Killer App

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg’s global mission to raise awareness about the world’s climate crisis has inspired millions of young people to make their own voices on the matter heard and, as such, it...

In Knowledge Bank, we come face-to-face with plenty of Killer Apps – but rarely do we encounter actual killers.

It seems the summer came and went in a flash, with unprecedented bursts of heat punctuated by spells of rain and gloom. Compared with the consistent highs in 2018, it’s been a bit up and down – but...

Laura Gerrish, mapping specialist at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), knows better than most that our polar icecaps are changing at a rapid rate that printed maps cannot keep up with.

Welsh brewery Tiny Rebel is well on its way to becoming a giant among giants in the craft beer market, after being established with the unveiling of its first two beers at the Commercial pub in...

As a team of committed celebrants to the moving image, Little White Lies (LWL) occasionally finds the printed form “standardised and inflexible”, to use editor David Jenkins’ words. For the magazine’s...

The Manchester & Cheshire Dogs’ Home (M&CDH) surely does nothing but good – rescuing and finding new, loving owners for wayward, neglected pups and mutts. Its team certainly did not deserve to have...

When it comes to creativity and ingenuity in greetings cards, the Force is strong with Moonpig.

Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone started Pinch of Nom as an online space in which to share slimming, cost-effective recipes. Amassing a Facebook following of 1.4 million people and counting, the...

The River, a sculpture designed by Dhruva Mistry, has reclined in the fountain outside Birmingham’s historic Council House since 1994. In all that time, the affectionately named ‘Floozie in the...