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Is it a Bugatti? The great Ettore Bugatti, creator of the most prestigious of all automobiles between the wars, might have been spinning in his grave when it was heard that his famous brand name has been acquired by VW.…

London Review of Books — Shop, Bury Place, London, WC1 LRB has actually opened its own shop, in an amazing display of commercial acumen. First Agatha went, from Duke Street, St James’s, then Zwemmer closed in late April. The niche…

The uses of literacy Observers and addicts to the London literary scene will in the last few months have witnessed the departure of Ferdy Mount from the editorship of the Times Literary Supplement, at a point where this august journal…

Ansel Adams The American photographer Ansel Adams died as long ago as 1984 yet his photographs are timeless. This is partly because they never carry human imagery. Instead, they reflect the majesty of nature, as most Americans would want to…

Obituary: Niki de Saint Phalle Niki de Saint Phalle has died in California, at the age of 71. Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, she was moved by her parents to New York, her mother’s home city, in l937. More ‘Nouveau Realiste’ than…

Three months in the nick for decapitation Well, it was only a sculptured head separated from its torso and elegant frame. And surely, it was so cleanly effected that the break could have been easily concealed by one of those…

Master of light: Tadao Ando The architect will give a lecture in June at the City of London Festival, which, this time, has a Japanese theme. Two striking Ando projects were revealed last month: the ‘Omotesando Hills’ shopping and residential…

The public Alsop Architect Will Alsop, so-called ‘maverick’ architect of the revival of fun, has, in his role as magician, created a jewel-like catalytic building for West Bromwich in the English Midlands called ‘The Public’. Here is a city in…

Umbrella stand Now suddenly the London Millennium Dome has arrived back by stealth at the top tables. The O2, as it is now called, has become a major selling venue, successfully brought off its uppers by no less than Kylie…

Early one morning in Whitechapel Open until 8 September at the Whitechapel Gallery is a remarkable, groundbreaking show of British contemporary sculpture. This is a revelation of the continuing regeneration of British sculptors, perhaps as important as was the famous…

Obituary: Gloria Escoffery The Jamaican painter, teacher, poet and art critic died in May, aged 78. She had been a major element in the Jamaican art movement of the 1940s and 1950s. Her work combined regional mythology, satire and social…