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
Israel’s forever war
Netanyahu risks dragging his country and his allies into an open-ended regional conflict
Earworms — some Profane, mostly Sacred
Hymns can be as catchy as popular music
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
An optimistic history of women’s rights
Sexed: A History of British Feminism. Susanna Rustin
The final test
Jimmy Anderson has trotted up to the wicket 39,877 times in a Test match
Cheap at the price
Political donations are the highest grossing investments you’ll ever make
Hurray for the Murrays
It is easy to forget how mediocre British tennis was before the Murrays
The pointlessness of pintlessness
There is no case for slashing the drink-driving limit
Tough on smoking, tough on alternatives to smoking
We should give smokers healthier options, not no options