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To Hull and back: the rebirth of Britain's poorest city
Hull's twin loss of its fishing and shipping industries consigned it to a future of poverty, isolation and even ridicule. But now all that is about to change, because the city is putting its faith back in the North Sea
Editors' picks
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Lessons for Boris
Klaus Wowereit
'Wowi' was a charming mayor with good hair who championed his city's creativity but was felled by dismissing the plight of everyday people -
Beijing
Subway stories
Tania Branigan sees how the city is coping with such staggering growth -
In pictures
Cities in comics
For every urban locale and lifestyle, comics are obsessed with cities like no other genre -
World Cities Day
Champion your city
The Guardian and UN-Habitat want to hear one idea that other cities should adopt. Could you be the person to represent your city?
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