Nicholas Boys Smith
All must have beauty
There is finally a coherent plan to improve urban development in Britain – its implementation would be transformative.
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Gentrification? Better than deprivation
Elephant and Castle has been radically spruced up, but not everyone is happy about it
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Fence-sitting in a time of peril
Daniel Johnson condemns the Prime
Minister’s impotent handwringing when
America called for help in the Iran war
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long