Chess Players: From Charlie Chaplin to Wu-Tang Clan Helen Oxenbury That lay in the house

That lay in the house that Jack built

Shortlisted for the 2024 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction

the majority of the images are of artifacts in the astonishing collection of Richard Harris and range from 2000 BCE to the present day

Grace Easton

The team has worked through artefacts of early encounters between European and Tongan islanders

Chess Players: From Charlie Chaplin to Wu-Tang Clan Helen Oxenbury That lay in the houseA photobook dedicated to players throughout time who have tried their hand at the beloved cerebral game, featuring text penned by chess enthusiast and acclaimed author Martin Amis This is a book for chess Grandmasters, novices and inquiring laymen alike. It is a book for anyone who has wondered, as Martin Amis wryly asks in his contributing text, What are they playing at? Marcel Duchamps iconic quote, All chess players are artists, resonates