Tour dates, public lectures and other news
Hugely enjoyed talking about all things geisha with Kate Lister on the Betwixt the Sheets podcast … find out all about my life among the geisha and what geisha really do! […]
Happy to be included in Johny Pitts’ series The Failure of the Future on BBC Radio 4 – including my memories of the Tsutsumi Seibu empire, which I wrote about in my book The Brothers. […]
Out June 2024 in Australia and July 31st 2024 in the US and Canada.
The story of a small Asian country with an extraordinary aesthetic tradition that avoided colonization and overcame the devastation of World War II to become a highly prosperous modern force, while preserving its unique spirit and culture.
Watch Lesley Downer in conversation with Hamish Todd (Head of East Asian Collections) at the British Library.
Finding out all about the wonderful world of Japanese kimono pattern books with curator Hamish Todd at the British Library.
Edo Castle: The Glittering World of the Shogun’s Courtality
The Meiji Restoration and the part the British played in making sure it went ahead.
The Decadent World of the Yoshiwara: Dream and Reality
