Images from book by Dan Barasch show how abandoned buildings have been given new leases of life

Incredible before-and-after images show how abandoned buildings left to rack and ruin have been given new leases of life. They’ve been published in a brand new book called Ruin and Redemption in Architecture by Dan Barasch, which charts ruined spaces and the extraordinary designs that have totally transformed them. The scale and diversity of abandoned … Read more

The one battle he could not win: Soldier turned MP Dan Jarvis

MEMOIR LONG WAY HOME    by Dan Jarvis (Little Brown £18.99, 320pp) Most politicians with a 24-carat diamond of an anecdote about a former prime minister will treat it as the crowning glory of their autobiography. They’ll spin it till it dazzles. Not Dan Jarvis, Labour MP for Barnsley Central. He chucks in a story about … Read more