Elena Attfield
Elena Attfield is a dual citizen of Great Britain and Finland. She holds a postgraduate degree in the Political Economy of Europe from the LSE.
The wealth of having enough
In an age of consumption, contentment is a crime
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
Carr’s sound, satisfying, and solid creations
A new book on an inventive, unjustly underrated, provincial architect is handsome but flawed
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
The celebrity trap
Women are punished for becoming the objects they are required to be
Why not the Taliban Line?
These new overground lines are not sufficiently progressive
The menopause is no joke
It is time to stop being so facetious about women’s health
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer