Modernism
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
Modernists can be monarchists
Radical composers are not out to smash the system
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
The scandal of screens
Parents are ill-equipped to fight the power of Big Tech over children’s lives — they desperately need the law to be on their side
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
