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It is difficult not to compare him with Banksy, who also adds life to downtrodden city corners and remains unknown. It is not just Britain that has a problem with potholes. All over Europe there are cracks in roads and pavements uprooted bysprawling trees. Ememem, an...

The process of searching for interesting new books can be time-consuming and end up eating into your reading time. While the majority of us don’t want to spend too long searching bookshops or the web for a good read, we often don’t want to pick up the first thing we...

Hand in hand with some of music’s most iconic tunes, the 70s boast album covers some of which could be pieces of art in their own right. These 12 square inches of artwork were just as important as the music inside. Made to stand out on the record shop shelves and...

How do you begin to determine who the greatest actor of all time is? It’s a challenge that sounds easy enough upon first thought, but as you contemplate, you come to realise it’s a question that’s pretty much impossible to answer. After all, performances come in a...

It looks like a cross between an electric circuit diagram and a Mondrian painting - but the London Underground map also revolutionised design. We take a journey back in time. Woman holding a map of London 's underground map given with the Oyster card of the lines of...

Few figures have influenced the worlds of music, fashion and beyond like David Bowie, who would’ve turned 73 on January 8. The musician died in 2016 from liver cancer, but throughout his career, the visuals were just as important as the music he made. Style was...

He's one of rock's biggest stars, but Sir Rod Stewart has finally revealed the fruits of his other great passion - model railways. In between making music and playing live, Sir Rod has been working on a massive, intricate model of a US city for the past 23 years. He...

First issued on 26th September, 1969 Abbey Road was the final Beatles album to be recorded but not their last to be released. Let It Be, though mainly recorded in January, 1969 was finally released in May, 1970 alongside the film of the same name. Following the 'live'...

We list the best films to look out for at bfi London Film Festival 2019, in this preview of the 12-day screen extravaganza. A total of 229 feature films from some of the world's greatest filmmakers and emerging talents, drawn from 78 countries, will be screened at the...

Traditionally held every August bank holiday, the flamboyant Notting Hill Carnival draws crowds from across the country and beyond to join in on the fun, food, and sound of the Caribbean culture. Boasting the title of Europe’s largest street festival, the colourful...

The Burning Man festival began as bonfire ritual on the summer solstice of 1986 and now attracts almost 70,000 people. The festival is held annually in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, around 100 miles north-northeast of Reno. History of The Burning Man Festival On...