Southbank centre
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal