National Lottery
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
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
Britain’s first postmodern election
What Galloway’s victory really tells us about Britain
Steering clear of titfer tat
We now are seeing the first flowering of a head-dress renaissance
Two sides of the weird frontier
The archly neutral now stands on the margins, looking out at a society of fear and outrage
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
The Tories are victims of themselves
It is futile to complain about the consequences of laws they have established or upheld
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination