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Lord Mayor’s chapel, sold during the dissolution of the monasteries, has been described as a ‘hidden gem’A medieval chapel in the centre of Bristol that Henry VIII sold off at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries has been taken back into the …
Vienna and Copenhagen top Economist’s annual list, with Melbourne and Sydney coming in third and fourthFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMelbourne and Sydn…
Artists who live and work in area only found out about redevelopment plans from flyer on lamp-post Since Ata moved to the UK five years ago he has found his home in London’s warehouses. The aspiring actor was drawn to the community of musicians and art…
Thinktank warns against wholesale switch to working from home and raises fears over lost productivity in capitalOffice workers in central London are spending on average 2.3 days a week in the workplace, according to a report that warns against a wholes…
The quirky appeal of Rye Lane is threatened by developer’s 14 high-rise flats, say residentsThere’s a scene in Rye Lane, a film said to be breathing new life into romcoms, where the two main characters stroll past a body-popping white-haired man in a …
After more than a century Sydney has lost its title due to a counting quirkSydney has long been Australia’s most populous city, but last week, Melbourne officially overtook it as the country’s biggest – thanks to a quirk in how the figures are counted….
Israeli settler movement is making life harder for Jerusalem’s Palestinians and erasing Christian character of holy cityEven in a city as storied as Jerusalem, some places are holier than others. The Mount of Olives – studded with churches marking even…
Innovation in agricultural sector is needed if cities are to solve air pollution problems, say scientistsA study reveals that farming is responsible for more than a quarter of the particle pollution in UK cities.UK agriculture created 38% of the partic…
Analysis for Friends of the Earth also finds lower-income areas have far fewer trees than wealthier onesNearly half of English neighbourhoods have less than 10% tree cover, with lower-income areas having far fewer trees than wealthier ones, analysis ha…
Yasmeen Lari, an 82 year old architect, wants Pakistan to swap concrete for bamboo as it rebuilds from devastating floods.