Modernism
The triumph of the Classical
Modernism has failed and it is time to return to diligent study of the best of traditional architecture
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
A magnificent update — for good and ill
Only one with a slightly deranged confidence could ever have attempted it
In defence of Blimp
Was the reactionary caricature, immortalised by Powell and Pressburger, actually a moral visionary?
The elephant in the avant-garde
The totalitarian trend in Modernism demands acknowledgement
Buildings are storytellers
Civic architecture should be more than functional
Tolkien, 50 years on
The true scale of his legacy is gradually becoming apparent
Modern houses buyers actually want
Public taste has shifted; the government must catch-up
Against inhumane architecture
A new book deconstructs nihilistic pretensions of intellectuals
Stamp collection
A pivotal figure in the move against modernism
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
Why the Democrats cannot be populists
It goes against the managerial nature of the party
Sports inequity
Modern academia wants us to believe six impossible things before breakfast
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
