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Everything old is new again
A generation ago the Financial Times left its purpose-built home in the shadow of St Paul’s for a generic glass box in Southwark. A dozen...

Chris Rogers
Jul 18, 20235 min read


London’s look out
With new development continuing across London, including in areas like Stratford and Vauxhall that were ignored in previous decades, it...

Chris Rogers
Jun 10, 20234 min read


Hotel on a high
There are a dozen Hiltons in London, from Paddington to Canary Wharf and from Southwark to Islington. But ask a taxi to take you to ‘the...

Chris Rogers
Apr 17, 20234 min read


Donatello: Add, subtract, multiply
Ours is a fragmentary world, but also a connected one. Heads bow in contemplation of personal devotions, but we are joined by concepts...

Chris Rogers
Mar 28, 20235 min read


One photograph: A broadening
A young woman stands on the steps of a building; another, taller woman stands next to her. The clothes could be from any of the last few...

Chris Rogers
Feb 5, 20233 min read


To infinity and beyond
This week’s British mission to orbit domestically-built satellites from home soil, using a modified Boeing 747 to carry aloft a rocket...

Chris Rogers
Jan 15, 20233 min read


What lies beneath
“There are many 5-star hotels in London but nowhere quite like Claridge’s,” claims its website. This is somewhat ironic, as we shall see,...

Chris Rogers
Jan 2, 20233 min read
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