Looking to Sea Britain Through the Eyes of its Artists

<p><b>''A remarkable and compelling book . . . I loved it''</b><br>Edmund de Waal<br><br><b>''Ambitious . . . a chronicle of British art, unfurled against the panoramic backdrop of 20th-century history''</b><br><i>Sunday Telegraph</i><br><br>In this remarkable modern history of Britain, the ebbs and flows of the twentieth century are explored through ten pivotal artworks. Each coastal piece, created between 1912 and 2015, opens a window onto the ideas that have shaped our society, from the impact of the world wars and colonialism to conceptions of class and nationhood.<br><br>Bold and imaginative, <i>Looking to Sea</i> is an exquisite work of cultural storytelling, and a fascinating portrait of our island nation.<br><br><br><b>''At once bold and delicate, far-reaching and fine-tuned''</b><br>Alexandra Harris<br><br><b>''Empathy and intelligence lift memoir into cultural history''</b><br>Iain Sinclair</p>