James Stevens Curl
Professor James Stevens Curl is the author of Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism which castigates those who can only look with their ears. He was awarded the President’s Medal of The British Academy in 2017 for his outstanding service to the Humanities.
Back to the drawing board: How the modernist cult captured architecture
Mark Alan Hewitt’s book is a welcome breath of sound common sense in a field where expensive insanity seems to have ruled the roost for far too long
When England has lost its pubs it will no longer be England
The rural pub is becoming increasingly under threat, and with it, a key part of our national identity
John Luther Adams: The ‘Become’ trilogy (cantaloupe)
You will either feel very relaxed by the middle of the piece or you will throw things at the wall and say some very bad words
How to fix our broken justice system
In a world of superficial identity politics, Alexandra Wilson’s book offers a nuanced narrative
Mystery of the clicking keyboard
Out of the Ether is an excellent primer on Ethereum, but the general reader might find the minutiae a bit much
Cancelled by his college
How a panicking Cambridge institution obliterated the memory of one of its most famous sons
Shutting up the unspeakable is still a bad idea
The scientific method remains dissent and criticism, even for Lockdowns
Culture club
A cherished hub of post-colonial Indian life in London is under threat of closure
Churchill as warlord – how good a strategist was he?
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss Winston Churchill’s role in shaping British and the Allies’ military strategy in the Second World War
Is it time to cancel Roald Dahl – or to celebrate him?
We should treat Roald Dahl as a naïve and unworldly man who never entirely left the realm of make-believe
The Christian case for supporting abortion rights
Rev. Michael Coren says that the Bible simply doesn’t have anything pertinent to say about abortion, and the current extremism alienates people from the church