Charles Buchel (Karl August Buchel)  was born in Mainz, Germany. His familiy emigrated to England when he was a child.
He studied art at the Royal Academy Schools. There he was hired by the actor-manager, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in 1898, and worked with him for sixteen years.
Buchel painted several portraits of Tree, and also designed theatrical programmes and advertising posters, programmes for the theatre. He drew many illustrations for the theatre magazines of his day. He is best remembered for having painted many of the stage stars of his era, including Lily Langtry, Henry Irving and George Alexander. (continue reading…)

The independent film festival called Bicycle Film Festival occurs every year in cities all around the world. The original idea came from Brendt Barbur in 2001, after the bus hit him while he was riding a bike in New York City.
The Festival has worked with some famous filmmakers, such as Jorgen Leth, Spike Jonze and The Neistat Brothers.
It is a non-juried festival, which accepts open free submissions from around the world. The BFF has had hundreds of amazing bike movies over the past 10 years. This year Festival will commence in June, in NewYork City. Here is a promotional video for this year 11th Annual Festival:

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Strange ideas sometimes fall manufacturers wishing to promote their products. If method of advertising is a stranger, then it is the better, surely not unnoticed. This recipe was followed by the owners of the bike service from Altlandsberg in Germany.

The facade of a building in the town Altlandsberg in Germany is covered with 100 bikes and features a “bike station”. Otherwise, it can be rented bikes, and colorful building is already a tourist attraction in their town. The owners have come up with the idea to promote his store, and it seems that in this and succeeded.