Classic album covers in Google Street View – in pictures

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From Pink Floyd to PJ Harvey, our Street View specialist Halley Docherty shows us the world’s cities through the lens of famous album covers

Also worth a browse, old paintings of London in modern settings

Probe into theatre ceiling collapse

Probe into theatre ceiling collapse

Last night, while watching Jude Law in Henry V at Noel Coward Theatre, and I kept thinking about how scary it would be if anything happened, since the top balcony is built on an extremely vertical angle. While watching the play, the roof at the Apollo Theatre, literally around the corner from Noel Coward, collapsed.

Canadian Ash Wood Toboggan | Lagom Design

Canadian Ash Wood Toboggan | Lagom Design

Well, we haven’t been hit by any snow storms here in London, or any snow at all for that matter. The weather has been quite nice - not too cold. I’m not wishing for any cold weather, but I secretly want this toboggan, to find a mountain of snow, and  to revive memories of my childhood on les tapis magigue ou volant (basically plastic sheets you’d slide on - icier the better).

Picture This, Picture That...: Follow and Subscribe to Kalimat Magazine. Do it!

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WHAT IS KALIMAT

An ancient culture has become passive, missing from the mass media and societal discourse. The creative directors, editors and designers of this region are not given a chance to express themselves. Instead, these roles are given to people of the more…

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Until then, keep pretending

Until then, keep pretending

Designing media

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BEYROUTES a guide to Beirut

Link: BEYROUTES a guide to Beirut

Picked up a copy of this while in Beirut this summer, it’s absolutely amazing.

BBC – Honk if you’re human

Link: BBC – Honk if you’re human

Dress the Part

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Lebanon

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Camels, carved sculptures, red rose coloured cliffs...PETRA

Link: Camels, carved sculptures, red rose coloured cliffs...PETRA

Bethlehem

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My latest piece for @FenMag a few questions with author Randa Jarrar

Link: My latest piece for @FenMag a few questions with author Randa Jarrar

Soundtrack: Nejat Al Saghera. Location: Jerusalem.

Link: Soundtrack: Nejat Al Saghera. Location: Jerusalem.

6 questions with comic illustrator Marguerite Dabaie

Link: 6 questions with comic illustrator Marguerite Dabaie

I Saw Ramallah

Link: I Saw Ramallah

Smell the ocean in Akka

Link: Smell the ocean in Akka

Haifa

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Conversations with tourists

Link: Conversations with tourists