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performance, 40 years on, with this intimate photographic portrait, including more than 200 photographs by official photographer O’Regan, many never seen before.


Craig Revel Horwood The Book of Panto Faber, 8th, £18.99, HB, 9780571393671


Drawing on his own 20 years performing in pantomimes, the panto villain of Strictly Come Dancing pulls back the curtain on the genre’s colourful history for a book that shows us why panto is more popular today than ever (oh yes it is).


Simon Goddard, Nick Dominguez, Tony Sanchez (photog) Just a Shot Away: Spanish Tony’s Historic Photos of the Rolling Stones


Cassell, 15th, £40, HB, 9781788406697


Taken by Keith Richards’ “assistant”, Spanish Tony, these never-before-seen images taken between 1969 and 1973 show the Rolling Stones relaxing in French villas, chilling at Keith’s country pile, playing in concerts and TV specials, and providing an intimate insight into the band’s life on the road.


Paul Sexton The Rolling Stones on Tour: The Official Celebration of the Greatest Live Band of All Time


Welbeck, 1st, £50, HB, 9781035439195


Seven decades. Six continents. More than 2,000 shows. Fully authorised and produced in official partnership with the band, this is the definitive celebration of the Rolling Stones on tour, covering each and every tour and spanning more than 60 years.


MJ Simpson


British Horror Films 2000-2019 Headpress, 1st, £19.99, PB, 9781915316608


Based on 20 years of research, this comprehensive guide to British horror cinema in the 20th century includes production background information, release details, credits and a critical assessment for every film covered.


Victoria Smith Coldplay One Lens: 25 Years of Photographs DK, 1st, £30, HB, 9780241812167 Covering two decades of live performance, and featuring never- before-seen images,


shot by renowned music photographer Smith, this richly illustrated volume follows Coldplay from their early days on stage right up to their current Music of the Spheres World Tour.


Bob Stanley The Twelve Songs of Christmas


White Rabbit, 29th, £14.99, HB, 9781399643788


The story of the uniquely British obsession with the Christmas Number One, told through a dozen chart-toppers, beginning in 1950 with Gene Autry’s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and ending with Last Christmas, which - 39 years after its release – finally claimed the crown in 2023.


Toshio Suzuki, Shinsuke Hosokawa, Sokyu Genyu, Nanrei Yokota, Beth Cary (trans) Zen and Ghibli: Life Lessons for Lasting Happiness from the Legendary Studio


Granta, 8th, £14.99, PB, 9781803514260


“How Studio Ghibli films can change your life.” This alluring exploration of Zen Buddhism through the films of the iconic anime studio is by one of its founding producers Suzuki, drawing on conversations with three leading Buddhist monks about “the happiness of living”.


Jacob Tierney I’ll Believe in Anything: The Making of Heated Rivalry Season 1 (The Annotated Scripts)


Trapeze, 13th, £22, HB, 9781398730847


From the creator of award-winning ice hockey queer romance TV series Heated Rivalry, in partnership


with Brendan Brady and Accent Aigu Entertainment, comes this official and complete collection of annotated scripts, accompanied by new and exclusive behind- the-scenes content.


Rick Wakeman The Wizard of Prog: The Truth and Something Like the Truth


Ebury Spotlight, 29th, £22, HB, 9781529983869


From piano-playing child prodigy to classical trained keyboardist, spanning his rise with the band Yes and as a solo artist, this is Wakeman’s “wild and witty, era- defining” autobiography.


Anne Aubert-Santelli, Dan Williams K-Dramas: The Ultimate Fan’s Guide


Kamera, 29th, £12.99, PB, 9780857306289


Written by fans, for fans, this guide to all the genres, subgenres, character archetypes and narrative tropes that define Korean TV drama is by a screenwriting duo who have fallen “head over heels” for the genre themselves.


