Cities
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Mark Starr 1965-2019 It took five weeks for the news to reach the Starrs: rather than being stable and happy, Mark had died sleeping rough in a Glasgow park. Why?
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The prospect of round-the-clock illuminated advertising displayed on a giant globe the size of the London Eye has some Stratford residents worried
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Clive Dalrymple 1967-2019: a gifted painter adored by local art students, Clive died on Manchester’s streets. His brother Ray suspects his artwork revealed more about him than he ever told his siblings -
In pictures
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From the shanty towns of Khlong Toei to the hidden parts of Chinatown, Cody Ellingham walked Thailand’s capital every night for five weeks to photograph the city for his book Bangkok Phosphors
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As a teenager in late 1980s and early 1990s, artist Nic Watts lived in Stroud Green, sketching local life from his roof. He shares his memories of that time -
The illustrated city: artist Jack Hurley explains why his satirical railway posters are really a celebration of the glorious mediocrity of Britain’s cities and towns -
As a wave of rapid development sweeps through Alexandria, architect Mohamed Gohar is trying to document both the past and the present of this the ancient Egyptian port city -
In 1919 hoping to address a desperate need for housing, councils started to build. Tony Forbes and Eugene Byrne’s cartoon traces the impact that municipal housing has had Bristol in particular
Films
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In rare footage of the North Korean capital, the Guardian gained an insight into what daily life is like for its citizens. Escorted by government minders at all times we were invited to visit a nursery, zoo, swimming pool, funfair, parks, factories, festivals and more, but were left questioning if anything was real. After returning to the UK, Emma Graham-Harrison reflects on what it's like spending a week immersed in a personality cult
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Comedian Tanishi Matsubara has an unusual system for renting cheaply in Osaka - he seeks out 'stigmatised property': places in which the previous inhabitant has died
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Suresh Kumar Sharma is an auto-rickshaw driver in Delhi, a city with some of the world’s dirtiest air – and where many locals don’t know how unhealthy the pollution really is
Cities in motion
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The Bristol Bike Project has been repairing abandoned or unwanted bicycles for vulnerable people for 10 years – but now faces an uncertain future -
Statistically less safe than regular cars and with higher CO2 emissions, campaigners argue the heavily-marketed cars have no place in urban areas -
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Brief letters: King’s Cross Central | HS2 | River Thames | Van slogans -
Surveillance software switched off at prestigious development after backlash -
One person reassured by the technology but most echo the complaint that ‘it’s unjustified’ -
Information commissioner says use of the technology must be ‘necessary and proportionate’
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From walking the dog at midnight to a dip in the canal, I tested the heatwave plan as the city reached 42.6C. Here’s how it went -
Xデーと呼ばれる日－世界で最も過密な都市の直下で大地震が起きれば、第二次世界大戦以来の甚大な被害が予想される。先端技術は東京を救えるか。 -
They call it X Day – a major earthquake striking the heart of the world’s most populous city in the most calamitous event since the second world war. Can hi-tech solutions save Tokyo?
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As Japan’s capital welcomes immigrants and prepares to host the Olympics, 2019 could be the year the world’s largest megalopolis goes truly global
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