The rich and varied past of our islands
Romans, Danes, Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Norwegians all made their marks
Hitler’s revenge
The RIBA Journal confuses architectural history
Anglican age of a thousand churches
The Church of England offered a necessary bulwark against the tempests of change
Places to be
A wonderful book about English eccentrics impresses James Stevens Curl
Coarseness and viciousness
James Gillray could be cruel but was a fine propagandist
Monuments and monstrosities
Humane planning has again succumbed to wholesale obliteration
Studio: Victorian architecture in Ulster
The undiscovered 19th century wonders of Northern Ireland
Flawed primer on a Classical master
A new book on Decimus Burton, Victorian England’s “pagan” architect
When London really was built back better
This is an eloquent book that describes the architecture, culture, topography, and social life of a vibrant city
Classical architecture’s counter-attack
Reed’s great book exposes the ugliness and illiteracy of Modernism
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
Chasing votes on foreign soil
Viktor Orbán has created a pipeline of support for his Fidesz political project by granting full citizenship to thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
Why we should resist this “conversion therapy” ban
It would enshrine dubious claims as unarguable facts, and it endangers freedom and young people
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
Not another one!
How might the run-up to the next general election look?
Miriam Cates is right about surrogacy
It is a fundamentally dishonest and exploitative practice
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
