Historic England

Labour’s war on heritage

15 November 2025 9:00 am

Britain’s heritage is slowly going up in smoke. Medlock Mill was Manchester’s oldest standing textile mill until it burnt down…

Taxpayers stump up £18,000 for slavery audit

3 March 2021 5:10 am

It seems it’s a costly business putting together a historical report. In fact, it took two researchers and a grand…

A fusion of ‘Fungus the Bogeyman’ and Dungeons and Dragons, Dashi Namdakov’s ‘She Guardian’ is a grotesque, inappropriate and embarrassing intrusion into London

Public offence

6 February 2016 9:00 am

Bad public art pollutes our townscapes. Stephen Bayley names and shames the worst offenders as he unveils the winner of The Spectator’s inaugural What’s That Thing? Award