Homes
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
A forever home
Architecture would be vastly more interesting if clients were happy to pay for character instead of accepting bland uniformity
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Tragedy of the common spaces
It is sadly in keeping with the modern British mindset to prefer something good not to be done
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Humza Yousaf, global citizen
Britain needs one, and only one, foreign policy
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
NatCon lives on
The conference has gone ahead in Brussels despite protests and police action
Slavery did not create Britain’s wealth
A bogus narrative is obscuring history and diminishing our national pride
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson