Barnabas Calder
Dr Barnabas Calder is Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Liverpool and a former trustee of the Twentieth Century Society. His most recent book is Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism.
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
Elusive quest for impartiality
I would cavil at the curse of the presenter monologue, tending to sway the audience one way or the other, reveals Anne McElvoy
Did Gaullism save France?
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the French experience from the liberation of 1944 through to the student unrest of 1968
The enduring legacy of Michel Foucault
How the French philosopher founded today’s social justice movement
Fantasy of the magic money tree
Central banks will come under increased pressure to “do good” by politicians
Sex and the singular fisherman
Pike abound in British rivers yet are seldom caught for the table
Thick as Thebans
Frederic Raphael reveals how Paul Cartledge makes the case for a central historical role for Oedipus’s home town
Super League at 25: The unfinished revolution?
As Super League celebrates its 25th birthday, rugby league is further away from its founder’s vision than ever.
When England has lost its pubs it will no longer be England
The rural pub is becoming increasingly under threat, and with it, a key part of our national identity