the rise of EDM. In \u003ci\u003eStrange Things Are Happening\u003c\/i\u003e, this icon of the counterculture pulls back the curtain on decades of restless curiosity and boundary-pushing collaboration. Featuring cameos from Timothy Leary, Sun Ra, Shaun Ryder, Joe Strummer and more, this is at once an unmissable cultural history and a celebration of life lived in the moment, forever in thrall to discovery.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":63786327212409,"sku":"9781399609777","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback ( Published 2024-03-21 )","offer_id":63791353004409,"sku":"9781399609760","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback ( Published 2024-03-21, Edition 963064.0 )","offer_id":63791353037177,"sku":"9781399622899","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399609777-original.jpg?v=1781702426"},{"product_id":"hey-hi-hello","title":"Hey Hi Hello","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eA ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'A joy to read' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I loved this book' Irvine Welsh \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What a story! I adored it' Lauren Laverne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAs a DJ and broadcaster on radio, tv and the live music scene, Annie has been an invigorating and necessarily disruptive force. She walked in the door at Radio One in 1970 as its first female broadcaster. Fifty years later she continues to be a DJ and tastemaker who commands the respect of artists, listeners and peers across the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHey Hi Hello \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of those early days at Radio One, the Ground Zero moment of punk and the arrival of acid house and the Second Summer of Love in the late 80s. Funny, warm and candid to a fault, including encounters with Bob Marley, Marc Bolan, The Beatles and interviews with Little Simz and Billie Eilish, this is a portrait of an artist without whom the past fifty years of British culture would have looked very different indeed.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44504482382068,"sku":"9781474616690","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/products\/9781474616690-original.jpg?v=1771138833"},{"product_id":"ten-thousand-apologies","title":"Ten Thousand Apologies","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u0026amp; A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The story of a band that's always on the brink: of stardom, of madness, of brilliance, of disgrace' \u003cb\u003eMiranda Sawyer, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You begin to wonder why more biographies aren't tackled with such invention' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecord Collector\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is a rarity' \u003cb\u003eMark Lanegan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the finest music books in aeons' \u003cb\u003eKevin Barry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A bruising, exhilarating read, which captures the nihilistic energy of this strange and brilliant band' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Destined to become a classic of the genre' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouder Than War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fastidious portrait of chaos, displacement and bad acid' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMojo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Music book of the year? Already? Don't bet against it' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrack Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Read it and writhe' \u003cb\u003eSpider Stacey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the mountains of Algeria to the squats of South London via sectarian Northern Ireland, \u003ci\u003eTen Thousand Apologies\u003c\/i\u003e is the sordid and thrilling story of the country's most notorious cult band, Fat White Family. Loved and loathed in equal measure since their formation in 2011, the relentlessly provocative, stunningly dysfunctional \"drug band with a rock problem\" have dedicated themselves to constant chaos and total creative freedom at all costs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLike a tragicomic penny dreadful dreamed up by a mutant hybrid of Jean Genet, the Dadaists and Mark E. Smith, the Fat Whites' story is a frequently jaw-dropping epic of creative insurrection, narcotic excess, mental illness, wanderlust, self-sabotage, fractured masculinity, and the ruthless pursuit of absolute art.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCo-written with lucidity and humour by singer Lias Saoudi and acclaimed author Adelle Stripe, \u003ci\u003eTen Thousand Apologies \u003c\/i\u003eis that rare thing: a music book that barely features any music, a biography as literary as any novel, and a confessional that does not seek forgiveness. This is the definitive account of Fat White Family's disgraceful and radiant \u003ci\u003ejihad\u003c\/i\u003e - a depraved, romantic and furious gesture of refusal to a sanitised era.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44504482414836,"sku":"9781474617857","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/products\/9781474617857-original.jpg?v=1771138850"},{"product_id":"shiny-and-new","title":"Shiny and New","description":"\u003cb\u003e'A wholly successful endeavour carried along by waves of infectious enthusiasm' \u003ci\u003eMojo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe '80s were about big ideas writ large - new money, new style, gender fluidity, gay pride, attritional politics, the 'special relationship', nuclear fear, AIDS, cocaine, ecstasy, tabloid royalty, the rise of urban pop, and ultimately geopolitical chaos. Dylan Jones' history of the decade in pop frames the '80s through some of its most important and popular hits, choosing records which either epitomised their time, or ushered in a new cultural shift. So we move seamlessly from 'Rapper's Delight' and the genre defining moment of hip hop into The Specials' spectral, 'Ghost Town'; from ABC and the apotheosis of New Pop ('The Look of Love') to Madonna's breakthrough moment with 'Like a Virgin', and so on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSubjective and idiosyncratic, \u003ci\u003eShiny and New\u003c\/i\u003e takes us from downtown New York to post-industrial Manchester, in the first widescreen attempt to weave together the stories, the songs and events that re-shaped music and society.