Books

Out of the blue

Despite some political hang-ups, James Fox provides diverting stories on the history of colour

Beating a dead narrative

Yet another teacher memoir abuses more clichés

A drawing is worth a thousand photographs

This collection of measured drawings recovers the backbone of architectural education

Celebrity crime novelists: the latest literary fashion

Crime and thriller titles have replaced Strictly Come Dancing as the new craze for celebrities

Architectural historian against the world

John Martin Robinson’s second memoir pulls no punches against the cult of Modernism

The millennial’s guide to feminism

Julie Bindel’s new book rescues modern feminism from its failings

Still making dystopia

What have modern architects learned from their most trenchant critic?

A fully-packed bookcase

Three books that each offer a traditional holiday-reading pleasure

Murders for late August

A sampling of mysteries that capture the life and geography of places elsewhere

Monuments to victory and loss

This is a beautifully illustrated, handsomely printed and thorough, scholarly exposition of the triumphal arch