Duration: 2.31
In the world’s self-proclaimed bicycle capital, where half the population cycles regularly, manufacturers at Copenhagen Bike Show reveal their latest creations in a bid to boost flat cycle sales throughout Europe.
This film, originally published on 18 March 2015 on wsj.com, on that day was the highest video entry in the Popular Now top ten page list throughout the website. The story’s corresponding article (behind a subscription paywall on wsj.com) can be read here.
Duration: 4.37
Glastonbury festival near Pilton, Somerset, is the UK’s largest annual music event. One man, Hank, has contributed every year since the mid-80s by hand-painting hundreds of steel drums, ready to be used as bins by the 250,000 attendees
Duration: 5.53
Grammy Award-winning duo The Civil Wars, alias Joy Williams and John Paul White, perform their song Barton Hollow in the Guardian’s music studio.
Duration: 3.55
Rub & Stub restaurant in Copenhagen, Denmark, is leading the battle against waste – by serving up food that the supermarkets won’t sell. The Danish restaurant offers meals made from vegetables and fruit rejected by the food industry because of sell-by dates and over-buying.
This film, originally published on 27 December 2013 on bbc.co.uk, that day became the Most Popular video on BBC News website. It was also broadcast on BBC World News TV channel.
Duration: 3.13
Guardian Books writer Paul Laity argues his case for Colm Tóibín‘s The Testament of Mary to win the Booker prize 2013. (If you are wondering, it eventually didn’t.)