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44504483725556,"sku":"9781474620079","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/products\/9781474620079-original.jpg?v=1770879463"},{"product_id":"never-understood","title":"Never Understood","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor 5 years after they'd swapped sought-after apprenticeships for life on the dole, brothers William and Jim Reid sat up till the early hours in the front room of their parents' East Kilbride council house, plotting their path to world domination over endless cups of tea, with the music turned down low so as not to wake their sleeping sister. They knew they couldn't play in the same band because they'd argue too much, so they'd describe their dream ensembles to each other until finally they realised that these two perfect bands were actually the same band, and the name of that band was The Jesus and Mary Chain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rest was not silence, and picking up those conversations again more than 40 years later, William and Jim tell the full story of one of Britain's greatest guitar bands for the very first time - a wildly funny and improbably moving chronicle of brotherly strife, feedback, riots, drug and alcohol addiction, eternal outsiders and extreme shyness, that also somehow manages to be a love letter to the Scottish working-class family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54902119039353,"sku":"9781399604123","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"White Rabbit Deluxe Edition £99","offer_id":44640600326388,"sku":"9781399622875","price":99.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/NEVER_UNDERSTOOD_product_image.png?v=1730213726"},{"product_id":"glastonbury-50","title":"Glastonbury 50","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK IN \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'Captivating'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'In-depth and inspiring'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBeautifully compiled ... the perfect festival experience'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlastonbury 50 \u003c\/i\u003eis the authorised, behind-the-scenes, inside story of the music festival that has become a true global phenomenon. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe story begins in 1970. The day after Jimi Hendrix's death... dairy farmer Michael Eavis invites revellers to his field in Somerset to attend a 'Pop, Folk \u0026amp; Blues' festival. Tickets are £1 each, enticing more than a thousand customers with the promise of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights and spontaneous entertainment - as well as free milk from his own Worthy Farm cows.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFast forward through five tumultuous decades and the Eavis's vision now encompasses a gigantic 'city in the fields', with a total annual population nearing a quarter of a million. Tickets sell out within minutes, the show is beamed live to more than 40 countries around the globe, and over 3 million people are registered to attend. Meanwhile, the bill has expanded to include big name performers, artists and designers from every branch of the creative arts. Glastonbury Festival is now the largest outdoor green fields event in the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn their own words, Michael and Emily Eavis reveal the stories behind the headlines, and celebrate 50 years of history in the Vale of Avalon. They're joined by a host of big-name contributors from the world of music - among them Adele, JAY-Z, Dolly Parton, Chris Martin, Noel Gallagher, Lars Ulrich and Guy Garvey. They're joined by artists - Stanley Donwood, Kurt Jackson and many more. Writers - Caitlin Moran, Lauren Laverne, Billy Bragg - and by a host of photographers, from Seventies icon Brian Walker to rock and roll legends Jill Furmanovsky and Greg Williams.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTogether they bring you the magic that makes Glastonbury, Glastonbury.","brand":"Trapeze","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":53492888437113,"sku":"9781409183938","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781409183938-original.jpg?v=1771397718"},{"product_id":"love-and-let-die","title":"Love and Let Die","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Smart, analytical and enormously good fun' Stuart Maconie, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ingenious . . . conjures a whole cultural history of the past six decades' \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Strikingly insightful . . . page after page of glorious anecdotes' \u003ci\u003eThe i Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book to leave you shaken and stirred' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Poignant and entertaining' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you take popular culture seriously, this is the book for you' Jeremy Deller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDr No\u003c\/i\u003e, the first Bond film, and 'Love Me Do', the first Beatles record, were released on the same day. Most countries can only dream of creating a phenomenon on this scale; Britain produced two on one windy October afternoon. Told over sixty dramatic years, \u003ci\u003eLove and Let Die\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of two culture touchstones that continue to define our aspirations and fantasies; of opposing values, visions of Britain and ideas about male identity; and of how a clash