Companies’ Proper Gander into Design Education
Mar22

Companies’ Proper Gander into Design Education

The Design Council’s virtue-signalling provides a good illustration of the capture of craftsmanship by the fad for sustainable goals.

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Thou Shalt Not Drive…
Feb02

Thou Shalt Not Drive…

Seldom have our local representatives been more authoritarian; implementing road closures in the dead of night. And famously ignoring the results of public consultations.

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Amazing Place – St Gregory’s, Morville.
Jan23

Amazing Place – St Gregory’s, Morville.

What is remarkable about St Gregory’s is that it’s not remarkable, just a small parish church. It’s nothing special: just one parish out of 16,000.

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Gimmick merchants, status salesmen and hidden persuaders
Dec31

Gimmick merchants, status salesmen and hidden persuaders

Design Declares and Architects Declare are the worst kind of manifesto, signalling their faux-virtue, commercialism, PR, and prejudice.

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Liberty has its Limits
Nov28

Liberty has its Limits

To claim freedoms we must use those freedoms with judgement, foresight, and awareness about the consequences of our actions for others.

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ARB Use of Power
Nov14

ARB Use of Power

The concept of academic freedom, long held to be the essence of a university education, is nowhere to be seen.

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A Call to Courage!
Nov09

A Call to Courage!

A cautionary tale, that reveals the defeatism, bordering on nihilism, that is prevalent in many European societies.

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Review: The War on the West by Douglas Murray
Oct23

Review: The War on the West by Douglas Murray

Murray points out that a lot of the critics of Western works, educated though they may be, don’t know very much about culture.

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Xi Who Must be Obeyed
Oct21

Xi Who Must be Obeyed

Xi Jinping is a state-sanctioned, rubber-stamped, leader with no mandate. Where have we heard that before?

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Review: Leighton House, London
Oct10

Review: Leighton House, London

Go and see this inspiring example of true multi-culturalism. Let it inspire you to discover – and evaluate – more about the cultures of our world

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