Pool parties, balcony acrobatics and the keys to a concrete maze, London's Modernist tower blocks are having an overdue renaissance, says Barbican-dweller Nina Caplan... more
At the end of a hot date or a great night out, nothing beats checking into one of the new chic-but-cheap boutique hotels that have sprung up around London, as Liz Hoggard finds out... more
The art market may be reeling in the face of recession but there will still be plenty of exciting shows this year. Ben Lewis rounds up the best.... more
A dilapidated east London council block faces demolition after Heritage Minister Margaret Hodge resisted a last-minute campaign by leading architects to have it listed... more
A new blockbuster show at the Victoria and Albert Museum will feature space-age designs of the Cold War including the first photographs of earth taken from space.... more
Alvar Aalto is famous for being the nice modern architect. He is not often exhibited in Britain, which makes this new exhibiton by the Barbican very welcome.... more
Women's Institute stalwarts and devotees of car-boot sales will flock to the V&A's new exhibition of Renaissance home life. The sane man, sceptical, may be less enchanted, says Brian Sewell.... more
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