After dark

One in two women feel unsafe walking alone after dark in a quiet street near their home, according to a new ONS survey.

A young 2 days old moon seen after sunset. If the moon looks inverted it's because the shot was taken in the South Hemisphere.

We have all but lost the night for our progress—in the place of ancient stars, we instead find foreign constellations of vanished surfaces and ephemeral, ever-changing flecks of artificial light.

Liam Wong's neon-lit photographs of a rain-soaked Tokyo at night.

Reality bends all the more acutely with lack of sleep in this stunning novel from the master of the surreal. Eyes mark the shape of the city The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help. Meanwhile Mari's beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; it has lasted for two months. But…

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