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Author: Will Straw

Working late nights? Scientists uncover a chilling link between night shift work and heart attack risk | – The Times of India

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 29, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Working night shifts disrupts the body’s natural clock. This can lead to serious heart problems. Research shows links to higher blood pressure, choles Source: Working late nights? Scientists uncover a chilling link between night shift […]

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New Orleans: City Releases First-Ever Nighttime Economy Strategic Plan

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 29, 2025
  • Uncategorized

The Mayor’s Office of Nighttime Economy has announced the release of the 2025 New Orleans Nighttime Economy Strategic Plan. Source: City Releases First-Ever Nighttime Economy Strategic Plan

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France – L’éclairage nocturne repensé – Vie eybinoise

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 29, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Suite à un changement de l’ensemble du système d’éclairage public par des ampoules Led plus économes en énergie, l’éclairage public nocturne sera de retour à Eybens à partir du 3 novembre 2025. Source: L’éclairage nocturne […]

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The Lunar Light Project: How Solar Energy Could Power Night-Time Cities – solarfacts.in

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 28, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Discover how the Lunar Light Project merges moonlight and thermal energy to create 24/7 renewable power for future cities, reducing depend Source: The Lunar Light Project: How Solar Energy Could Power Night-Time Cities – solarfacts.in

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Madrid: Se calcula que el sector de eventos genera más de 300 millones de euros anuales en la vida nocturna madrileña – eventoplus.com

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 27, 2025
  • Uncategorized

El sector de eventos podría generar más de 300 millones de euros anuales en la vida nocturna madrileña, atrae muchos visitantes. Source: Se calcula que el sector de eventos genera más de 300 millones de […]

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US: Beggars’ Night no more? Some communities still hang on to trick-or-treating alternative | weareiowa.com

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 27, 2025
  • Uncategorized

A few metro cities will carry on their Beggars’ Night traditions, including Bondurant, Granger and Windsor Heights on Oct. 25 and Newton on Oct. 30. Source: Beggars’ Night no more? Some communities still hang on […]

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Australia: Are Run Clubs and Coffee Raves Really Taking Over?

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 27, 2025
  • Uncategorized

While our FYPs might show run club and coffee rave supremacy, it turns out a high percentage of Australians are still getting out after-dark. Source: Are Run Clubs and Coffee Raves Really Taking Over?

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Cigarettes, protoxyde, argent liquide… : Les épiceries de nuit sous haute surveillance à Nice

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 26, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Une petite dizaine d’épiceries ont été contrôlées, jeudi soir, par la police municipale de Nice. Des cigarettes étrangères, des produits stupéfiants et des liasses de billets ont notamment été saisis. Source: Cigarettes, protoxyde, argent liquide… : […]

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Métro à Paris 24h/24 : révolution ou folie ?

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 25, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Métro toute la nuit à Paris : une promesse de mobilité ou un défi logistique ? Source: Métro à Paris 24h/24 : révolution ou folie ?

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Colombia: La Alcaldía de Cali llevó una noche de cuidado y servicios a mujeres diversas en San Nicolás

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on October 25, 2025
  • Uncategorized

La noche del 23 de octubre se vivió de una manera distinta en el barrio San Nicolás. Más de cincuenta mujeres, en toda su diversidad —trans, LGBT, muj Source: La Alcaldía de Cali llevó una […]

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  • PRIX COAL 2026 : La Nuit – COAL

    February 19, 2026
  • Vietnam: Da Nang et le rêve d’une « ville qui ne dort jamais »

    February 18, 2026
  • São Paulo rallume la nuit: le centre-ville devient une machine à bars, rooftops et fêtes jusqu’à l’aube

    February 18, 2026
  • How “sunlight on demand” could erase darkness

    February 18, 2026
  • France: Extinction nocturne des enseignes lumineuses : les villes jouent la carte de la pédagogie

    February 17, 2026
  • Brazil: Vie nocturne à São Paulo: la ville qui refuse de dormir et transforme son centre en machine à fêtes

    February 17, 2026
  • La noche, motor del consumo urbano chino – DangDai – DangDai

    February 14, 2026
  • France: Arras. Les bars et restaurants pourront fermer à 2 heures au lieu d’1 heure du matin – Oise Hebdo

    February 14, 2026
  • France: Rennes après le coucher du soleil : évolution de l’économie nocturne et point de vue des entrepreneurs – Rennes Infos Autrement

    February 14, 2026
  • Pourquoi le tourisme nocturne pourrait transformer votre manière de voir le monde – Geo.fr

    February 14, 2026
  • Call for papers: ICNS.LX – International Conference on Night Studies

    February 14, 2026
  • Cais do Sodré, histoire d’un quartier où la nuit gouvernait Lisbonne – Portugal.fr

    February 12, 2026
  • Mitigating the environmental and ecological impacts of evolving city-scale streetlighting installations | Journal of The Royal Society Interface | The Royal Society

    February 12, 2026
  • Montreal mayor open to helping La Tulipe, protecting other venues | Montreal Gazette

    February 10, 2026
  • Argentina: Cómo convertir horas “muertas” en ventas adicionales en la tienda y el surtidor? – Surtidores.com.ar

    February 9, 2026
  • Teatro Nacional y Palacio Nacional amplían horario hasta las 3 de la mañana – Noticias de El Salvador

    February 9, 2026
  • Jimmy Kimmel Music Cutbacks Highlight Decline of Late-Night Live Music

    February 6, 2026
  • Exposition : “La Nuit” d’Armand Luciani – Bibliothèque Universitaire – Corti

    February 5, 2026
  • Reopening Montreal concert venue La Tulipe won’t be easy, owners say | Montreal Gazette

    February 5, 2026
  • Ciudad Ho Chi Minh impulsa el desarrollo del turismo nocturno

    February 4, 2026

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THE SPECTRE LIBRARY PRESENTS: The Pulp and Paperback Fiction Reader

Reading and reviewing rare vintage fiction stories

Urban Audiovisual Festival

UAF

Backlots

Night Time Economy

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Dr. Stephen Luis Vilaseca

Investigating art and politics in urban space

The Urban Night

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Progressive Geographies

Thinking about place and power - a site written and curated by Stuart Elden

deviantleisure

exploring the boundaries of leisure and crime

Armando Silva

Just another WordPress.com weblog

Toby Bennett

Urban Sound Space

researching music-making in Wellington and Copenhagen

C'est toi ma Ville

Mon regard sur Montréal

Geografia Crítica

Laboratório de Prática de Ensino para professores de Geografia

nocionescomunes.wordpress.com/

urbanculturalstudies

the culture(s) of cities... space, time and urban everyday life

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