Royal Institute of British Architects
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback