Icon News & Events
‘A profound understanding of Jones the man emerges’
Posted on 2012/04/30 in General, tagged as
Ireland’s Independent has reviewed Bobby’s Open by Steven Reid. Dermot Gilleece says, ‘I wasn’t disappointed. Acknowledging that few golfers have had more words written about them than Jones, [Reid] still manages to turn a number of fascinating fresh furrows.’ You can read more of the review here. Bobby’s Open is the inspirational story of a golfing legend and one of the game’s defining contests. Steven Reid joined us in the office last week to s… Read more »
Mark Forsyth – an ‘unruly’ look at the English Language
Posted on 2012/04/25 in General, tagged as
Mark ‘Etymologicon’ Forsyth was a guest of the wonderful people at Lost Lectures recently, and there gave a talk on, in their words, ‘what is considered ‘correct’ English: dispelling myths, highlighting inconsistencies and generally poking fun at what all our teachers taught us to be true. From prepositions to plurals he goes to the far reaches of the archives to tease out the most ridiculous rules that apparently govern our language, silencing e… Read more »
Mark Forsyth talks about Shakespeare’s 448th birthday
Posted on 2012/04/23 in General, tagged as
Mark Forsyth, author of The Etymologicon, discusses why Hamlet is EXACTLY 30 years old, wears a hat and has a beard, and recounts some scurrilous gossip about the Bard, who would be the ripe old age of 448 today. Find out more about The Etymologicon here and it’s successor, The Horologicon, here.
When you make a decision to do something your brain fires up about 1/3 of a second before you are consciously aware of making the decision
Posted on 2012/04/19 in General, tagged as
The Universe Inside You provides fascinating facts and mind-boggling science of the human body. You can share some of these facts with your family and friends using our infographic: Click the image to view a larger version. Many more facts can be discovered in The Universe Inside You, available now to buy now. To find out more about the book go here.
What connects the Grand National, yobs, wonks and a Dylan Thomas obscenity? Etymologicon author Mark Forsyth explains all…
Posted on 2012/04/14 in General, tagged as
See more about Mark Forsyth’s brilliant, Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon here, and it’s sequel The Horologicon – which is published in November – here.
The Shrink and the Sage
Posted on 2012/04/13 in General, tagged as
Julian Baggini and Antonia Macaro’s brilliant new ‘Guide to Living’, The Shrink and the Sage has arrived at Icon HQ today. Should we be happy pessimists? How much should we care about our appearance? What should you do before you die? Philosopher Julian and therapist Antonia present their unique brand of self-help – with a distinctly cerebral edge in their new book, and attempt to answer questions like those above. In need of a little wisdom in y… Read more »
Third Man in Havana – caught in the slips at Icon
Posted on 2012/04/04 in General, tagged as
Tom Rodwell’s Third Man in Havana is published next month, by our sports imprint Corinthian, and copies have just arrived at the Icon pavilion in time for tea. The book follows Tom’s travels around the work finding the heart of cricket in exactly all the places you might least expect to find it. He plays games with the NYPD, with Jamaican prisoners, with blind children in Sierra Leone and at Beersheva Cricket Club in Israel – whose pavillon is co… Read more »
Introducing Slavoj Žižek – A Graphic Guide app now available!
Posted on 2012/04/02 in General, tagged as
The brilliant Graphic Guide on the world’s most dangerous philosopher is now available in app form! Introducing Slavoj Žižek – A Graphic Guide is available to download from the Apple and Android stores for a special introductory price of £1.99/$2.99. It will also soon be added to the Introducing Graphic Guides bookshelf app, available for free on iPhone/iPad here. The apps transform each book in its entirety into an interactive ebook enjoyable on… Read more »
Did the baby boomers have it all?
Posted on 2012/04/02 in General, tagged as
Jilted Generation co-author Ed Howker argues in a conversation piece in the Guardian over the weekend that the baby-boomer generation hold a too-large share of the nation’s wealth – at the expense of twentysomethings who will be ‘the first generation who won’t be better off than their parents’. Read the whole piece here and more about Jilted Generation here.
Read an extract from Introducing Mindfulness: A Practical Guide
Posted on 2012/03/28 in General, tagged as
Four new Practical Guides will be published next month: Philosophy for Everyday Life, Psychology of Relationships, NLP for Work, and Self Esteem. If you’re unfamiliar with the Practical Guides series, they are self-help books for busy people. The guides take big ideas and get them working for you, offering straightforward, useful advice to tackle the challenges life throws at us all. Take a look at one of our most popular Practical Guides, Introd… Read more »
