Articles by Helen Barrett

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Does London need the Sphere?

December 13, 2023 Helen Barrett 0

Following recent controversy over proposals for an MSG Sphere in London similar to Las Vegas’s new light-up venue, Dezeen examines the arguments on both sides of the debate. Should London build a Sphere? The colossal Las Vegas venue – not spherical, more like a ball sliced in half with an exoskeleton of light-emitting diode (LED)

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“Tate Modern court ruling could mark the beginning of the end for one of London’s greatest joys”

February 9, 2023 Helen Barrett 0

The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Tate Modern privacy case is part of a depressing trend towards London’s views becoming increasingly controlled and commoditised, writes Helen Barrett. Absolute Beginners, Colin MacInnes’s 1959 novel about London on the brink of social revolution, opens in “a glass garden under the top roof of a department store”. Its narrator,

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