Alison Oram Libri

The anthology offers a comprehensive collection of primary sources that illuminate the historical experiences of lesbian lives. It features diverse materials such as court records, newspaper articles, literary works, and writings from various professionals, alongside personal letters and journals. This critical exploration provides valuable insights into the societal perceptions and lived realities of lesbians throughout history.

Exploring LGBTQ history beyond London, this book highlights the diverse queer experiences across four English cities from the 1960s to the 2000s. It delves into Brighton's bohemian arts scene, Plymouth's hidden military queer life, Leeds' lesbian activism, and Manchester's dynamic dance and drag culture. Through the lens of local people, places, and politics, the authors reveal how these cities cultivated their own unique and vibrant queer identities, offering a rich alternative narrative to mainstream LGBTQ history in Britain.

Focusing on the representation of female gender-crossing in British tabloids, this text examines real-life case studies of women who navigated society by successfully presenting as men. It highlights the complexities of identity and societal perceptions, offering insights into the challenges and triumphs these women faced in their everyday lives. Through this exploration, the book sheds light on broader themes of gender, identity, and media portrayal.

Linn Botanic Gardens in western Scotland, an idiosyncratic utopia created by the shared passion of a reclusive father and son, is home to thousands of exotic plants from all over the world. Carefully constructed over 40 years by Jim and Jamie Taggart, the gardens surround Linn Villa, a decrepit, out-of-bounds Victorian house. Artist Alison Turnbull (born 1956) first encountered Linn several years ago while staying at an artists' retreat nearby. Since then, she and award-winning writer Philip Hoare (born 1958) have visited several times. 'Another green world' is their lyrical portrait of the site in text and pictures. Turnbull's photographs of the garden, villa and its owners, and her geometric drawings inspired by the garden, are complemented by photographer Ruth Clark's stunning double-page shots of the plants. Hoare's account of a visit weaves its way through these images, leading readers on a walk through the enigmatic garden and house.

This artist’s book by Alison Turnbull is a practical guide to the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. The collection at Oxford has been colour-coded in this book to represent the shift from a morphological or visual system to one based on genetics.Taking as a model the pocket-sized volumes that were published in the 17th century in early botanic gardens across Europe, the book has a comprehensive plant list and a foldout colour-coded plan of the garden with corresponding coloured pages—red, pink, blue, violet, aquamarine, lime green, yellow, orange and green—for making notes.It includes a foreword by Louise Allen of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, and an essay by Professor Mark W Chase of Kew Gardens, exploring the ways that gardens, art and books approach scientific information.The Family Beds occupies a place in between the abstractions of plant science and the earthy realities of horticulture, highlighting the complex relationship between the two.