We just wanted to say thanks for reading, cheers for all your witty, angry and baffling comments over the past year, and have yourself a merry little Christmas. We’ll still be posting over the next week – so keep checking in – but not with …
As reported previously, the Circle Line is about to unspiral, branching out to Hammersmith. Commenter Sarabak suggested that the new Tube map for the line looked uncannily like a deep sea anglerfish, holding its lantern before its gaping maw. So here it is, as our …
Like the Tube Map, the Periodic Table is an endlessly fascinating thing. Over the years, the format has been adapted to all kinds of schemes. We thought it was about time someone tried to make sense of London in this way. Can you work out …
Buoyed on by the huge public response to the recent art work in their old tram tunnel, Camden Council have decided to build in a more permanent attraction. The Kingsway Ghost Train will convey terrified passengers underneath the highway, coming to rest at the abandoned …
Tom from Tired of London Tired of Life sends us this pic of an unusual plinthian from the One and Other art project. Boris Johnson, fresh from last night’s surreal Newsnight interview, stands atop the fourth plinth waving the flag of double-deckered transport. Rival Ken …
London just hasn’t been weird enough of late. So we’re bringing back Touch Up London, a selection of postcards from an alternate reality London. We’ll kick off the series again from next week. In the meantime here are a few favourites from the past four …
You may just have noticed all the hoo-ha in recent days about TfL’s bold decision to remove the Thames and Zone boundaries from the Tube map (and the subsequent wrist slap from the Mayor). Not bold enough, we say. Let’s sand away all the extraneous …
With more snow on the way, our friend Mehrdad sends us this example of white-sky thinking to solve the transport problems: carve up underground trains to make cable cars. Check out Mehrdad’s blog, Aref-Adib, for a staggering collection of photoshops, look-alikes and other visual amusements. …
A giant erection, yesterday. As noted by the BBC, the recently restored Monument is effectively crowded out of the skyline by office blocks. Fortunately, excavation beneath the column foundations uncovered a clockwork jacking mechanism installed by Robert Hooke. The column now stands proudly over the …
As former KGB officer Alexander Lebedev moves to buy the Evening Standard, we get a sneak peek at the front page of tonight’s West End Final edition.
Left: The new Routemaster, Right: An alien, yesterday Hmm, that new design for the Routemaster really does look familiar…
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