Royal Ely
A visit to Ely Cathedral perfectly encapsulates the history of England and her architecture.
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Magdalen’s Bad Old Days
RW "Bill" Johnson's memoir of the college is a rattling good read
Acropolis Now
The world's most famous ruin has been getting a facelift
New York Survival Story
How the New York Public Library weathered a near-death experience
Saving Greece
The UK should solve the Greek crisis by offering to buy the rest of the Parthenon
Buildings At The Heart Of England
Nikolaus Pevsner is the perfect guide on a journey through the architectural jewels of Suffolk
Gehry’s Middle Finger
The pugnacious and perennial bad boy and his ego
A Very Modern Preservationist
In the last year there has been a great Nairn revival - I would have loved to buy him a pint and hear him speak unpretentiously about his love of architecture
How to Save London’s Skyline
London needs protecting against the current invasion of skyscrapers
The Tide Turns in East Sussex
The grand old towns of the south coast have certainly lost some of their former glory, but there is no reason why their best days should not be ahead of them
Made in China
A 108-metre-high Eiffel tower, "Venice Water Town and "Thames Town"? It's the Middle Kingdom's new craze for architectural replicas
Legends of the Urban Landscape
A provocative new book by Jonathan Meades asks us to reassess the value of the under-appreciated metropolitan environment