Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
The man with a masterplan
The visionary architect Léon Krier, chosen by King Charles to create his model village, Poundbury
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
Blueprint for a starchitect
Robert A. M. Stern’s approach to designing buildings combines exuberance with historicism
Doing Burlington dirty
The Government’s is hounding distinguished societies from their prestigious premises
The lockdown boom in an empty room
Auction houses have enjoyed a stellar pandemic, but could their online success prove a curse?
The ultimate luxury
Clive Aslet says the Barclay brothers were prescient when they built their grand private castle on Brecqhou. Today, true privacy is something only serious money can buy
A question of taste
Rex Whistler’s Tate mural should be seen more as an ironic Rococo fantasy than the work of a racist
London revisited
Can London adapt to different work practices and living priorities after Covid-19 recedes?
Building Scrutopia
Sir Roger Scruton and the architectural establishment
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work