Tag: Art
The UK’s resurgent bookshops are a plot twist nobody saw coming
Despite competition from online behemoths, indie bookshops are booming again. Here’s why (plus five of the best)
Culture Economics Society
What went right this week: a pan-European sleeper train, plus more
A pan-European sleeper was given the green light, UK towns got a boost, and a man with terminal cancer was cured, plus more
Environment Health Society Travel
The guerrilla artist filling Europe’s potholes with colourful mosaics
A Banksy-style street artist is turning urban decay into something beautiful, while making the streets safer for pedestrians
Arts Society
‘Asphalt art’ is making roads safer – and could be coming to a city near you
Crashes involving pedestrians were found to have halved at junctions painted with murals. Now, more are being planned
Arts Society Wellbeing
The underwater sculptures tackling illegal trawling
A community in Italy has found a novel solution to illegal trawling: turning the seabed into an underwater museum
Arts Culture Environment
‘It’s changed how the village feels’: the artists brightening up shop shutters
A suburb in Manchester let artists loose on shop shutters and walls. Now it hopes to inspire other towns to do the same
Arts Culture Society
