![Found lurking on the floor of a particularly grim and unloved underpass by the Southbank Centre can be found this charming collection of mosaic portraits, celebrating well-known people with connections […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/southbank-mosaics-01-195x110.jpg "Art in dingy places: The joy of the Southbank floor mosaics")
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In photos: A cable car trip across Barcelona’s old harbour from Mount Montjuïc to Barcelona Beach
Six weeks after our cable car journey over the Welsh mountains in Llandudno, we took in a very different kind of view as we drifted across Barcelona’s old harbour from Mount […]
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London street scenes: autumn shadows, Southbank book browsers, low tide Thames and random signs
With London embracing Autumn’s long shadows and chilly breezes, I took to the streets and grabbed some photos around Soho, the Southbank and Battersea.
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Hannah Perry: Gush – subwoofers and shimmering copper, Somerset House, London
Currently on display in the New Wing at Somerset House in central London is an exhibition by the British artist Hannah Perry.
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Tate Modern photos: Huge chairs, a crying room, the Clock, a heat sensitive floor and more, Oct 2018
There’s a cracking selection of installations and exhibitions that you can currently see for free in the Tate Modern on Bankside.
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Art in dingy places: The joy of the Southbank floor mosaics
Found lurking on the floor of a particularly grim and unloved underpass by the Southbank Centre can be found this charming collection of mosaic portraits, celebrating well-known people with connections […]
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The incredible futuristic City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain – in photos
An ultra-modern scientific and cultural complex known in Spanish as la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences offers breathtaking architecture housing Europe’s largest aquarium, […]
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The Mrs Mills Experience party singalong band are back!
South London’s rowdy singalong tribute to the much-loved queen of the honky-tonk piano, Mrs Gladys Mills, have announced that they’ll be dusting off the party hats and playing some gigs […]
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In photos: Black Mirror: Art as Social Satire at the Saatchi Gallery, London
Posted on Monday, Oct 1, 2018 | No CommentsRunning until 13th Jan 2019, the Saachi Gallery’s ‘Black Mirror: Art as Social Satire‘ exhibition looks to explore art’s role in social satire and how art has been influenced by political […] -
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Posted on Tuesday, Sep 4, 2018 | 3 CommentsCopenhagen is a fantastic city to visit for a short break. Here’s a series of 45 photographs taken around the city.
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London art walk: Green Park to Hyde Park and the Serpentine, late summer 2018
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Llandudno photos – seaside views, street scenes, old theatres, architecture and more
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Hamburg photos: signs, stickers, street art, street markets and The Monochrome Set
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Llandudno Pier: a splendid, Grade II listed Victorian pier in north Wales – photos and history
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Paris photos: signs, stations, stickers and street photos
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In photos: Alghero railway station terminus, Sardinia, Italy
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In photos: Blaenau Ffestiniog and a narrow gauge steam journey to Tan-y-Bwlch in Snowdonia, Aug 2018
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In photos: a trip on Llandudno’s wonderful cable car to the Great Orme, August 2018
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London St Pancras station 15 years ago – photos of the semi-derelict Midland Grand hotel from June 2003
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Dinant, Belgium – a quick photo stroll around the riverside town, July 2018
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P’tit Faystival – where a tiny village in Belgium goes crazy for music, July 2018
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WIN two tickets for this year’s Green Gathering Festival in Chepstow, Wales, 2nd-5th Aug 2018
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In photos: Anish Kapoor’s Symphony for a Beloved Daughter at the Royal Academy, London, July 2018
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Donald Trump protest: Londoners come out in force with hilarious banners, Fri 13th July 2018
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Donald Trump blimp rises into the London skies, Fri 13th July 2018 – photos
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