Modern Architecture
Blueprint for a starchitect
Robert A. M. Stern’s approach to designing buildings combines exuberance with historicism
Dreamy spires
Oxford’s brilliant modern buildings
Manifesto for traditional elegance
Classicism’s enduring relevance and timeless appeal
New development will ruin the National Theatre
Make Architects’ disastrous plans risk destroying the character of the South Bank
Burrell 2.0
The Burrell Collection’s second chance to capture the hearts of Glasgow
Stumbling blocks
Owen Hatherley offers a vital but frequently flawed guide to post-war British architecture
Urban skirmish
The new Chelsea Barracks is striking for its forgetfulness
Flawed primer on a Classical master
A new book on Decimus Burton, Victorian England’s “pagan” architect
Light Lines: The Architectural Photographs of Hélène Binet
Binet’s photographs find beauty in unexpected places
Architectural urbanicide
Our societies have allowed special interests to tear down living architecture
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
“Social justice” is damaging education
Teaching is in danger of degenerating into indoctrination
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
