Yale
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
Blueprint for a starchitect
Robert A. M. Stern’s approach to designing buildings combines exuberance with historicism
Singing the Blues
The Varsity Match and Boat Race are no longer part of our sporting conversation
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