between working class liberation and establishment control exploded on the global stage.","brand":"W\u0026N","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53492888600953,"sku":"9781399600170","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399600170-original.jpg?v=1771311711"},{"product_id":"the-klf","title":"The KLF","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTHE STRANGE TALE OF DEATH, LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL BAND\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e'Magical ... stunning' \u003c\/b\u003eDan Schreiber, \u003ci\u003eNo Such Thing as a Fish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant, discursive and wise' \u003c\/b\u003eBen Goldacre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly irresistible and totally brilliant' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuietus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThey were the bestselling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial success and creative freedom. Then they deleted their records, erased themselves from musical history and burnt their last million pounds in a boathouse on the Isle of Jura. And they couldn't say why.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is not just the story of the KLF. It is a book about Carl Jung, Alan Moore, Robert Anton Wilson, Ken Campbell, Dada, Situationism, Discordianism, magic, chaos, punk, rave, the alchemical symbolism of Doctor Who and the special power of the number twenty-three. Wildly unauthorised and unlike any other music biography, The KLF is a trawl through chaos on the trail of a beautiful, accidental mythology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10th AANIVERSARY EDITION UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A pop biography for people who don't read pop biographies' \u003c\/b\u003eDorian Lynskey, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thing of endlessly fascinating, utterly demented genius' \u003c\/b\u003eAlexis Petridis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliantly captures the anti-establishment attitude of Drummond and Cauty, and makes you wish the pop charts were full of such madness these days' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSee what readers are saying:\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fantastic and often mind-bending trip' ?????\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A potted history of two men who, bored with the music business, started an anarchic art project pretending to be a band' ?????\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Engrossing' ?????\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating' ?????\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I have given this book as a present five times since I read it about two weeks ago' ?????\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A wild ride - charming, crazy, brilliant, a bit like the KLF' ?????\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A modern mythological epic' ?????\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Why can't all books be like this?' ?????","brand":"W\u0026N","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":53500806463865,"sku":"9781399610353","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399610353-original.jpg?v=1771052422"},{"product_id":"grime-kids","title":"Grime Kids","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA, AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON BBC THREE NOW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An essential read for anyone with the slightest interest in the birth of Grime' \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sharp and nostalgic' \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA group of kids in the 90s had a dream to make their voice heard - and this book documents their seminal impact on today's pop culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e DJ Target grew up in Bow under the shadow of Canary Wharf, with money looming close on the skyline. The 'Godfather of Grime' Wiley and Dizzee Rascal first met each other in his bedroom. They were all just grime kids on the block back then, and didn't realise they were to become pioneers of an international music revolution. A movement that permeates deep into British culture and beyond. Household names were borne out of those housing estates, and the music industry now jumps to the beat of their gritty reality rather than the tune of glossy aspiration. Grime has shaken the world and Target is revealing its explosive and expansive journey in full, using his own unique insight and drawing on the input of grime's greatest names.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat readers are saying about\u003ci\u003e Grime Kids\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fantastic depiction of the inception of a genre that has spanned the millennium'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant insight in to grim music from one of the pioneers of the scene'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book really sums up the feeling of being a DJ perfectly'\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Trapeze","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53500815245689,"sku":"9781409179535","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781409179535-original.jpg?v=1770187883"},{"product_id":"dont-look-back-in-anger","title":"Don't Look Back In Anger","description":"The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion, film, football, literature and music interwoven into a blooming of national self-confidence. It was the decade of Lad Culture and Girl Power; of Blur vs Oasis. When fashion runways shone with British talent, Young British Artists became household names, football was 'coming home' and British film went worldwide. From Old Labour's defeat in 1992 through to New Labour's historic landslide in 1997, \u003ci\u003eDon't Look Back In Anger\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the Cool Britannia age when the country united through a resurgence of patriotism and a celebration of all things British. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut it was also an era of false promises and misplaced trust, when the weight of substance was based on the airlessness of branding, spin and the first stirrings of celebrity culture. A decade that started with hope then ended with the death of the 'people's princess' and 9\/11 - an event that redefined a new world order. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThrough sixty-eight voices that epitomise the decade - including Tony Blair, John Major, Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Tracey Emin, Keith Allen, Meera Syal, David Baddiel, Irvine Welsh\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand Steve Coogan - we re-live the epic highs and crashing lows of one of the most eventful periods in British history. Today, in an age where identity dominates the national agenda, \u003ci\u003eDon't Look Back In Anger\u003c\/i\u003e is a necessary and compelling historical document.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53508334682489,"sku":"9781409180722","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781409180722-original.jpg?v=1730722720"},{"product_id":"the-absence","title":"The Absence","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Beautifully written and brutally honest' \u003cb\u003eLYDIA LUNCH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A compassionate, relatable love story' \u003cb\u003eMIKI BERENYI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lyrical, affectionate and often painfully raw' \u003cb\u003eRUPERT THOMSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAs a member of Big in Japan, The Slits and, most famously, Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Creatures, 'Budgie' became one of the era-defining drummers in the much-mythologised post-punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe beating heart of this painfully honest account of a life often sabotaged by substance abuse and alcoholism is his long-term position as drummer and co-writer with Siouxsie and The Banshees, alongside ex-wife, Siouxsie Sioux. But as their personal relationship fractured, the consequences for the band were inevitable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Absence \u003c\/i\u003eis both fabulously glamorous and a tawdry cautionary tale. For the first time the story of the most exalted and mysterious of bands has been told by one who survived inside the belly of the beast.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56208769319289,"sku":"9781399621588","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":54924315165049,"sku":"9781399621564","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399621588-original.jpg?v=1771819042"},{"product_id":"168-songs-of-hatred-and-failure","title":"168 Songs of Hatred and Failure","description":"The story of Manic Street Preachers is unique in pop. Raging out of the stricken mining communities of south Wales in the late 80s, they were bonded by friendships, family ties and a self-styled 'geometry of contempt', whereby James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore would orchestrate the daring intellectual broadsides written by Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire. Seemingly condemned to mere cult status by a cruel juncture of artistic triumph, commercial failure and personal despair, the story took an agonising twist when the tragedy of Edwards' 1995 disappearance was followed by a remarkable rebirth built upon 'A Design For Life's hymn to the band's working-class roots, and then the award-winning, multi-million-selling album \u003ci\u003eEverything Must Go\u003c\/i\u003e, a majestic soundtrack to history and loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLess than five years later, Manic Street Preachers played to 60,000 at the national stadium of Wales and had their second UK Number 1 single. Subsequent output has confirmed the band as both a wellspring of restless creativity and a barometer of the cultural conversation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause it was music that saved them, it's through the prism of their music that Keith Cameron tells the definitive history of Manic Street Preachers, drawing on many hours of new interviews to dive deep into 168 songs, from 1988's debut single 'Suicide Alley' to the late day peaks of 2025's album \u003ci\u003eCritical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e. Writing with the band's full co-operation, his book charts the dynamic evolution of a universe in which Karl Marx and Kylie Minogue happily co-exist, that accords Rush and The Clash equal favour, and where Morrissey \u0026amp; Marr meet Torvill \u0026amp; Dean via Nietzsche and New Order in a single four-minute pop song - all in the name of what Nicky Wire himself calls 'the fabulous disaster' of Manic Street Preachers.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback £30","offer_id":55036796830073,"sku":"9781399607407","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signed Record Store Special Edition £68","offer_id":55125766340985,"sku":"9781399630009","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399607407-original_9a8c45e2-3f7d-46cd-a703-a17724698c83.jpg?v=1744943504"},{"product_id":"granny-takes-a-trip","title":"Granny Takes a Trip","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDiscover the 'illuminating and colourful' (\u003ci\u003eTelegraph) \u003c\/i\u003estory of the boutique that dressed British rock 'n' roll\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the tumultuous tale of Granny Takes A Trip, lavishly illustrated with never-before-seen photographs of the shop, its key players and \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eof course \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e the clothes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A celebration of the London boutique that bridged psychedelic fashion and glam' \u003ci\u003eUNCUT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGranny Takes A Trip was more than just a shop and a