Every nation runs on a story. Britain's was the island that stood alone against the Nazis. But with less than 1% of the population having actually lived it still here today, the national story has turned its final page. A new story must take its place, and currently, nobody is writing it well...
Legislate Aesthetics is a policy essay making the case for restoring beauty, coherence, and meaning to the built environment of modern Britain. Arguing that ugliness is not inevitable but institutional, and that the tools to reverse it already exist.
Ask anyone in the 60s and 70s what the future would look like, and their imaginations would soar; Flying cars, Jetpacks, Moon bases- but where did it all go? And why does it all feel so unrealistic today?
In a column for The Times, Juliet Samuel advocates for Anglofuturism, “The Anglofuturist Initiative aims to replace ruling dogmas with cutting-edge zeal that puts citizen first — count me in”