Given the incredible number of 20th-century churches in Northrhine-Westphalia (the topic of my dissertation), I’m going to try to post one every day. #1

Tomorrow (Saturday) morning I'll be live from Kharkiv on BBC Radio Scotland around 8am; the following day a big piece on the frankly bleak situation in this city right now, in Scotland's best Sunday paper, The Sunday Post. Tune in! Buy a paper. Thanks

Really lovely show ⁦V&A Dundee⁩ curated by ⁦Brendan Cormier and colleagues. ⁩ City exhibition review — photography and the metropolis in conversation at V&A Dundee via Financial Times ⁦Leonie Bell⁩
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I’m in Ukraine just now meeting internally displaced people who lost their homes in the war. In recent months, motorway billboards have been erected asking more soldiers to join up. But soldiers need arms. And the US isn’t listening

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You see this happening more and more: private entrepreneurs (especially in fintech) planning towns and cities instead of beleaguered local authorities:

Silicon Valley billionaires move a step closer to building utopia

thetimes.co.uk/article/36f138…

I wrote about underground places, and what they tell us about the cities they lie under

I wish it was more poetic, but I’ve been inspired by a sewer

thetimes.co.uk/article/53dde6…

The current exhibition at Glasgow City Heritage Trust celebrates the heritage, buildings & people of the East End, with handmade garments designed by bespoke tailor Alis le May alongside work by master dyer Julia Billings from her Mapping East End Colour project 1/2
glasgowheritage.org.uk/exhibition-eas…

The Derhachi explosion completely destroyed two homes and damaged 50 others.

Since that time, we've received requests from 20 people to help with rebuilding, so we're aiming to raise £10,000.

Glasgow’s Aye Write was a particular kind of book festival: one whose audience spanned all ages and backgrounds. Its goal was to make literature accessible. Cancelling it is a huge blow scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-…

I wrote about spring, death and art, feat. Joan Eardley, Botticelli, Ali Smith and William George Gillies

thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc204…

Richly deserved. The New Life was the best novel I read last year

Revealed: Tom Crewe is the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year

thetimes.co.uk/article/fe8909…

Devastating. Nick was one of the warmest, funniest and most talented people I’ve ever met. He’ll be so missed

Thank you for this piece Homes & Interiors Scotland homesandinteriorsscotland.com/2024/03/gabrie…

This is such thrilling news for a very brilliant book. Bravo Gabriella Bennett and so excited to be working with you Bianca Bexton Headline Books

HOW TO BUILD A CITY knocked my socks off as soon as I started reading it. I am SO excited to be welcoming Gabriella to Headline. Gabriella Bennett Sophie Lambert Headline Books thebookseller.com/rights/headlin…

We are so excited about Gabriella Bennett's #HowToBuildACity with the perfect home Headline Books 🏙️🌆

Sophie Lambert

I’m still thinking about this man a few weeks on. It was one of the most affecting things I’ve seen, which shows how naive I’ve been. I hope you too can donate to The Trussell Trust after reading

I thought I knew about food poverty — then I saw it in action

thetimes.co.uk/article/fdb5d6…