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‘Brilliant and ever-changing’: readers’ favourite street art

Winning trip: Artistic highs, Esch, Luxembourg

The European Capital of Culture 2022 Esch-sur-Alzette (or simply Esch) is full of beautiful urban art. Some of it refers to the city’s industrial past, some of it to its modern cultural development and local heroes. Many of them are as high as the buildings they figure on which creates a spectacular impression. Artists

Interior Design and Decorating

Doma says it’s still on the path to profitability

2 years ago

Rowleys

Despite recording yet another quarter with a net loss, Doma executives remain steadfastly committed to reaching profitability by the end of 2023.

During the second quarter of 2022, the title underwriter earned $124 million in revenue, down from the $130 million recorded a year ago, but up 10% from the previous quarter. The firm’s GAAP net loss for the quarter

Landscaping Outdoor Decorating

Inspiration Is in the Air: Introducing the Air Collection by

2 years ago

Rowleys

When you first think of Escofet, a few things come to mind—the company’s incredible history, their seminal Mediterranean aesthetic that influences design globally, their mastery and innovation in cast concrete, and the robust and unmistakable presence of the forms they create. One thing that doesn’t immediately come to mind is “lightness,” an attribute that seemingly runs counter to the Barcelona-based

Arts and Craft

Ravers having it large at Castlemorton, 1992: Alan Lodge’s

2 years ago

Rowleys

Ravers having it large at Castlemorton, 1992: Alan Lodge’s

In the 1970s I went to free festivals like the Stonehenge free festival and the Windsor People’s free festival. In 1974 there wasn’t a law to prevent these activities but, given we were in the Queen’s back garden in Windsor, the police came, one of whom whacked me around the side of the head. I fell off my log,

Interior Design and Decorating

UWM posts stronger profits than Rocket in Q2 2022

2 years ago

Rowleys

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation’s largest wholesale lender, posted a drop in origination volume and profits in the second quarter compared to the first three months of 2022, even after maintaining its gain-on-sale margins and increasing the fair value of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs).

But the Pontiac, Michigan-based lender improved its performance compared to the same period of 2021,

Arts and Craft

Victorian chimney in Leeds to be shortened over public

2 years ago

Rowleys

A Victorian chimney in Leeds – seen as a significant local landmark by campaigners – is to be shortened due to safety fears.

The 33-metre structure, which is more than 150 years old, is part of the Grade II-listed Stonebridge Mills in Farnley, which is being turned into homes as part of a £25m redevelopment.

Those involved in the assessment