Geraint Franklin
Geraint Franklin is an architectural historian with Historic England. His books include Howell Killick Partridge & Amis, Post-Modern Buildings in Britain and, most recently, John Outram (Liverpool University Press, £30)
A singular modern master
Architect John Outram fused high-tech and tradition to create his own unique style
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Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
