The battle for modern architecture
Listed landmarks face the threat of short-sightedness and greed
The beauty of Brutalism
Durham’s concrete masterpiece needs love, not the wrecking ball
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
