The battle for the soul of London
The capital survived the Blitz only to be attacked by zealous city planners – but its citizens fought back.
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Visions of St Francis
For nearly eight centuries, artists have been among the saint’s most avid followers, as a major new exhibition at the…
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The women of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
How the Rossettis and their circle turned the gendered conflicts of Victorian society into art.
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Mary Quant: “Technology and culture are the same thing”
The ground-breaking fashion designer has died at the age of 93. In 1990, she spoke to Deborah Orr for the…
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André Carrilho on 110 years of the New Statesman: “Putin has grown puffier”
The illustrator on working with the magazine since 2014.
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Ralph Steadman on 110 years of the New Statesman: “I’d enjoy drawing Trump’s demise”
The illustrator on working with the magazine since 1976.
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Ali Smith on the groundbreaking art of Lucie Rie
How the Austrian-born ceramicist changed everything possible in pottery.
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How Christopher Wren built Britain
He became the nation’s greatest architect – but studied astronomy and anatomy first. To Wren, building was a three-dimensional science.
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