Our next Art Deco Centenary profile looks at American architect Raymond Hood, whose knack for skyscrapers led to him being branded the "brilliant bad boy of architecture". Hood's buildings include ...

A proposal to build a mixed-use tower in Montrose has hit a roadblock after the Houston Planning Commission rejected a variance request needed for the project, sending developers back to the ...

Play starts at a plinth in the town centre, and the ball is moved towards either goal three miles apart via a series of ‘hugs’, not too different from a rugby scrum. Kicking, carrying and ...

"Unfortunately, it's been out of action for the last couple of years, but it was obvious that it meant a lot to the town that we preserve all of that character from the Art Deco design." ...

The mud party's tradition dates to 1986, according to Paraty's tourism website. (AP) Its growth has forced organisers and Paraty's tourist office to promote awareness ahead of the event regarding ...

PARATY, Brazil (AP) — Several hundred mud-covered Carnival revelers paraded in the sleepy seaside town of Paraty in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, a decades-old tradition that has grown ever ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A reveler rolls in the mud during the traditional Mud Block carnival party in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) ...

It resides inside The Vault Bar & Restaurant, a speakeasy-style gastropub that debuted Feb. 27 in Pompano’s Old Town. The 3-foot ... past survives in the art-deco pediments and on the walls ...

A SWEDISH beauty dubbed the "cocaine queen" who was among Europe’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Spain as part of a drugs and dirty money probe. Glamorous brunette influencer Tania ...

Filmmaker Chris Spargo traces this trend back to a specific Asda store in an Essex new town, pinpointing the origin of a design that swept the nation. The concept of supermarkets, borrowed from ...