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<strong>The long read</strong>: Something is badly wrong at the heart of one of Britain’s most important ministries. How did it become so broken?

Britain’s best concert hall was destroyed by the Nazis – why hasn’t it been rebuilt? The Queen's Hall had near-perfect acoustics, and hosted some of the world's greatest composers. Its loss was a tragedy 9 May 2021 • 12:00pm The Blitz destroyed many of Britain's best-loved buildings – including the Queen's Hall Credit: London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Eighty years ago on Monday, London experienced its worst night of the Blitz. Between 11pm on May 10 1941 and 5.50am the following morning, 505 Luftwaffe bombers destroyed substantial stretches of the capital, usi...

Words by John Jervis For better or worse, the visual arts haven’t featured large in Britain’s national mythologies of late. Yet, in September 2018, Theresa May launched what is now known as Festival UK* 2022, proclaiming: ‘Just as millions of Britons celebrated their nation’s great achievements in 1951, we want to showcase what makes our country great today.’ This ‘Festival of Brexit’ was met with scorn, hilarity and anger among artistic communities – followed, last year, by infighting and accusations of hypocrisy as groups from Assemble to the White Pube accepted the governme...

Red Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London by Owen Hatherley Repeater Books, 2020, 266 pp. Few tourists strolling the south bank of the Thames in London realize that they are going through a carefully constructed showcase for what Owen Hatherley describes in his new book, Red Metropolis: the structures and programs put in place when the political left ran Great Britain’s largest city. On one end of the procession sits County Hall, the massive, longtime home of the London city government, until the national government eliminated home rule and sold off the building. At the oth...

Sponsored by Great Lakes Pondscapes in Paw Paw. Experience the Great Lakes Pondscapes Lifestyle at Greatlakespondscapes.com.  1937 The Hindenburg Disaster – “Oh, the Humanity!” was the proclamation from news reporter Herbert Morrison. The giant airship exploded killing 36 people while preparing to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey. The exact cause of the fire has never been determined. 1941The legendary comedian Bob Hope gave his first USO performance. He would make 57 USO tours between 1941 and 1991 and was declared an honorary veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces in 1997 by an act of the U...