fashion brand; it was the original rock and roll clothes boutique, the template for all that followed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat started as an odd retail venture\/art installation in a depressed part of London known as World's End became an international byword for glam decadence in Manhattan and Hollywood, combining flamboyant style and all manner of countercultural activity to attract everyone from Pattie Boyd, Marianne Faithfull and Anita Pallenberg to Elton John, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, the Beatles, and Lou Reed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfolding over a decade-and-a-half, this tumultuous story invokes a cast of often unique, sometimes entitled, unusually talented and troubled individuals on a collective mission to shake up austere, repressed, class-ridden Britain and white bread America. Some achieved this at great personal cost as darkness, addiction and tragedy stalked those behind the extraordinary shop facades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuch mythologised but never told, this cautionary tale has now found its definitive chronicler in celebrated cultural historian Paul Gorman who has had access to first-hand accounts from all the principal figures, as well as notes for a memoir and a much-treasured scrapbook by Freddie Hornik, the tailoring entrepreneur who survived the death marches of central Europe after WW2 to acquire Granny Takes A Trip in the late 60s and transform into an unparalleled pop cultural force.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":55067647213945,"sku":"9781399623612","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399623612-original.jpg?v=1771138925"},{"product_id":"famous","title":"Famous","description":"'Entertaining and insightful . . . Thorne's prose is a pleasure to read' \u003cb\u003e???? \u003ci\u003eMOJO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A juicy account of great rivalries' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Eccentric, passionate . . . and always engrossing' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen an artist becomes truly famous, there is almost no one on earth who can understand how their world has changed forever.  . . aside from their rivals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFamous\u003c\/i\u003e, internationally bestselling author Matt Thorne examines seven moments in music when stars from pop, rock and hip-hop have collided - and how the resulting reverberations impacted everything from the cultural landscape to the decisions of world leaders. The book sheds thrilling new light on the fascinating stories of Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney and Diana Ross, Lou Reed and Paul Simon, Chuck Berry and Keith Richards, David Bowie and Tina Turner, Madonna and Tupac Shakur and Ye and Taylor Swift.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":63830340469113,"sku":"9781474616409","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":55528543256953,"sku":"9781474616386","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781474616386-original.jpg?v=1771916143"},{"product_id":"the-twelve-songs-of-christmas","title":"The Twelve Songs of Christmas","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwelve songs, seventy-five years and a nation's chart obsession\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery December, Britain waits for the one chart result that still matters: the Christmas number one. In an age when the singles chart has lost much of its cultural power, the festive top spot remains fiercely contested by pop stars, novelty acts, charity campaigns and the occasional underdog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Twelve Songs of Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of this uniquely British obsession through a dozen chart-toppers, beginning in 1950 with Gene Autry's \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" and leading up to Wham! with \"Last Christmas\", which - thirty-nine years after its release - finally claimed the crown in 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way are the Beatles' sixties dominance, Slade and Wizzard's glittering seventies takeover, Band Aid's global phenomenon, the Spice Girls hat-trick and the reality-TV era of Christmas chart battles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuffed with brilliant stories, forgotten classics and seasonal nostalgia, the book explores how the Christmas number one became one of Britain's most enduring musical traditions making it the perfect festive gift for Christmas music enthusiasts and music lovers alike.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":56783159624057,"sku":"9781399643788","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399643788-original.jpg?v=1779778352"},{"product_id":"when-giants-walked-the-earth","title":"When Giants Walked the Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Wall has done his subject proud' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eReissued as part of White Rabbit's prestigious Deep Cuts series, with a new Foreword from Lenny Kaye, comes the fully updated edition of Mick Wall's definitive biography of Led Zeppelin. Written by respected rock writer and former confidant of both Page and Plant, \u003ci\u003eWhen Giants Walked the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e features never-before-seen material and exclusive interviews with those who were there at the heart of the band's rise to fame.