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
Dali and de Meuron in Madrid, Hollywood glitz and
pre-Columbian sculptures in LA and Norman Foster and truffle fries in the Bowery. Embark on a 21st-century grand tour, say Hannah Nathanson and Pandora Sykes... more
Just as the consequences of the volcano illustrate chaos theory, so the disruptive aberration of Nick Clegg may unexpectedly end up toppling one of the real outsiders in this election... more
The suffering expressed in the extraordinary sculptures and paintings of martyred saints from 17th-century Spain is so real, the effect is almost unbearable... more
There is something unsettling about the reports that General Sir Richard Dannatt is to become a mainstream Tory adviser on defence and security -just six weeks after stepping down as head of the Army. There is a broad assumption, too, that if the Conservatives win next May, the general will be give a peerage and become a minister.... more
Former minister suspended in day of panic-induced scalpings at Westminster which also saw a Tory MP resign as aide to David Cameron and two peers publicly disgraced... more
The ancestors of Britney Spears and David Beckham, together with the marriage record of Oliver Cromwell, are included in a new historical database of London... more
Haphazard and lacking academic rigour, the medical curios of the revived Wellcome Collection display a wayward urge to amuse rather than inform, says Brian Sewell.... more
Italian Renaissance paintings and drawings in the Royal Collection, now exhibited at the Queen's Gallery, offer pure pleasure and delight and must be the envy of the world.... more
Howard Brenton shocked us in the Eighties, but then he fell out of favour. Now the provocative playwright is back. He talks to Fiona Maddocks about his new comedy on extremism.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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