Dream machine
In 1951, Arthur Drexler, an influential curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, organised an exhibition called 8 Automobiles.…
Not the who but the how
Twenty-five years ago I went to St James’s Palace to ask the Prince of Wales if he would open the…
Not the who but the how
Twenty-five years ago I went to St James’s Palace to ask the Prince of Wales if he would open the…
Mauvais goût
It was dinner at a prize-winning hotel in Burgundy. I looked, stupefied, at an awkward arrangement of trapezoidal plates, unaccommodating…
Mauvais goût
It was dinner at a prize-winning hotel in Burgundy. I looked, stupefied, at an awkward arrangement of trapezoidal plates, unaccommodating…
In the worst possible taste
What are the rules of taste at Christmas? How might the fastidious chart a neat path through this garish and…
In the worst possible taste
What are the rules of taste at Christmas? How might the fastidious chart a neat path through this garish and…
The Dagenham Dustbin
For those of us who find passion in national iconography, this is a melancholy historical moment. It’s a very bad…
The Dagenham Dustbin
For those of us who find passion in national iconography, this is a melancholy historical moment. It’s a very bad…
Science fiction as reality
What’s that in your pocket? Magic or art? The near ubiquitous iPhone may be rammed with very new technology, but…
Science fiction as reality
What’s that in your pocket? Magic or art? The near ubiquitous iPhone may be rammed with very new technology, but…
