Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
A magnificent gift for Oxford
The Schwarzman Centre offers stately new facilities for all the university’s humanities departments
Recognition that small is beautiful
There is no reason why we can’t experience the quality of buildings at a small scale
Don’t be down on Poundbury
More spacious, more green and better built than any other suburban development
No longer a nation of shopkeepers
Local authorities support rack-renting landlords instead of small traders
A neoclassical style fit for a Queen
The beaux arts tradition lives on
Sir Roy Strong
The mischievous cultural commentator and diarist who changed the way museums think about the past
A bronzed beauty worthy of a prize?
An ethereal contender for the Stirling Prize
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
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It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
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It’s all nonsense, and none of it happened, and I can’t remember it, and it’s not what it looks like
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
International Women’s Day is useless for women
IWD has become a celebration of evasion and irrationality
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be