Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.

Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.

geekery - Archive Articles

Babylon 5 is coming to Blu-Ray
Babylon 5 is coming to Blu-Ray

Babylon 5 is coming to Blu-Ray

This is pure nerdy indulgence, to talk about a 1990s science fiction show - but Babylon 5 is amazing, and is being released on Blu-Ray at long last.

Jul
21
2023
Huge sale of Film and TV memorabilia
Huge sale of Film and TV memorabilia

Huge sale of Film and TV memorabilia

Next month, there's going to be a sale in London of over 1,000 movie and television memorabilia, with a lot of fantasy and science-fiction up for sale.

Oct
13
2021
Lose yourself in this 8-bit train driving simulator
Lose yourself in this 8-bit train driving simulator

Lose yourself in this 8-bit train driving simulator

If there had been a train driving simulator for the ZX Spectrum, this might have been it.

Feb
10
2021
Glowing dinosaurs for your night light
Glowing dinosaurs for your night light

Glowing dinosaurs for your night light

Something to delight most people, a glowing dinosaur night light, from an OXO Tower based neon light manufacturer.

Feb
03
2021

Watch “Father Christmas” fly over London on Christmas morning

Father Christmas -- in the guise of the International Space Station -- will be flying over London early on Christmas morning.

Dec
16
2020
Small green robots to drive around Hounslow
Small green robots to drive around Hounslow

Small green robots to drive around Hounslow

Look out, there's a fleet of green robot cars driving around Hounslow, and they're delivering medicines.

Nov
11
2020
Make your own cut out models of old computers
Make your own cut out models of old computers

Make your own cut out models of old computers

Here's something for person's of a certain age to geek out about - models of 1980s computers.

Apr
30
2020
Lecture videos to watch from home
Lecture videos to watch from home

Lecture videos to watch from home

With many of us being discouraged from going out, why not catch up on all those interesting lectures you missed in the past?

Mar
20
2020
The Science Museum’s “tube map” of the Solar System
The Science Museum’s “tube map” of the Solar System

The Science Museum’s “tube map” of the Solar System

Spotted this in the Science Museum the other day - a range of goods for sale with a map of the Solar System which will look very familiar to London Underground fans.

Jan
02
2020
The London Underground in LEGO?
The London Underground in LEGO?

The London Underground in LEGO?

Fancy assembling a tube station from LEGO bricks? If yes, then there may be a chance to do so if this proposal gets the go ahead.

Dec
03
2019
New map shows tunnel boring machines under the Thames
New map shows tunnel boring machines under the Thames

New map shows tunnel boring machines under the Thames

As a series of tunnel boring machines drill a huge sewer underneath the River Thames, a map shows their live(ish) progress.

Nov
20
2019
20 geeky Christmas gifts for Londoners
20 geeky Christmas gifts for Londoners

20 geeky Christmas gifts for Londoners

Decorations are starting to go up, pubs are advertising xmas lunches, and someone in the office is wearing a garish jumper, so here’s a selection of 20 gifts that would look exceptionally good in my, I mean, your living room.

Nov
06
2019
Have you seen the Open Infrastructure Map?
Have you seen the Open Infrastructure Map?

Have you seen the Open Infrastructure Map?

Prepare to lose a lot of time just idly zooming around a map that shows major power cables and facilities not just in the UK, but world wide.

Oct
28
2019
The story behind the Earl’s Court TARDIS
The story behind the Earl’s Court TARDIS

The story behind the Earl’s Court TARDIS

Sitting outside Earl's Court tube station is a blue police box -- a TARDIS -- the first to be introduced to London since 1969, and it was built by London Underground.

Oct
23
2019
Help colour in London’s buildings
Help colour in London’s buildings

Help colour in London’s buildings

A new app and website have been launched and is encouraging people to record details of all the buildings around them.

Oct
03
2019
The year a London Underground train appeared in a ZX Spectrum
The year a London Underground train appeared in a ZX Spectrum

The year a London Underground train appeared in a ZX Spectrum

Back in the heady days of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one game stood out -- because it featured a London Underground tube train.

Aug
27
2019

A celebration of chemistry in South Kensington

To celebrate 150 years of the Periodic Table of the Elements in 2019, there is to be a celebration of chemistry starting next month.

Feb
03
2019
50th Anniversary of Quatermass and the Pit
50th Anniversary of Quatermass and the Pit

50th Anniversary of Quatermass and the Pit

One for both horror film fans and tube geeks - as next month marks the 50th anniversary of Martians being discovered in a London tube station.

Oct
22
2017
Plans to use heat from tube tunnels to warm homes
Plans to use heat from tube tunnels to warm homes

Plans to use heat from tube tunnels to warm homes

An experiment is underway that will soon see heat from tube train tunnels being used to heat homes and businesses around parts of Islington.

Sep
21
2017
Tickets Alert: Vintage computer games return to the Science Museum
Tickets Alert: Vintage computer games return to the Science Museum

Tickets Alert: Vintage computer games return to the Science Museum

Last year, a vast room was filled with digital explosions and 8-bit graphics to the delight of many, and it's returning again next month.

Sep
06
2017
A tube map for the Milky Way
A tube map for the Milky Way

A tube map for the Milky Way

A variant of the tube map has been created that shows every constellation in the night sky as a train station on a map of truly galactic proportions.

May
25
2017
A room full of BBC Microcomputers comes to East London
A room full of BBC Microcomputers comes to East London

A room full of BBC Microcomputers comes to East London

For people of a certain age, there are few more nostalgia boosting views than a room full of flat beige boxes, each with a small dot matrix owl on the top corner.

Apr
02
2017
Big upgrade for City of London’s Wi-Fi and mobile coverage
Big upgrade for City of London’s Wi-Fi and mobile coverage

Big upgrade for City of London’s Wi-Fi and mobile coverage

Proposals to expand free Wi-Fi and improve mobile coverage across the Square Mile have been given the green light.

Jan
09
2017
A festival of vintage computer games at the Science Museum
A festival of vintage computer games at the Science Museum

A festival of vintage computer games at the Science Museum

A long cavernous space within the Science Museum has been filled with over 160 retro computer games, from the earliest Pong to fairly recent 3D virtual reality headsets.

Jul
22
2016