Gaslighting London
Westminster City’s plan to replace London’s gaslit routes
The modernist who wanted to be Führer
Charles Saumarez Smith says we should acknowledge the Nazi past of architect Philip Johnson, not erase him
Putting a price on scholarship
Charles Saumarez Smith on the battle to safeguard the future of some of Britain’s oldest and best-known learned societies
Out with the Old Masters?
Will traditional museums be replaced by modern “experiences”?
Making history
Charles Saumarez Smith believes the restoration of an historic factory in the Potteries can be a model for preserving our manufacturing past
Opening up the British Museum
Honesty about how exhibits were acquired is a necessary first step in addressing our imperial past
Battle of the bells and the boutique hotel
Charles Saumarez Smith on the campaign to save the historic London foundry that produced both Big Ben and the Liberty Bell
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
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?
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
