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Queen Anne’s lace is my favourite!

There are links between Hayek’s Bastards and If We Tolerate This, especially on the Trojan horsing front—on making the far-right mainstream and more respectable, often slipping right in through the political “centre" gates and “old media structures”.

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Speaking of Irma Boom in Amsterdam and design cultures that are genuinely “smart”—and cc @jessemkeenan.com who appreciates Boom—, I saw her exhibition at Muji Atelier in Ginza, in Tokyo, a few weeks ago.

That’s the thing about Sidewalk Toronto, the Billy Bishop expansion, and other dumb ideas: they do not get cancelled with no harm done. They come at a cost: They steal time and energy from everyday people who know better. DM me for a PDF of the Volume piece, designed by Irma Boom in Amsterdam.

Here is the Volume issue: no. 65. Canadians would benefit from two things. Saying “Yes” to housing, transport, and public art and media, the things that keep a society solid and together. And second, saying “No” quickly and firmly to dumb ideas that have zero democratic mandate or business case.

VOLUME 65 LIVING TOGETHER - ArchisVOLUME 65: Living Together presents a collection of articles showcasing innovative forms of collaboration and social cooperatives. Some draw inspiration from nature, while others independently develop...archis.org

This is Micallef’s link to “other expert critics”, a reference to: – @greglindsay.org, Urbanist-in-Residence at UofT’s School of Cities, and – @alexbozikovic.bsky.social, architecture critic at The Globe.

On the panel, Anthony Bellanger mentioned this investigation by Deutsche Welle published 17 hours ago. It outlines how the Epstein files continue to be culled—hundreds of thousands of files are disappearing—, whereas other files continue to be swapped with versions that expose victims’ names.

Epstein files: How victims remain exposed to identificationUS officials vowed to revise redactions after files exposed information that identified survivors of sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. A DW investigation found that sensitive informa...www.dw.com

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I remember the story of that switch! How bizarre.

That said, I don’t know if these titles were adapted into theatre, TV series, films, or podcasts! That’s what’s great about the Netherlands and VPRO: they are places where non-fiction books have multiple lives.

One thing I admired about Hazlitt Original was its flexibility: a war reportage didn't have to be short and not everything had to be timely. Patrick Graham went long in The Man Who Went to War, and John Higgs looked at the British monarchy’s evolution through time:

Our Pet Queen | HazlittHow royalty went from almighty overlords to household mongrels — a new perspective on the monarchy. An excerpt from the latest Hazlitt Original.hazlitt.net

Penguin Random House Canada launched Hazlitt magazine and the Hazlitt Original ebook imprint which published regular non-fiction. @ivortossell.bsky.social's The Gift of Ford comes to mind. Two years later, Penguin published Doolittle's Crazytown: The Rob Ford Story.

The Ford Spectacular | HazlittThe author of our latest Hazlitt Original, The Gift of Ford, explains the many attractions of Toronto mayor Rob Ford.hazlitt.net

These photographs by Jussi Puikkonen and Judit Rajkincz are fun! Villa VPRO, its headquarters in Hilversum, was designed by @mvrdv.bsky.social in 1997. I loved going there for meetings.

VPRO’s Made in Europe was “based on a book of essays by the late Dutch journalist Pieter Steinz, the fascinating eight-part documentary series explored the culture and art that bind an increasingly fractured continent, from Beethoven and Pussy Riot to James Joyce and Lego.”

Theatre of the absurdDiscover VPRO, the Dutch broadcaster with a €66m budget that champions adventurous, surrealist and optimistic programming, pushing TV to the edge of art.monocle.com

The Glasgow School of Art seen from Scott Street (left) and the library interior (right).

"Glasgow likes to think of itself as a northern Barcelona, an industrial dockside city with a fiercely independent identity. Yet Barcelona treats its architectural patron saint Antoni Gaudí with reverence, still working on his Sagrada Família basilica and reopening his buildings as .. museums.”

The Australian article also features a video from Canada's ABTec Solutions based in Edmonton, Alberta, which demonstrates the process of cutting books' spines prior to scanning.