Yarn bombing the square
The art gallery is about to undergo major refurbishment, and will be closed for two years. As the building has recently been emptied in preparation for this, an open day invited … More …
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Forever changes
A photo taken today at York’s art gallery, which is about to close for years, for major refurbishment. Before its refurbishment, an open day, which encouraged people to write on its walls. More on … More …
West Offices, welcome
As part of the Residents Festival we were invited to have a nosy around West Offices, our new council HQ, before its official opening later this year. This seemed like too good an opportunity to miss. It may … More …
York Residents Festival
It’s the York Residents’ Festival today and tomorrow, a chance to see for free some of the attractions we normally have to pay for, and to see the inside of buildings we may normally only view from … More …
Libraries, again: some questions
I can’t add a lot to these pages at the moment, but it seemed important to add a little more about libraries. Council leader James Alexander mentioned the ‘social enterprise’ plan (previously mentioned on these pages) in an interview this morning with Jonathan Cowap on … More …
Digital, ephemeral
This page is long, and has no pictures. I hope it doesn’t get rejected immediately as ‘TLDR’ (Too Long Didn’t Read) … as it is important (well, kind of, in the context of web things).
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I’ve been trying to add a page about this subject … More …
Libraries: a ‘community solution’?
I’ve written about libraries a couple of times before, specifically about York Explore (formerly York Central library). Which in recent years has been More …
Going underground
Recently I’ve read about or been told about a few different tunnels under the streets of York. Two of which definitely existed and perhaps still do, while a couple are more mysterious. Perhaps readers will know more. Comments welcome below.
Known tunnel 1: sorting office
This is the fairly new … More …