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The Empty Shops Network is a passionate advocate in the media, and founder Dan Thompson has been interviewed by Hugh Pym for BBC News, appeared with Tracey Emin in Margate for Meridian, talked about the future of pop-up shops in a G2 special, taken part in a viral ad campaign for Yell and been featured in Lucy Siegle�s The Innovator column in The Observer Magazine

Selected media coverage;

• Empty shops become art galleries: BBC News, 21 June 11
• Ministry of Found, January 2011
• From downsizing to upcycling: Irish Times, 23rd October
• Overnight success: Kira Cochrane, The Guardian, 12th October 2010
• How to reclaim empty shops: Adam Oxford, The Ecologist
• Rave reviews for recycled theatre: Nosheen Iqbal, The Guardian, 22nd June 2010
• Dan Thompson's Innovation: Lucy Siege, The Observer Magazine, 23rd May 2010
• Lions 'Recycle' a Vita Storefront: Lion, international Lions Club magazine, September 2010
• Do It Anywhere, Ideas Tap, 19th February 2010
• Art's great squatting revolution: Hanna Hanra, The Times, 16th January 2010

The Empty Shops Network have been commissioned to write articles for magazines, journals and blogs including New Start, Mailout, Folksy and a-n the Artist�s Newsletter. Contact the network for more information about commissioned writing.

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