With new Hyde Park bookstore, owner Courtney Bledsoe answers call for more diverse representation
By Layla Brown-Clark Medill Reports There are more than 50 independent bookstores in the Chicago area, each with its own flair and serving as a
By Layla Brown-Clark Medill Reports There are more than 50 independent bookstores in the Chicago area, each with its own flair and serving as a
The last chapter: Argentina’s literacy legacy in peril A local man reads the news for the day. Magazine stands can be found in almost every
By Hailey Samples & Sidra Dahhan Medill Reports BUENOS AIRES — When the summer heat strikes Buenos Aires, locals find a cool reprieve in helado –
By Julia Gordon Medill Reports CHICAGO — Ali El, a vintage seller in London, recently encountered a paradoxical nightmare: a massive royal blue Ikea bag
By Sylvie Kirsch Medill Reports LONDON — Notting Hill, a glitzy West London neighborhood chock-full of vintage and designer boutiques, is arguably the epicenter of
By Samantha Thomas Medill Reports LONDON — Just steps away from the Embankment tube station at 47 Villiers St., Gordon’s Wine Bar is unassuming at
By Michael Lindemann Medill Reports LONDON – The main attraction at London’s Borough Market is a chocolate-smothering strawberry operation. Tabletops replete with plastic cups, each
By Aniyha Jones Medill Reports Nearly 25 years ago, while on a trip to Pompeii, Jim Bachor discovered mosaics and his life hasn’t been the
By Megan Forrester Medill Reports LONDON — If you find pure bliss in choosing between English breakfast or chamomile, try a true pinkies-up high tea
By Megan Forrester Medill Reports LONDON — Every Tuesday, with hot-pink rollers in her honey blond hair and a black “mob wife” fur coat around