Grayson Perry’s new NSFW City-focused sculpture features George Osborne and pictures of City workers May 19, 2016 What do George Osborne, Benjamin Franklin and Winston Churchill have in common? They’re just a few of the famous faces plastered across Grayson Perry’s new, er… sculpture. The Turner prize-winning artist has created a 68cm monument to masculinity as a comment on the gender bias of the global banking industry. The ceramic sculpture is covered in [...]
Coffee nation: The UK’s caffeine addiction revealed as coffee chains take over May 19, 2016 Over-caffeinated Brits are fuelling a boom in coffee shops, according to new data from CBRE. Over the past 17 years, there has been a massive 20-fold increase in coffee chain outlets, from just 215 in 1998 to 4,234 in 2015. And the coffee shop trend shows no sign of abating, with an increase of six per [...]
