Politics, hypocrisy and Orwell

An interesting article by David Runciman on politics and hypocrisy – taken from a forthcoming book – comes to some … More

‘Iconic’ buildings

I’ve blogged about the RIBA ‘futures fair’ in a couple of other places. But I just wanted to capture a … More

Anthony Barnett is always shrewd on the state of British politics. Yesterday, in the heat of Labour’s electoral disaster, he … More

From the Royal Observatory’s Time Galleries: “Wristwatches were originally a fashion ‘fad’ for women and regarded as being too feminine … More

I visited the Royal Observatory’s Time Gallery in Greenwich a couple of weeks ago. The notion of publicly agreed shared … More