November 2013

  • Smoothly off the buffers

    Smoothly off the buffers

    Last night was the launch party of Blue Guides’ Smoothly from Harrow: A Compendium for the London Commuter. About 70 people squeezed themselves into the book-lined basement at Stanfords to raise a glass to our latest publicationโ€”the hot crush seemed oddly appropriate for the subject matter, as was the fact…

  • Under Another Sky

    Under Another Sky

    Charlotte Higgins, Under Another Sky: Travels in Roman Britain. Jonathan Cape, London, 2013. Reviewed by Charles Freeman. If I am heading westwards from my home in central Suffolk I go along a stretch of Roman road and eventually reach the village of Stonham Aspal. To the far side there is…

  • ‘Art under Attack’ at Tate Britain

    ‘Art under Attack’ at Tate Britain

    Reviewers of this exhibition (Art under Attack: Histories of British Iconoclasm, running at Tate Britain until 5th January) have fretted about whether what it presents is or isnโ€™t true โ€˜iconoclasmโ€™. I donโ€™t think it matters. The curators make it clear from the outset, on the wall caption that greets you…

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