Nicholas Boys Smith
All must have beauty
There is finally a coherent plan to improve urban development in Britain – its implementation would be transformative.
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
Tough on the causes of non-crime
A warm welcome back to non-crime hate incidents
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
