Tag: england
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The London Marathon Replaces Water Bottles With Biodegradable And Edible Water Pouches
2019 is definitely the year of environmental changes around the world – some use avocado seeds to create biodegradable “plastic”, others wrap their produce in banana leaves – it is clear that there is a growing interest in environmental changes around the world. With the demand for more sustainable products growing, companies around the world…
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Photographer Captures London’s Most Beautiful Front Doors And They Look Straight Out Of A Wes Anderson Movie
Photographer Bella Foxwell has been capturing the beauty of London that a lot of people simply walk past. Doors. Her Instagram page, appropriately titled The Doors of London, features a rainbow of facades that are so quirky, they look like props from a Wes Anderson movie. "I started this account about two-and-a-half years ago as…
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The Absolute Best of the Signs From The Anti-Brexit March
As you are probably aware, on 23rd of June 2016, the United Kingdom held a referendum, asking its citizens "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?" 51.9% were in favor of separating from the EU, and thus Brexit (the exit of Britain) began. As the date…
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Is This a Pre-Banksy, Banksy? Original Robin Gunningham Album Artwork Goes on Sale
A piece of artwork that could be a pre-Banksy original has gone on sale online. There is constant speculation about the identity of arguably Bristol’s most famous citizen – the innumerable theories range from members of Massive Attack and Gorillaz to a parking attendant at ‘Dismaland’. In July 2008 the Mail on Sunday believed they…
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The 2018 Cheese Rolling Competition Has Been Run and Won, And It Looks Like It Hurt A Lot
The Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling competition has fast become my yearly sports obsession, and by “sports obsession” I mean “I enjoy watching people rag doll down hills”. Thankfully this year didn’t let us down. https://youtu.be/MrjE4DZ4iNQ Every year, British people line up to chase a wheel of cheese rolling down a hill, often injuring themselves horrifically…
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Who is BANKSY? We Try to Answer the Art World’s Biggest Mystery
It’s been the art world’s biggest mystery for some time… who is Banksy? The identity of the mysterious British street artist has been a closely guarded secret ever since he popped up in Bristol and took over as the most recognizable political and satirical street artist around the world. Over the years several different people have attempted to “unmask” Banksy,…
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100,000 Suspended Balloons Inside Covent Garden Market In London
Heartbeat is a cloud like structure assembled by artist Charles Petillon who has attached 100,000 white balloons onto a frame, and installing lights to illuminate them. The enormous display piece is located at the Covent Garden market place in London. Heartbeat is the first time French artist Charles Petillon did any of his work outside…
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Street Artist and City Worker Have Year Long Exchange on a Red Wall in London
Street artist Mobstr recently shared a photo story that took place over the course of a year. The artist explains: “I cycled past this wall on the way to work for years. I noticed that graffiti painted within the red area was ‘buffed’ with red paint. However, graffiti outside of the red area would be removed via pressure…
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Street Artist BANKSY Arrested? Again?
The interwebs was all aflutter today with news that elusive graffiti artist, political activist, film director, painter and long time fugitive that for years has gone by the pseudonymous name of Banksy, was arrested early this morning by London’s Metropolitan Police. According to reports, after hours of questioning and a raid of his London art studio,…
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888,246 Poppies Pour Like Blood out of the Tower of London to Remember the Fallen Soldiers Of WWI
This summer, the Tower Of London will be surrounded by a sea of crimson. This installation, conceived by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper, will commemorate each and every British or Colonial fatality from World War 1 by planting 888, 246 red ceramic poppies in a flowing sea around the tower. The installation, entitled…