Helen Barrett
Helen Barrett is a writer and editor based in London
Floating buildings at the Biennale
18th Venice Biennale Architettura, 20 May-26 November 2023
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved