Mass Observation
Pongs of praise: the history and importance of smell for our antisceptic age
That a modern obsession with hygiene has taken smell from us, as have contemporary furnishings, are key takeaways from two books containing reams of delightful facts on all matters olfactory
You’ve been framed
The photographer Martin Parr claims to like ordinary people, but are his pictures celebratory or mocking, asks Stephen Bayley