Emily Yahr Taylor Swift: The Debut Years


Bantam, 8th, £20, HB, 9780857507464


This “first deep dive” into Taylor Swift’s formative years in Nashville explores how she broke the rules of country music with her first four albums, and paved the way for female artists who came after her.


Food & drink


Nara Aziza Smith Homemade 4th Estate, 13th, £25, HB, 9780008799007


The “best-dressed culinary creator in digital media”, Smith has nearly 17 million followers across her platforms. She promises to bring her signature style to this debut cookbook containing 80 family- friendly recipes, and we are also promised a “stunningly beautiful” package full of food and family lifestyle photos.


Ryan Bartlow, Laurie Woolever Essentially Basque: Bringing Spanish Cooking Home


Abrams, 15th, £30, HB, 9781419784422


With a handful of simple ingredients, plus a few easily sourced Spanish staples, this comprehensive cookbook from US chef and long-time Anthony Bourdain collaborator Bartlow and food writer Woolever promises recipes designed for home kitchens.


Mary Berry


Mary: All in One BBC, 8th, £28, HB, 9781785949890


Berry is back with her first-ever “one-pot” collection, featuring 120 of her all-time one-pot recipes, from weeknight traybakes and one-pan pasta dishes to one-bowl cakes.


Joël Broekaert, Michele Hutchison (trans) A History of the World in Twelve Beans


Greystone, 15th, £16.99, HB, 9781778403545


From the fava beans that helped Europe’s population explode in the Middle Ages to the coffee beans that turbo-charged the French Revolution, a quirky short history by a Dutch culinary journalist of how 12 humble beans have quietly changed the world in unexpected ways.


Kathleen Burk Wine: A Global History Profile, 1st, £30, HB, 9781788168984


From the planting of grape seeds across the Roman Empire to the uprooting of vineyards during the Chinese Communist Revolution, this is the “untold” global story of wine. Burk is a UCL history professor with a diploma in wine and a cellar of 3,000 bottles from around the world.


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Sally Butcher, Jamshid Golshan Ebrahimi Simmer: Seasonal Soups from Around the World


Pavilion, 22nd, £22, HB, 9780008757908


The author of Veggiestan, Veganistan et al returns to celebrate soup “in all its soulful, generous, globally inspired glory” with this compendium of favourite soup and stew recipes, drawing on traditions from Iran to Iceland, the Caribbean to the Mediterranean.


Kyle and Katina Connaughton Single Thread: A Seasonal Approach to Intentional Cooking, Farming, and Hospitality


DK, 27th, £50, HB, 9780593970010


The founders and proprietors of Single Thread, the three Michelin-starred restaurant, farm and inn in Sonoma County California set out their food philosophy, which centres on seasonality, locality and sustainability in fine dining.


Emily English So Good: Meal Planner Seven Dials, 15th, £20, HB, 9781399644648


Helping you plan your meals week-by-week, simplify your shopping and keep track of your nutrition, this latest book from the excellent English is her “ultimate” 12-week meal planner to “reclaim your food, your week and your goals”.


Calum Franklin The Modern Pie Maker: A Mouth-Watering Journey Around Britain in Eighty Recipes


Bloomsbury Absolute, 1st, £26, HB, 9781526676702


From Stargazy Pie and Norfolk Plough Pudding to Welsh Oggie and Balti Pie, the author of The Pie Room returns with a collection of 80 recipes, which showcase his contemporary takes on pastries from across the British Isles.


Monica Galetti ( 6) Gathering: A Celebration of Flavours from Polynesia & Beyond


Pavilion, 8th, £26, HB, 9780008765033


Collecting recipes gathered from a lifetime of eating and travelling, MasterChef judge Galetti takes a culinary journey from the fresh flavours of her native Samoa to the smoke-tinged kitchens of South China via sun-soaked archipelagos of Italy.


Jacob Kenedy Pasta Tricolore: Recipes in Green, White and Red


Bloomsbury, 15th, £18.99, HB, 9781526678454


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