Review: I Wish You Well, Criterion Theatre
Oct04

Review: I Wish You Well, Criterion Theatre

This is a must-see. At only 60-minutes it packs in more laughs, more excitement, more invention and memorable tunes than in most other West End favourites

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Five Critical Essays
May12

Five Critical Essays

Offering hospitality to a dissenting view as evidence that the closure of our democratic traditions is not yet complete.

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Standing at the Sky’s Edge
May05

Standing at the Sky’s Edge

Richard Hawley: “All you have to do is tell the story because what has happened to our country is so dramatic.”

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China’s urban dilemmas
Apr30

China’s urban dilemmas

For 40 years, China has been urbanizing in order to accommodate its growing population often with scant regard to the finer points of urban design.

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German Right and Left United in Attacking Israel
Feb19

German Right and Left United in Attacking Israel

It’s not the far-right, but the anti-Israel left that has been agitating against Israel in universities and other institutions.

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What’s in a name?
Feb14

What’s in a name?

What designers do, and how they describe themselves, is important. By the 1990s, the graphic designer and the craft of design was being written out of the script.

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Hausat? Germany’s housing shortage
Dec08

Hausat? Germany’s housing shortage

More skilled workers emigrate from Germany than immigrate. Of all OECD countries, Germany has the third highest emigration rate.”

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China’s Middle Eastern Meddling
Oct15

China’s Middle Eastern Meddling

China’s isolation from the real world for much of the 20th century’s post-war period has meant that, in reality, it is rather unworldly.

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Drakeford: exitus sinistram
Aug14

Drakeford: exitus sinistram

It was his management of the various Covid-19 lockdowns that earned him the sobriquet, Kim Jong-Drakeford

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The Dangers of Safety
Jun27

The Dangers of Safety

The official response to Grenfell ensures that risk-aversion will forever more play a central role in the construction industry.

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