STEVE ANDREW enjoys an account of the many communities that flourished independently of and in resistance to the empires of old
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TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Facing War, Kontinental ’25, Bugonia, and Relay
MAYER WAKEFIELD is frustrated by a production of Ibsen’s classic study of an anti-heroine that fails to elucidate her motivations
PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
The theme of the 2020 London Festival of Architecture (LFA) is power and its press release asserts: “[LFS] exists to democratise the discussion about architecture and our city.”
A timely sentiment as for years all we had is solitary “voices in the wilderness,” expressing major concerns about the status quo, and the deaf ears of officialdom.
The dramatic shift of power in London in favour of developers accelerated after the first mayorship of Ken Livingstone. It eroded democratic processes by excluding the city’s ordinary inhabitants from any decision-making, particularly about housing.
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