Banksy ‘surprised’ his work is Grade II listed after flunking art at school

Comments (0) Graffiti artist Banksy said he is 'surprised' his work has been given Grade II listed status.A row over the anonymous Bristolian's piece erupted when he sprayed a spy booth mural on the wall of a Cheltenham home - just miles from the Government listening post, GCHQ.The council was forced to step in and agreed the mural and a satellite dish incorporated into the design, should be protected as part of the listed building.On his website, the artist Read more [...]

LG G4 Images, Specifications Briefly Listed on Company Site

Couple of weeks ahead its April 28 launch, details of the LG G4 have been revealed with the brief surfacing over the weekend of a company micro-site dedicated to the smartphone. The official leak leaves little to the imagination of what the flagship might finally look like, and even includes a significant number of specifications.A Google Plus user Pedro Peguero Jr. (Valiant Pixels) first spotted the micro site, which now has been taken down. The website screenshots via Android Police indicate the Read more [...]

LG G4 micro site surfaces with full device renderings, listed features, and more

Apparently, LG may have slipped up and left a trail to a new G4 micro site embedded within the source code of an official teaser page. The site showcases full renderings, marketing material, and more of LG’s upcoming G4 smartphone… The site provides detailed information about LG’s upcoming flagship. The specifications shown on the site are the G3’s (given away by the Android 4.4.2 mention and the camera specs), but it’s likely those are just a placeholder for the real deal Read more [...]

Riviera Travel, Wetmore Road, Burton listed as number 20 on Sunday Times …

Comments (0) AN East Staffordshire firm has been rewarded for its success after it was named in a league table celebrating business growth.Riviera Travel, based in Wetmore Road, Burton, has been listed 20th in the Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100 league table.The company, which has been selling tours and cruises to customers for more than 30 years, has seen its profits grow an average of 83 per cent a year over the last three years to £9.9 million in 2013.Managing Read more [...]

Scott Walker Once Listed Effort To "Tighten Gun Laws" On "Legislative …

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker once touted his achievements as a member of the state assembly in “tightening gun laws” for people who committed felony-equivalent offenses or were committed as juveniles. Two gun control measures led the list of Walker’s legislative accomplishments on a version of Walker’s 2002 legislative biography page — “About Scott” — maintained by the Internet Archive. “In 1994, Walker pushed through two measures to tighten gun laws. One measure Read more [...]

Banksy ‘surprised’ at listed status for Cheltenham Spy Booth work

The council will consider the "Spy Booth" mural listing at a planning meeting next week Listed status for a Banksy mural in Cheltenham has been described as "surprising" by the enigmatic artist.The "Spy Booth" artwork, showing three figures "snooping" on a telephone box, appeared in Hewlett Road a year ago.Businessman Hekmat Kaveh applied for the work, satellite dish and phone booth, to be included in the property's Grade II* Read more [...]

Uncharted trilogy for PS4 listed on Swedish retail site with ‘September 2015 …

A Swedish retailer has listed a remastered Uncharted trilogy for release on PS4 later in 2015. The page – since removed – simply said "Uncharted 1-3 in HD! More information soon!" and listed 30 September as a release date. Accompanying it was box art later revealed to be fan-made by Reddit users. While this does hinder the validity of the listing, it is not uncommon for accurate early listings to use fan art Read more [...]