Drawn to art? Then head to Lisbon, where you’ll find walls of beautiful blue-and-white glazed tiles, ‘artistic graffiti’ and a gallery beloved by Madonna Famed for its ceramic azulejo tiles, Lisbon is embracing a new wave of street-art stars and graffiti artists ‘Driving force’ Alexandre Farto, who goes by the name Vhils, runs the Portuguese … Read more
A pub owner has discovered a 50-year-old time capsule containing a price list, ha-penny coins and a £1-an-hour wage slip buried in the 200-year-old building’s walls. Toby Brett, the current owner of Holcombe Farmshop and Kitchen in Radstock, Somerset, said finding the small haul of items from 1973 was a ‘pleasant surprise’. The package contained … Read more
Sayragul Sauytbay was snatched at gunpoint by police in November 2017 and forced into a Xinjiang gulag to teach fellow ethnic minorities Chinese language, culture and politics.
Channing Tatum is the new owner of a charming $5.6 million midcentury farmhouse located in Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles. Built mostly of wood and stone around 1950, the exquisite 3,300 square foot property boasts a family room with fireplace, pool, lush backyard, and guesthouse, according to The Hollywood Reporter. From the stone walls to the … Read more
A London secondary school rocked by allegations of racism, Islamophobia and transphobia was vandalised with hateful graffiti as pupils returned to class after the Easter holidays, while students who demonstrated against the academy last month have been reportedly threatened with expulsion. Pupils and teachers at Pimlico Academy in Westminster walked out of class and during a protest … Read more
In the event you get bored waiting for your Audi A6 e-tron to charge its batteries, instead of kicking back to read a newspaper you can play a video game in the car – and have it beamed onto a wall by the headlights. That’s the key gimmick flagged by the German car bosses at … Read more
BLM activists spray paint ‘slaver’ on walls of Grade-II listed pub named after Tory MP Richard Drax’s slaveowner ancestors in overnight attack The Drax Arms pub in Bere Regis, Dorset, was targeted last night by vandals Grade II-listed pub is named after the Drax family who own the nearby estate Family, including Conservative MP Richard … Read more
Want to breathe new life and energy into your home? Wallpaper is a quick way to make a big difference to your decor, and might just cheer you up, too. Sales of wallpaper have seen a healthy uptick over the last year, and gone are the days of people trying to retain a neutral palette. … Read more
A unique church conversion which has automobiles hanging from its walls, and was used as a backdrop on British TV drama Lewis, is on the market for £1.15million. St John’s Church, in Uxbridge, Middlesex, boasts four bedrooms and five bathrooms, alongside very unusual decor in which the framework of cars and motorcycles are attached to the brickwork … Read more
Some 14 million Texans continue to experience water outages, forcing residents to scrape snow off walls and boil it for drinking water while hundreds of motorists wait in line outside a Houston stadium to get bottled water. The disrupted water service left many longing for a hot shower just as the state’s power grid jerked … Read more