Honor Clerk

Ransacking the world

Something in the air is arousing an interest in collectors and collections — both private and public — of which the success of The Hare with Amber Eyes and The Children’s Book are perhaps the most visible recent examples.

  • Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves

    Jacqueline Yallop

    Atlantic Books, pp. 420

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