This is a collection of weird and funny writings about pets. Lady Lucinda first appeared on TV in the 1980s with "A Cabinet of Curiosities" and "Beastly Buildings" and she is the editor of this book that contains poems, stories and extracts about parrots, wallabies and woodchunk.

Lucinda Lambton's Magnificent Menagerie: Or, Queer Pets and Their Goings-On

Lambton, Lucinda

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

Few inventions have done as much to ease the human lot as the indispensable but taken-for-granted lavatory. Bearing such proud names as "Unitas," "Eureka," "Excelsior," and "Optimus," and adorned with elegant patterns such as writhing convolvulus, classical temples, or swimming fish - some were even made in the shape of dolphins - the gleaming beauties in Temples of Convenience help celebrate the rich, full history of this sanitary wonder. In this expanded edition of her classic book, Lucinda Lambton explores the development of the lavatory from the latrine and the garderobe to the sophisticated and exquisitely decorated piece of sanitary engineering - designed by Bramah, Jennings, Twyford, and Shanks - that turned a foul necessity into an aesthetic delight. Over 150 jewels of sanitation have been described and photographed by Lucinda Lambton, all of them eagerly nosed out in both private houses and gentleman's clubs, as well as in public houses and department stores. There are privies, toilets and chamber pots galore, not to mention baths and richly wrought washstands; indeed, anything that symbolizes the glories and splendors of sanitation.

Temples of Convenience: And Chambers of Delight

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

St.Martin's Press

Temples of convenience

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Vanishing Victoriana

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Elsevier/Phaidon

Over the course of the last twenty-five years David Harrison has created a body of work unique in contemporary British art, characterized by wit, a playful love of contradiction and quiet erudition. Working in two and three dimensions, the artist's paintings, sculptures, and collages transform the natural and man-made worlds into mythical settings in which alarming, magical, and incongruous narratives unfold. The book includes an overview of Harrison's work to date, an introduction by architectural historian Lucinda Lambton, an interview with the artist conducted by his renowned contemporary Peter Doig, and a study of his motifs and methods by curator Alistair Robinson.

David Harrison

Robinson, Alistair

History & Criticism

Philip Wilson Publishers

G. Fraser Gallery

Chambers of Delight (Chamber Pots)

Photography & Video

G. Fraser

Beastly Buildings: The National Trust Book of Architecture for Animals

Atlantic Monthly Pr

Since the 16th century animals have provided an excuse to build fantastical structures; fuelled by British eccentricity and their extravagant love of their pets, remarkable buildings dedicated to animals have risen up all over the British Isles. The book celebrates architecture for animals and is illustrated with full-colour photography throughout.

Palaces for Pigs: Animal architecture and other beastly buildings (English Heritage)

Children's Books

Historic England

Temples of Convenience and Chambers of Delight

The Romans were the first to establish bathing in Britain, but after they had gone, the principle of cleanliness disappeared for 1000 years. Public bathhouses were reintroduced into Britain by the Crusaders, and remained until the reign of Henry VIII. It was in the 1800's that England began to produce an array of baths, lavatories and wash basins. Today, bathroom design focuses upon the luxurious. This book contains over 150 images and captions on the designs the author has discovered. They include baths with hoods, baths decorated with shells, cherubs and leaves, lavatories entwined with acorns, swags and flowers, and designs in the shape of lions and dolphins.

Chrysalis Books

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