WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
An Opinionated Guide to London Architecture by Sujata Burman and Rosa Bertoli, photography Taran Wilkhu
Capital journeys around London's building sights
HMP Royal College of Physicians
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
THE WORD “opinionated” is an effective antidotal adjective in the title of this pocket-sized and elegant book. It deflects criticism from malcontents like myself who might bemoan some of the choices as much as the omissions.
Social housing represents four out of a total of 54 illustrations, and that’s decent enough, but the selection is of well-known regulars on the circuit — the Brunswick Centre, the Barbican Estate, the Isokon Flats and the Trellick Tower.
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