Architecture
Unstable foundations
The unsound architecture of the Edwardian Baroque
The Venice Architecture Biennale
Geopolitical challenges produce impressive art
Appreciating the small and recherché
There is still some unspoiled Surrey country to be enjoyed
A Classical career in an ugly age
The fad-spurning architecture of Hugh Petter
Elegant buildings elegantly explained
The Past is no longer something that Was, but one of many possible solutions
Down with skool
When will we stop herding unwilling children into an academic schooling many of them don’t want or need?
London shines in spring
Despite everything, it is a beautiful place
Against inhumane architecture
A new book deconstructs nihilistic pretensions of intellectuals
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
