Ian Hislop's Age of the Do-Gooders..(Sinful Sex and Demon Drink)

The pleasures and perils of booze and sex are the focus for the final episode of Ian Hislop’s series about Victorian reformers, campaigners and philanthropists....BBC2 13/12/2010 2100-2200

Timorous Beasties: Urban fabrics / Textiles / People / V&A Channel

The Glasgow-based design duo Alistair McAuley and Paul Simmons joined forces in 1990. Here they tell us about how they updated a 200-year-old fabric style, and about their fascination with collections at the V&A. Junkies and vagrants replace traditional images of 18th-century French peasants in the Timorous Beasties' Glasgow Toile, an act of historical subversion by the Scottish textile designers.

Timorous Beasties: Urban fabrics / Textiles / People / V&A Channel

"Sand, Sea & Spray" Blackpool Coverage

MAC1

"Sand, Sea & Spray" is now over and it's been a truly fantastic event, great art, great people and a big respect to Robin for the organization!
Make sure to stop by Blackpool to check out all these beautiful pieces.

No extra captions needed, just enjoy our Pictures!

20/20 – UK London, 237 Project – Spain, Agent Provocateur – UK, Ben Slow – UK, Beta – UK, Blam – UK, Cosmo - UK, Cheba – UK, Dead - UK, Don – UK, Drop Dead Georgous - Germany, Emo - UK, Faungraphic- UK, Indigo – Canada, Inkie – UK, Jokin – Spain, Joseph Loughborough – UK, Julian Kimmings – UK, Kashink - France, KeMeF iNc – UK, Masai – UK, Matti - UK, Mikel – Spain, My Dog Sighs – UK, Nathan Bowen – UK, Neverwork – UK, Oliver Winconek – UK, Osch – Chile, Pahnl – UK, Rocket – UK, Smug One – Australia/Scotland, Snik - UK, T.Wat – UK, Title – UK, The Krah - Greece, Toasters - UK - Irek Tankpetrol- UK/Poland, MAC1, Psychonautes Stencil, Kelzo - UK,

INDIGO

Faunagraphic x Snik

MASAI

Blam x Kimmings

Nathan Bowen

DON

Kelzo

Kelzo

Osch

Title

MAC1

Kem Mef Inc.

Remak

Kashink x Inkie

Toasters

Joseph Loughborough

The Krah

The Krah

Avian Security

Irek Tankpetrol

Don

Emo

Nathan Bowen

DOC

Oliver Wiconek

Dead x Smug

Psychonautes Stencil

Osch

my dog sighs

Cosmo

FourPence

my dog sighs

Manchester Time Machine from darren on Vimeo.

Borough Market website video

Website for Borough Market featuring beautiful imagery based on their brand, a Market map and recipes to get visitors experiencing new traders and foods, and printable information on all of the traders.
Borough Market from Ian Budden on Vimeo.

Preston Guild Scrolls go global

Preston Guild is unique in the UK. It is celebrated only once every 20 years and has a history stretching back over eight hundred years to 1179 when Henry II granted a charter which empowered Preston to hold a Guild Merchant. Originally it was held to keep the Guild Roll - a list of people allowed to trade in the town, known as burgesses - up-to-date, but by the 18th century it had become a huge celebration of civic pride - which it still is today!

Preston Guild has contributed enormously to the dynamic city that Preston is today and every 20 years, we still celebrate and invite descendents of previous Guild burgesses to re-register on the now symbolic but very prestigious register.
Find out more about our once-in-a-generation festival at www.prestonguild2012.com.
In 1952 - with the arrival of air travel - Preston Guild went global.  Many ex Prestonians had emigrated to far flung places including America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
But even though they lived thousands of miles away they wanted to take part in Preston Guild, so the Guild Scrolls were born.
In every Preston Guild since - 1972 and 1992 - we have sent scrolls of friendship around the world to New York, Toronto, Johannesburg, Sydney, Auckland and many more places for ex Prestonians to sign.
Once back in the UK members of Preston Harriers Athletics club ran the scrolls of friendship back in a relay from Manchester airport, through the streets of Preston during the Guild celebrations, when many thousands of people lined the streets, cheering the scrolls arrival from overseas.
In 2012, the scrolls will once again be sent around the world but with the advent of the internet and new technology, now anyone anywhere can take part and sign their own scroll of friendship for Preston Guild.
It doesn’t matter if you live near or far, you can post your very own scroll to share with friends, family and followers of Preston Guild.
Share a simple message, photo, or video clip - it’s that easy to make history and take part. Don’t miss out as you’ll have to wait 20 years for the next one!

Hear Manchester - tour of the Rochdale Canal

The Rochdale Canal cuts a swathe through the heart of Manchester but, unloved and largely ignored, rarely featured on any tourist map – until Marketing Manchester and Manchester City Council decided to raise its profile among residents and visitors alike. The canal, and the Petersfield area around it, is steeped in history, from the creation of the world’s first programmable computer to the rise and fall of Factory Records. Hearmanchester.com lets the history, personality and attitude of this part of the city speak for itself – and in so doing, bring the Rochdale Canal to life.

Fronted by punk singer and music pundit, John Robb, Hearmanchester.com is an ambitious multi-format project that centres on a series of ten audio portraits. These guides, linked to landmark signage by the side of the canal itself, can be accessed online via a PC or MP3 player or listened to on site via an iPhone or 3G mobile. Accompanied by downloadable transcripts and maps, Hearmanchester.com tells the story of Manchester’s past, anchoring vanished histories to today’s physical landmarks. Designed to fit the devices already in users’ pockets, it is an audio trail for people who wouldn’t be seen dead using an audio trail – but who don’t mind discovering the past on the mobile device in their hand, the laptop in their hotel room or the iPod in their car.
Produced in record time, Hearmanchester.com met with industry approval: the product was nominated for two BIMA awards in 2008, and won two Special Commendations that the 2009 Big Chip Awards.

Take a stroll along the Rochdale Canal, type Hearmanchester.com into the browser on your phone, and listen to a programme about the city you thought you knew.
http://stardotstar.com/projects/hearmanchester