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• The battle for Glasgow’s Wyndford estate – photo essay

  24-03-2025 13:44
  
  A carbon crime or bright new future? For nearly four years, a fierce debate raged over demolishing the site’s high-rise flatsFor nearly four years, a fierce debate raged over the future of the Wyndford estate in Glasgow, dividing residents and sparking wider national controversy. Was the demolition of its high-rises an environmental travesty or the first step toward much-needed regeneration?The dispute began in November 2021, days after the city hosted the UN climate conference Cop26, at w
  
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• Discovering Jewish Country Houses review – crumbling symbols of staggering success

  24-03-2025 13:17
  Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
  Hélène Binet’s haunted photographs of spectacular country residences built by Jewish people across Europe are filled with the melancholic grandeur of fallen empiresAll things considered, we Jews haven’t done too bad. Not that you need reminding. Every corner of the internet, from Reddit to X, is desperate to point out that Jewish people are apparently in control of the banks, Hollywood, the government and, ahem, art criticism. That&rsquo
  
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