Historical sites are being restored by private-sector funding – and that isn’t a bad thing
As more and more historical monuments and buildings are receiving funding for repairs and rejuvenation efforts from the private sector,…
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How cities change at night
Matthew Beaumont’s The Walker asks how the nocturnal metropolis differs from the city in daylight.
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The leaving of Liverpool shows up Unesco’s flaws
Liverpool may have lost Unesco World Heritage status, but that says more about the UN body than it does about…
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Can bookshops survive in the era of Amazon?
James Daunt, the managing director of Waterstones, discusses Covid-19 closures, paying staff the living wage and saving Europe’s largest bookstore.
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Amsterdam is laying down a model for what tourism should look like after Covid
When Covid hit the Netherlands in 2020, Amsterdam emptied of visitors overnight. Long-term residents, inured to the permanent noise and…
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Everyone and no one belongs to New York
Two new books capture the resilient spirit of New York City – and the people who call it home.
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Space invaders: How landlords can use arts pop-ups to reinvigorate commercial properties
The Covid pandemic has left a wake of destruction on people’s lives and made a ghost town out of many…
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The Covid-19 pandemic has created regional tourism hotspots in Canada as big cities suffer
International travel restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic have prompted many travel enthusiasts to explore local and regional tourist destinations. However,…
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