Floating buildings at the Biennale
18th Venice Biennale Architettura, 20 May-26 November 2023
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Misappropriating motherhood
La Leche League and the pornification of breastfeeding
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
With their pants down
The Conservatives are in a nightmare they cannot wake up from
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Get rid of Rishi
Sunak hanging on can only make things worse for the Conservatives and worse for Britain
Killing with kindness
“Be kind” culture has abandoned adolescent girls
Britain must develop economic resilience
The Houthis have exposed our devastating economic insecurity
Make architecture art again
Attractive architecture should draw from the past while looking to the future
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
