Tag: cities
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The UN has officially designated Jakarta the world’s largest city, home to 42 million. We explore a day in the life of the ‘big durian’. https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/apr/23/jakarta-profile-worlds-largest-city?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›
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Spending nearly a decade on the move gave me a deeper understanding of the importance of conversation, people’s boundless generosity – and my limitations https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/21/i-visited-every-country-in-the-world-without-flying-here-are-eight-things-i-learned?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›
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Art Basel Paris will take place at the Grand Palais, in the heart of the French capital. http://Artbasel.com/paris more ›
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Organised by new non-profit RendezVous, the event brought together Brussels’s wealth of commercial galleries, institutions and artist-run spaces https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/17/inaugural-brussels-art-week-stakes-a-claim-for-the-citys-scene more ›
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Discover the complex and manifold legacies of brutalist architecture in Africa with writer and curator Fabiola Büchele. Brutalism, arguably the easiest architectural language with which to have a love-hate relationship,… more ›
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FoundHer House, a home in San Francisco’s Glen Park neighborhood, is the rare all-female hacker house where residents are creating a supportive community to build their start-ups. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/business/ai-female-hackers-foundher-house.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk8.gyaQ.tTcFcNr9rW25&smid=url-share more ›
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As a Black bouncer, this is what nightlife security is really like, and how it’s changed with national conversations about race and policing. https://punchdrink.com/articles/black-bouncer-bar-nightlife-security/?ueid=1f133878b462d1555feb56cb37f5d96b&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=From%20the%20Editor%20-%2007/12/2025&utm_term=From%20the%20Editor more ›
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In the late 20th century, Japan was known for its minimalism: its Zen arts, its tidy and ordered cities, its refined foods and fashions. But Tsuzuki peeled away this façade… more ›
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As China vies with Silicon Valley for primacy, Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, is where its aspiring tech titans mingle and share ideas. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/technology/china-artificial-intelligence-hangzhou.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UU8.Zt5D.FVQnb5CVGnvt&smid=url-share more ›
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Tourists stay in short-term rentals and foreigners buy second homes, while residents of the city rent rooms, not apartments, says researcher Agustín Cocola-Gant https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/25/lisbon-europe-portugal-golden-visa-capital-investors-short-term-rentals more ›