Frances Spalding began writing on British art early in her career and rapidly became of leading voice in this field, writing extensively in newspapers, magazines and exhibition catalogues on this subject before publishing "British Art since 1900", the first overview of twentieth-century British art which has been widely used in schools, colleges, and universities.
An exuberant biography of John Piper, one of the best loved and capacious English artists, and his wife the librettist Myfanwy Piper, friend of and collaborator with Benjamin Britten. Together they were at the heart of art, architecture, opera, and the reshaping the perception of 'Englishness' in the mid-20th century.
Target group: those with an interest in twentieth-century British art, literature, and opera, as well as those with an interest in British architectural heritage, especially church buildings