Central Line

He’s tried to fool Penn & Teller, he sold a trick to David Blaine and he’s off to Edinburgh with a new show.

Sickly sweet or stimulating? London’s latest Art on the Underground project was unveiled today

East London conflagration leads to more transport woes.

New art project aims to spread the love around the Central line.

News roundup, including four reasons to shout at the Central Line.

Central Line illustration by Sam Kerr Poems about our capital Ian Wilson is a 21-year-old London observer, spending much of his spare time writing poetic social commentaries on human behaviour and the modern world that we live in. ‘The Central Line’ is the first poem …

Fortean London is taking a well-earned break this week. In its place, though, we have this interesting sight, spotted by Will Wiles (formerly of this parish) the other evening at Loughton station, toward the eastern extremity of the Central line. The “ghost train”, as we’re …

Remember that competition to design a fabric for seats on the Underground? Well, the winner has been announced. London company WallaceSewell (responsible for the retro-70s moquette on Overground trains) have come up with a swirling design of blues, purples, and a hint of red. The …

Via Annie Mole‘s blog we’ve been alerted to footage of a rather disturbing incident that happened on a Central line platform yesterday and that, following the incident last week at Clapham North, again calls into question the ability of Tube staff to handle certain dangerous …

“The Central line draws an invisible line across London”, says Sarah Butler, “connecting east to west, rising up like the edges of a smile”. Well, you certainly couldn’t tell by riding the thing through rush-hour London, where faces burrowed into newspapers and white cords trailing …