James Stevens Curl
Professor James Stevens Curl, Member of the Royal Irish Academy, is the author of numerous works on architecture, including English Victorian Churches: Architecture, Faith, & Revival (London: John Hudson Publishing, 2022), and Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, 2019).
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
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal