Yes, a glove. Or, rather, a pair of gloves. These handsome lady gauntlets were brought to our attention by Suzanne Gerber via doppelgänger. Each is inscribed with a map to the Great Exhibition of 1851, and features landmarks such as the British Museum, St Paul’s …
Click map for a version you can actually read. Pubs, the City of London and a fake Tube map. This one spanks all our buttocks. Maths teacher John Coates has put together yet another novelty diagram based on the principles of Harry Beck, this time …
Remember that map of good cafes for freelancers? The people who created it are no one-trick ponies, and have now produced a chart of specialist suppliers. Partly, it reads like a shopping trip from Tudor times: chandlers, bookbinders, knife sharpeners and cobblers are neatly plotted …
We’ve just noticed a curious addition to the Open House map. If you scroll to see what’s available in Hackney, you’ll find that the borough’s borders have been stretched to accommodate a new, somewhat remote location: specifically, a spot in the Atlantic Ocean, off the …
A new site is compiling data on every reported murder in the capital’s history, and then mapping the results. Murder Map will eventually bring together the incredible archives of the Old Bailey with details of modern murders. In the site owner’s own words: Murder Map …
Where are the limits of London? Exactly how far North, South, East and West is it possible to live and still call yourself a Londoner? Rather than making the torturous pilgrimage to the edges of our homeland, we decided to boot up Google Earth, open …
Apologies, but our meagre column width means you’ll have to open this PDF to fully appreciate this map. This beautiful hand-drawn map and guided walk was put together by Léa Teuscher for her blog Londres Calling, which we believe might be French for ‘London Calling’. …
We’re delighted to announce an upcoming collaboration with the newly renovated Museum of London. A Big Draw event on Sunday 10 October will ask visitors to contribute to a large-scale map of London, and plot out what the city might look like in the future. …
How much space would the Pentagon take up if, for some absurd reason, it had been built in Trafalgar Square? How about the Giza pyramids? Or Stonehenge? Or even a deep sea trawler net? And did you know that the deepest hole ever drilled, if …
After taking a break for a few weeks, our Hand-Drawn Maps series is back with a vengeance. Laura Porter of Golondon.about.com sends us this diptych of images of Walthamstow. The first shows Laura’s take on her local neighbourhood. She concedes: “Sadly, the map highlights for …
A plaque on Farringdon Road marks the site of one Zeppelin attack. A quarter of a century before the Blitz, London was terrorised by another aerial menace: gigantic airships, or Zeppelins, larger than an upended Gherkin building. From 1915-1917, German airships unleashed hundreds of explosives …
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