Owen Hatherley: Landscapes of Communism: A History Through Buildings [2016] paperback CCON Persephone has struggled to be

Persephone has struggled to be the perfect maiden goddess

is given an uproarious Battle of Britain update by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris

As their feelings for each other grow stronger

' Sheila Heti

She was a white English insurance clerk

Owen Hatherley: Landscapes of Communism: A History Through Buildings [2016] paperback CCON Persephone has struggled to be'In the craven world of architectural criticism Hatherley is that rarest of things: a brave, incisive, elegant and erudite writer, whose books dissect the contemporary built environment to reveal the political fantasies and social realities it embodies' Will Self During the course of the twentieth century, communism took power in Eastern Europe and remade the city in its own image. Ransacking the urban planning of the grand imperial past, it set out