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• Of course there is abusive behaviour in parliament – the place was built for it | Charlotte Higgins

  04-05-2022 16:06
  
  A sepulchral maze of dark, asbestos-lined corridors, the palace of Westminster is dangerous and dysfunctionalA few years ago, I spent several months visiting the Palace of Westminster, where 56 MPs are now reportedly accused of sexual misconduct and one has admitted watching porn on his phone. It was eye-opening. I explored its roofscapes and back offices; I stood in the secret domed space above the central lobby; I picked my way through the labyrinth of tunnels below the high-tide level of the
  
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• ‘I’ve been dug up!’ – the dazzling rebirth of ‘architectural terrorist’ John Outram

  04-05-2022 14:34
  
  His cartoon mashup style – full of wit, colour and fun – is suddenly hot, with his stunning buildings even gracing T-shirts and mugs. Our writer enters a world of blitzcrete, shoppertainment and pyramidal glass fireplaces‘Our beginning was a worm,” says John Outram. “It had light-sensitive cells at one end that later turned into eyes.” He is standing in the bathroom at the top of his house in London’s Connaught Square, explaining the symbolism of the pat
  
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