Writers

Politics
Britain’s humble utopias: what the Stirling Prize means for council housing
Goldsmith Street is what you get when housing is designed as somewhere to live, rather than something to invest in.

By Owen Hatherley
16 October
Culture
Walls by Marcello Di Cintio: Constructions of brick and steel which divide people are not only enduring, but thriving
Berlin, Belfast, Nicosia and the West Bank - Marcello Di Cintio's historical tour of tangible divisions across the globe makes for pessimistic reading.
By Owen Hatherley
25 July
Culture
Immoral icons
The annual Stirling Prize celebrates British achievement in architecture. But the winning buildings
By Owen Hatherley
05 November
Culture
1989: Bob Dylan Didn’t Have This to Sing About
By Owen Hatherley
05 November
Culture
My Name Is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic
By Owen Hatherley
15 October
Culture
Elite frequencies
Sheffield has produced some of the most consistently brilliant pop music of the last 30 years. But a
By Owen Hatherley
25 September
Culture
Ground Control: Fear and Happiness
A bestiary of Blairism
By Owen Hatherley
23 July
Culture
Building the future
In the 1960s, British architecture was at the forefront of modernism. Is it time for a revival?
By Owen Hatherley
16 July
Culture
On Roads: a Hidden History
By Owen Hatherley
11 June
Culture
England’s dreaming
Penguin’s new series of travelogues is rooted in a semi-mythical vision of rural Britain, and overlo
By Owen Hatherley
07 May

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