• Best bars with books in NYC

    9 years ago | Culture

    There are plenty of pubs where literary legends have drunk, but we’ve tracked down the best bars with books in NYC, so you can endure the freezing weather with booze in...

  • Weegee’s Bowery of flop houses and drunks

    9 years ago | Culture, Vintage

    Press photographer Weegee’s Bowery was a Skid Row of derelicts and drunks – a world away from the boutique hotels and hipster joints that line the street today. In the 40s and...

  • Hands up for a feminist manicure

    10 years ago | Culture

    One of Manhattan's coolest bars has kicked off a new a new fashion craze – the feminist manicure. Beauty Bar is a real 1950s beauty salon – complete with ...

  • The 11 best poems about New York

    9 years ago | Culture, Vintage

    We’ve tracked down the 11 best poems about New York – some joyful, some sad, but all beautiful. From Allen Ginsberg writing about the ‘streets I’ve done...

  • Farmer and Snake

    Make book sculpture of your favorite story

    6 years ago | Culture

    Want to make a book sculpture of your favorite story? Perhaps you'd like to design your own take on Orwell’s 1984 book jacket or create an illustration for the scariest Harry...

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