Twelve new murals brighten Northfield underpasses once avoided after dark
Local artists and schoolchildren have painted 12 pedestrian tunnels, and residents say the routes now feel safer and are used more.
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Ceramics in the workshop: from clay to form
Clay taking shape on the wheel, pots on market stalls and thousand-year-old pieces in museum cases.
For bookworms: frames from shelves that overflow
Books piled to the ceiling, leather bindings and old editions with yellowing pages.
The world's libraries: domes, shelves and silence
From Paris to Dublin, Melbourne to Adelaide, the architecture of reading rooms.
The library is the last free living room in town
One of the few places where we can sit for hours without buying anything, the public library now holds far more than books.
Winter storm rolls over the Grand Canyon in timelapse
Clouds and curtains of precipitation drift over the canyon's red cliffs in a timelapse.
In defence of reading slowly
In an age of speed and summaries, losing yourself unhurriedly in a book has become a rarer and more precious experience.
Markets and street food: a riot of colour on the stalls
From spices to fresh vegetables, scenes from markets around the world.