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Model behaviour
Growing up, a bank holiday would have seen me immersed in the craft of model-making. Using Lego, Meccano and Airfix, and with subjects...

Chris Rogers
Aug 28, 20234 min read


A pretty picture
The National Portrait Gallery reopened a month ago today. Reoriented and refreshed physically, by Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell,...

Chris Rogers
Jul 22, 20235 min read


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
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