North British

[Ed McGuinness @EJ_McGuinness]

I walk past Buckingham Palace almost every day and it constantly baffles me why we have tonnes of this shit, cheap, ugly fencing littered all over the place, even when there are lovely iron fences in place.

The centre of our monarchical architecture is cluttered and ugly.

[North British @North_British]

@CptHastings1916 I suspect most non-white people will too

[North British @North_British]

@Con_Tomlinson Eliot's Kipling collection has got Et Dona Ferentes. It's about Brits smashing up a French casino and will bring a tear to your eye.

[Bobbie @bo66ie29]

The height of Edwardian luxury in 1903. Harrods’ opulent perfumery salon in London, filled with ferns, palms, and gleaming glass bottles.

[Julie Bindel @bindelj]

"Awkwardly, when she appeared on Desert Island Discs in 2015, she asked to be marooned with a fancy coffee machine."
The astute @alexmassie
https://t.co/GbSYnAnykk

[Agent P @AgentP22]

Think the SNP has a mandate for a referendum?

Think again.

They aren't even close to a mandate.

[David Poulden Esq @DavidPoulden]

Go on the boys 👊🏻🇬🇧
Royal Marines boxing vs. US Navy boxing. Watch until the end 👀

[WHG baddie @isa2001m]

Looks like ancient DNA reconstruction stuff

[Nick Timothy MP @NJ_Timothy]

This cannot be right.

Those who uphold the law as they do their job should be protected.

We are working on a change in the law to give good citizens like Walker Smith unambiguous protection.
https://t.co/v01lqtdTxl

[Tom Jones @93vintagejones]

"Trust me, I'm an architect."

[Nick Timothy MP @NJ_Timothy]

Too many are too polite to say this.

But mass ritual prayer in public places is an act of domination.

The adhan - which declares there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his messenger - is, when called in a public place, a declaration of domination.

Perform these rituals in mosques if you wish. But they are not welcome in our public places and shared institutions.

And given their explicit repudiation of Christianity they certainly do not belong in our churches and cathedrals.

I am not suggesting everybody at Trafalgar Square last night is an Islamist. But the domination of public places is straight from the Islamist playbook.

Trafalgar Square belongs to all of us. It is a national memorial to our independence and our salvation.

Last night was not like a televised football match or a St Patrick’s Day celebration.

It was an act of domination and therefore division.

It shouldn’t happen again.

[North British @North_British]

Kipling wrote an ode to Brits abroad wrecking a casino and glassing foreigners, and it's every bit as good as it sounds: https://t.co/QoROUtvJwp

[The Aesthetic City @Aesthetic_City]

What happened in architecture & urbanism this week (so far):

• UK Labour announced 12 new Poundbury-style towns, citing King Charles as direct inspiration. Government officials literally said "We always look to Poundbury as a really good example." The modernists are SEETHING 🏛️

• University of Cincinnati started demolishing Crosley Tower — a 16-story brutalist building deemed "unadaptable for modern use." Another one bites the dust. Nobody cried.

• Luxury design trends for 2026 are officially all about "architectural authenticity, natural materials, and connection to regional heritage." The market is speaking and it's saying: tradition wins 💰

• Meanwhile Sheehan Quirke's @culturaltutor "How Did The World Get So Ugly?" crossed 4.5 MILLION views. A 30-minute video essay about ugly architecture. Apparently, the demand for this conversation is insane.

• UK Architects' Journal asking "Why is it so hard to reuse buildings in Britain?" while outdated modernist buildings keep getting demolished because nobody wants to be in them. Maybe the answer is in the question.

• ArchDaily opened their 2026 Building of the Year Awards. Place your bets on whether a single traditional building makes the shortlist. I'll wait.

• And I'm quietly working on two new videos, a new livestream format, and some very exciting news I can't share yet 👀

The beauty revolution is here

[North British @North_British]

@DoctorLemma The self-styled "artist taxi driver", who everyone else knows as "the taxi driver".

[North British @North_British]

@AgentP22

[North British @North_British]

@NolanAnalyst Sometimes either you need a cast of thousands or you need special effects. This looked like Dunkirk involved a battalion.

[North British @North_British]

@CptHastings1916 Mere eccentricity unless he takes command of Dauntless and shells France.

[North British @North_British]

@thecasualultra

[Simon Harley @simonharley]

You know what’s perfect for history lovers? Some sort of gallery for the highest awards for gallantry.

[Keith Woods @KeithWoodsYT]

This guy was born in England, to a civic nationalist he's as British as any native Englishman, and yet...