An elegant advocate for Van the man
John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture by Charles Saumarez Smith
Timeless temples of the written word
Oxford Libraries: Architecture by Geoffrey Tyack and Dan Paton
The Gradel Quadrangles at New College, Oxford
Postmodernity perches precariously in the porter’s lodge
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Britain’s oldest purpose-built synagogue faces a new, more insidious threat
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On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill