Architecture
Melancholy of obsolete futures
Alexander Adams on Soviet Brutalism and where to read about it
Writer Dodie Smith’s influences were far from Primrose Hill…
Instead of the chocolate-box pink stucco houses of Primrose Hill, it was the castles and cottages of Suffolk which served as Smith’s inspiration
How I discovered Art and Architecture
Daniel Johnson reflects on the great discoveries of his youth
Reconnecting health with beauty
Must new hospitals invariably be so ugly?
A plague on lazarettos
Buildings born of plagues do have a life as something other than problematic ruins
The Jenrick method
The saga of Victoria Tower Gardens
Priests and palaces
The Archbishops don’t realise the significance of the church building
Sacred — and vital — spaces
A church is not the same as an old castle or a pub
Pugin on the ritz
There’s no case for the costly decant of parliament now
Modi’s ghastly Delhi dream
The plan to remodel Lutyens’s grand capital is a monument to conceit
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Immigration restrictionists need more honest arguments
Our debates are side-stepping fundamental questions of morality
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
