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A chess set for London
Today is London History Day, the annual celebration of the capital's past started a while back by Historic England and supported by the...

Chris Rogers
May 31, 20243 min read


Shape/Shift
“Most people walking along Kingsway aren’t even aware the tower is here…” Nick Durrant of ING Media is describing Space House, the...

Chris Rogers
May 12, 20247 min read


'Civil War' (2024)
For many, Civil War will be defined by a single line delivered by a man wearing camouflage and carrying a rifle: “Okay. What kind of...

Chris Rogers
Apr 25, 20244 min read


A most horrid flame; or, the fragility of culture
Footage this week of the old Copenhagen Bourse burning, complete with toppling spire, inevitably recalled Paris’s conflagration five...

Chris Rogers
Apr 20, 20243 min read


Britain’s High (Low?) Street
Oxford Street is, we are told, experiencing what has been described variously as a rebound, a recovery or a revival. The tatty American...

Chris Rogers
Apr 13, 20246 min read


‘Dune: Part Two’ (2024)
Cinema can provide an escape from reality and science fiction is supposed to foretell the future. You have to choose your film wisely,...

Chris Rogers
Mar 17, 20244 min read


BT phone home
Hotels provide a home away from home regardless of price, location or style and whether they were purpose-built or converted. Indeed some...

Chris Rogers
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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