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eIt's a story of a band that wrote the rulebook for on-the-road excess - and eventually paid the price for it, with disaster, drug addiction and death. Looking back over the last six decades, Wall unflinchingly tells the story of the band's phenomenal success, fallouts and feuds and the toll this has taken on their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbove all, this is a book that tells the full, shocking story of Led Zeppelin from the inside. For now, it is the closest you'll get to the truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The very best and most cogently argued account. Sensational' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The only Led Zeppelin biography I have in my house' Jason Bonham\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56959949111673,"sku":"9781399643771","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399643771-original.jpg?v=1779953779"},{"product_id":"days-of-miracle-and-wonder","title":"Days of Miracle and Wonder","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive story of the making and legacy of Paul Simon's \u003ci\u003eGraceland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1984, Paul Simon was at a professional and personal crossroads. His marriage was failing, his career was in danger of declining and the music scene was shifting to a world of synths, drum machines and music videos. But a chance encounter with the sounds of South Africa created a spark, recalling the joy of the early rock and roll days and inspiring a bold new direction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimon travelled to Johannesburg in 1985 to record with South African musicians, a bold and risky step on a musical journey that would lead him to New York, Los Angeles, Louisiana and London, culminating in \u003ci\u003eGraceland\u003c\/i\u003e, a global phenomenon that won multiple Grammys, sold millions of records and helped redefine popular music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDays of Miracle and Wonder \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book to tell the full story, offering a richly detailed account of artistic collaboration, technical innovation and cultural exchange, alongside the controversies that the album raised and which remain today. It sheds light on a rare cultural moment when America opened its doors to global sounds and a masterpiece emerged from a complex and divided world.","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57078096036217,"sku":"9781399645966","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399645966-original.jpg?v=1779778364"},{"product_id":"up-all-night","title":"Up All Night","description":"\u003cb\u003eThere is a specific energy to it. Cafes and shops close their shutters. Darkness descends. 'The air begins to tingle', wrote John Dos Passos of twenties New York. 'It's tonight if you drink enough, talk enough, walk far enough, that the train of magical events will begin.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarely four centuries ago, music, fashion, sex, architecture, art and booze first fused to create what we now call nightlife. It happened, strangely enough, in 17th-century Japan, in a remote marshland outside the shogun's capital. This den of hedonism and iniquity became a breeding ground for new ideas - and while the venues have changed, nightlife has been at the frontier of cultural innovation ever since. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUp All Night\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the good times and the great ones. Who invented jazz? What did 18th century Londoners do for entertainment? Why was Detroit  the birthplace of techno? Who built Las Vegas? And what, in our increasingly online lives, are we missing when we pass up the chance of a big night out? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoin party historian Imogen Willetts for a guided tour of history's wildest nights out - piecing together tantalising ephemera and foggy reminiscences from shogunate Japan to noughties Hollywood, and every iconic scene in between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Spills over with colourful anecdotes . . . Reading \u003ci\u003eUp All Night \u003c\/i\u003emakes you want to put it down - if only to step out into the seductive, thrilling night' \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A sparkling cultural history . . . Its procession of nocturnal scenes is immersive, intoxicating and full  of surprises' MIKE JAY, author of PSYCHONAUTS\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A jaunty, jam-packed history of big nights out that revels in spectacle and theatricality' EMMA WARREN, author of DANCE YOUR WAY HOME \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"W\u0026N","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":57221477597561,"sku":"9781399617079","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399617079-original.jpg?v=1778065003"},{"product_id":"have-you-ever-heard-old-music","title":"Have You Ever Heard Old Music?","description":"In an era where technology threatens the art of songwriting and production, 'old' music matters more than ever. Those classic songs from decades ago that still carry so much power are each totally unique, but all were shaped by immense skill, hard work, and moments of pure creative inspiration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, esteemed producer Owen Cutts - who has brought his infectious passion to the world through his Old Music Friday series - opens up his record collection to share 52 essential, groundbreaking songs that anyone who cares about music should hear. From Minnie Ripperton to The Delfonics, The Beatles to Aretha Franklin, Al Green to Dusty Springfield, Owen picks apart the craft behind each song, and delves into \u003ci\u003ewhy \u003c\/i\u003ethese recordings still cut through the noise and connect so deeply with listeners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book for anyone looking to expand their sonic horizons, understand the creative process and lose themselves in great music. It's about songs that refuse to age, and why they still resonate all these years later.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"White Rabbit","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":63773692789113,"sku":"9781399644808","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/3828\/9575\/files\/9781399644808-original.jpg?v=1781593130"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk\/collections\/cultural-studies.oembed?page=4","provider":"White Rabbit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}