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England on Fire: A Visual Journey through Albion's Psychic Landscape Hardcover – June 14, 2022

by Stephen Ellcock (Author), Mat Osman (Author)
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This is a book about English art like no other.

Forget the tired rogues’ gallery of lords and ladies, forget the tall ships and haywains. These images cut to the heart of England’s psychic landscapes to portray an Albion unhinged, where magic and rebellion and destruction are the horses to which the country is hitched. On these fabled shores we are all castaways, whether our family has lived here for four thousand years or for four.

Here you will find depictions of ancient trackways, chalk carvings and standing stones, of animal-masked community rituals, of streets set ablaze in protest, of occult dreams and psychedelic prophecies. There are over 200 images by artists ranging from William Blake, J.M.W. Turner and Samuel Palmer to Paul Nash, Louis Wain, Bill Brandt, Derek Jarman and Ithell Colquhoun to present-day visionaries such as Paula Rego, Cathy de Monchaux, George Shaw, Jamie Reid, Matt Collishaw, Tacita Dean, Lina Iris Viktor, Yinka Shonibare, Nick Waplington, Dan Hillier, Nicola Tyson, Sutapa Biswas and Chila Kumari Burman.

The mind-blowing selection of images is accompanied by short texts by Mat Osman, exploring magic and mazes, ghosts and gardens, shipwrecks and cities. These poetic renderings of a spectral isle, together with Stephen Ellcock’s hallucinatory visual journey, reclaim Albion as an eternally inspiring and anarchic domain – an England on fire.
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  6. ISBN-10
    1786784289
  7. ISBN-13
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"Fascinating, vibrant, and overwhelmingly powerful, this is a unique look at England in its magical and rebellious glory ... A LoveReading Star book, England on Fire is truly beautiful, it’s astute, inclusive, and absolutely magical." - Liz Robinson, LoveReading.co.uk
 
"Ellcock resurfaces the work of a wide range of artists, from overlooked 19th century printmakers to female surrealists. In the place of sedentary lords and ladies, he offers saturnalia. In the place of haywains; standing stones, the Cottingley fairies and scenes from anti-fascist marches." - India Bourke, New Statesman

"England On Fire will change the way you see England, not for showing anything new, but for showing you what has been there all along." - Thomas Overlook, Exquisite Terror

"not just mind blowing, but mind defining – approaching the heights of epiphanic beauty ... This deep, wild England also contains the euphoria of possibility – therein lies the importance and joy of this book, the pages of which mingle with our dreams." - Richard Cabut,International Times

"England on Fire is definitely thought-provoking. As you flick through the pages, you really do get a sense of the subconscious and often poignant undercurrent of England's 'jousting and days out' heritage." - Love British History

"A fantastical wander through English art, customs and rituals [...] an insightful visual map of a strange and fascinating world." – Sinéad Gleeson

About the Author

Stephen Ellcock is a curator, researcher and the bestselling author of books including All Good Things and The Book of Change. His ever-expanding online collection of images has found a huge social media following.

Mat Osman is the author of The Ruins, and the bassist and founding
member of iconic British rock band Suede.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Watkins Publishing (June 14, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1786784289
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1786784285
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.13 x 1 x 8.53 inches
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As a founder member of the iconic British rock band Suede, Mat Osman has been there for every one of their thirty years of number-one records, world tours, Mercury Prizes, press plaudits, break-ups and their triumphant reformation. He's written extensively too: for British broadsheets including the Guardian and the Independent, a London guidebook for 'people who don't like guidebooks' and the texts for Stephen Ellcock's much-admired trawl through England's psychic landscape, England on Fire. Mat also composes music for TV and stage shows.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! I savored every image and word
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I loved this book. I savored every unique image and word. The printing is clear, bright and crisp and he did a great job selecting all the images to include. I never realized before there were so many different historical, mystical, and cultural layers to the Brit Isles. Most of my 'knowledge' about Britain came from movies, tv, and the literature. But it's so much richer, it surprised me. I definitely got my money's worth on this one and plan to keep it to revisit the images and words from time to time. A++++++
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Katharina Strachwitz
5.0 out of 5 stars All fantastic
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Elena
5.0 out of 5 stars A feast for the eyes!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2022
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I'm so enjoying this book! Its beautifully curated and packed full of incredible artwork. If you love Old England, Stones, Myths, Magick and Wild Places then this book is for you. I spend much of my time folkloring so theres lots of familiar places in here, but so much of the artwork is new to me and its been such a joy to discover. Particularly the stunning Corn Maiden piece by Cathy Ward, and the Seed Guardian by Holland Otik. But theres also classics in here too, from favourites like Constable and Blake. Woven together with words from Mat Osman, this book is an absolute treasure which I shall continue to enjoy. A feast for the eyes!
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Stephen S
5.0 out of 5 stars There are many riches to be found in this book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2022
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This is a fascinating collection of images that continually draws the reader in to its explorations of alternative histories and mythologies of England. The book is very well put together and the images and paper are of high quality. It's a great format for browsing; very easy to pick up and follow the authors on a visual journey down rich and diverse pathways.

The images include some well-known figures (Blake, Turner, Nash; Jarman, Dean, Brandt) but also a great many new discoveries, at least to me. The breadth of sources is impressive and the juxtapositions work very well. The book is organised into thematic chapters, each with some introductory textual riffs to help orientate the reader ('England is a pirate ship.' 'England is an immigrant song.'). The book is interested in exploring the margins, in terms of lived experience (hallucinations, dreams, ritual), locations (heathland, village, council estates) and subjects (rebels, peasants, outcasts). As such it is a vital contribution to the ongoing debates about English identity, migration and our relationship to the land.
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neil the deal
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Fantastic book if you like dark and unusual pictures.
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Duncan Robertson
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful, profound and thought-provoking study of English visionary art
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2022
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This is an incredibly well put-together book that manages to be both epic in its historical scope and relevant to the peculiar time we English find ourselves in right now. If you'd like a feast of new ideas about 'Englishness' that transcend class, race and gender and instead speaks to the landscape we inhabit and the diverse artists it inspired, you'll find it here.

You'll also find new insights into those issues, arranged around the idea that revolt, upheaval and disaster can bind us together now just as it has in the past. As the book jacket blurb has it: "We are all castaways, whether our family has lived here for four thousand years or for four."
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