Stephen Bayley
Stephen Bayley was the founding director of the Design Museum and is chairman of The Royal Fine Art Commission Trust.
Gentrification? Better than deprivation
Elephant and Castle has been radically spruced up, but not everyone is happy about it
A memorial fit for a Queen
If something is built in memory of Queen Elizabeth, it must be superlative
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
