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'Rooftopping is my art form': The death-defying couple who climb the world's tallest skyscrapers
BBC News· 1 day agoSkywalkers, a jaw-dropping Netflix documentary featuring Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, follows...
17 Independent Bookstores We Love Around the World
AFAR· 1 day agoRecognizing the transporting power of great stories, we decided to celebrate our love for many of their keepers—independent bookstores around the world. From a “bookbarge” in London to an indie ...
The Stomach-Dropping, Heart-Tugging Appeal of Climbing Documentaries
New York Times· 1 day agoDocumentaries in which people climb very tall things have a remarkable track record. “Man on Wire,”...
Is She the Oldest Person in the Amazon?
New York Times· 1 day agoAfter more than 100 years in the rainforest, Varî Vãti Marubo walks with a stick and, as she always has, barefoot. “Be careful with me!” she shrieked to...
A small town film festival in Alicante is a springboard for big stars
Euronews via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoAlfás del Pi in Alicante is home to the largest Norwegian and British community in Spain. Thanks to...
Get your kitsch on Route 66
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAt dusk, a giant 66-foot-tall soda bottle in front of Pops lights up, illuminated by colorful LED lights, a fizzy beacon to travelers. Route 66...
Paris police are sealing off the Seine River ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony
MPR News· 2 days agoA special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a kilometers-long ...
Paris police are sealing off the Seine River ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony
The Globe and Mail· 2 days agoA special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an...
New condo and hotel tower recreates New Westminster heritage theatre | Urbanized
Daily Hive· 2 days agoThe historic Columbia Theatre, also known as the Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy, in downtown New...
The Pankhurst musical injecting pop into girl power
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days ago(the first woman to swim the English channel). That was shocking to me. I knew who she was. But I didn't know some of the things about her life."...
