Marble Arch
Marble Ah.
The new Marble Arch reminds me of that Cristiano Ronaldo statue
Save us from the menopause mystique
“Menopausal” products make life more rather than less alienating
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
