Category Archives: General

Tomorrow’s Metropolis Today

Originally posted on Ash van Dyck Unit X:
Just a few thoughts and examples of how things can be better in our cities, and one thing that is said often is “cities of the future”, well what about the cities…

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Mills, Maternal figures and Malice; ‘Scuttlers’ Street Gangs come to life

Originally posted on lhdelamereprisonvoices:
Tales of gangs are an intriguing part of crime culture, and recently, the Manchester Royal Exchange took the research of Alex Davies’ ‘The Gangs of Manchester’ and created a powerful and menacing dramatic masterpiece called ‘Scuttlers’.…

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Function and Art

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A Glowing City

Originally posted on Bucket of Tentacles:
I took a late Sunday afternoon stroll on Sunday, camera in hand to see what was happening around the City Centre.  I wanted to get some “people” shots, but sometimes its just not happening…

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EVOKA 1…PERU…

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Do not be fooled with bad news from Brazil

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The Animal Game | From Torturer to Maecenas

Originally posted on The New World Lusophone Sousaphone:
I never thought I would see the day when O Globo would tell the story of the marriage of organized crime and the dictatorship, so mutually advantageous and still in force today,…

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Brazilian Bicheiro Named in Inaugural Swiss Leaks Piece

Originally posted on The New World Lusophone Sousaphone:
The captain grips and grins the Mayor of Rio, Cesar Maia, in a roda de samba     ? Source: O Globo. O  Globo and the news portal  UOL — with…

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R.I.P Terry Pratchett

Originally posted on City Jackdaw:
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Ashton – Bailey’s Homeware

Originally posted on Modern Mooch:
There is a stall in Ashton Indoor Market that almost defies description, an Aladdin’s cave, a cornucopia of kitchenalia – if they don’t have, it probably doesn’t exist. I visited here as a little lad…

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