James Panero
James Panero is the executive editor of the New Criterion
Studio: The English baroque architecture of New York
Climbing around, looking up, and zooming in: the delights of Beaux-Arts architecture in New York
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
The poverty of “Singapore-on-Thames”
Britain can take inspiration from other countries but it cannot merely imitate them
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
Self-ID versus survivors
Traumatised women deserve to know that they can be supported by women
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
The lies of Sinn Fein
Sectarian smears against Unionists have been exposed as the falsehoods they always were. Will anyone bother to say sorry?
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words