Modern Architecture
What’s ugly, basic and has no walls?
The ExploreStation initiative has produced a nowhere-design which serves nobody
Classical architecture’s counter-attack
Reed’s great book exposes the ugliness and illiteracy of Modernism
City of pricks
London is no longer a Victorian city constructed on a medieval street plan, but a collection of cheapskate towers and characterless streets
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
