The roundel that got cancelled
There’s a display in the Transport Museum of roundels used by TfL, but one of them shouldn’t be there.
There’s a display in the Transport Museum of roundels used by TfL, but one of them shouldn’t be there.
The largest ever Bronze Age hoard to be discovered in London, and the third largest of its kind in the UK, has been unearthed in Havering. A total of 453 bronze objects dating between c.900 and c.800 BC have been…
The V&A’s Museum of Childhood in East London has secured planning permission for a large revamp of the listed building.
A document that is so rare and fragile that it can only be seen for a few weeks each year has gone on display in the British Museum.
Released to tie in with an exhibition of the same name, this book is a picture rich journey through some of the disused and hidden spaces on the London Underground.
There’s a chance next month to visit a part of the Jubilee line rarely seen – the overrun tunnels that run beyond Charing Cross station towards Aldwych.
As you step through the familiar terracotta frontage of an old tube station it’s difficult to believe you’re two floors above ground, and not deep under it.
This is more significant than it sounds, as it’s one of only three items of silver plate known to have belonged to Pepys as part of his personal collection and is now the only one on display in the UK.
It’s a curious thing, Moquette, that hard wearing fabric in bold designs that seems to spark strong passions in people. Is it the design, the familiarity, the heritage, the links with London Transport?
Alongside the design of the stations, London Underground’s posters heritage is justly world-famous.
On this anniversary year of the moon landings, one of the many exhibitions that are opening is in London, and looks not just at the moon landing, but at the moon entire.
An intricate British-made watch which sold in 2017 for £3.2 million has gone on display in the Science Museum for the next few years.
A relief from the prices that steam trains have to charge for trips, as a 1950s vintage trains offers affordable runs along part of the Metropolitan line in September.
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street is of the sort of age that you should never mention about a lady, but she’s dug out an object for every year of her life.
It’s a compliment of sorts when your museum is so popular that it has to stop allowing people to just turn up and visit.
Self driving cars may seem like a modern invention, but they’re much older than you might realise.
Deep within the Natural History Museum is a huge cavernous space filled with a giant floating replica of the moon.
There will be a chance to go behind the scenes at Piccadilly Circus tube station as part of the expanding Hidden London tours from the London Transport Museum.
A new exhibition that is less James Bond and more Q looks at the history of how British spies kept their secrets safe from enemies.
Following the success of the large glowing tube roundels sold by the London Transport Museum, they’ve launched a smaller version as well.
Nearly 20 years ago, the Horniman Museum in South London expanded, and now they need to do so again.
Although Smithfields is still a functioning meat market, about half of the Victorian buildings are derelict and this weekend is a chance to go inside.
The Science Museum is celebrating the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with a special screening of The Clangers – in its huge IMAX cinema.
Famous for its 18th century alms house buildings, the Geffrye Museum is currently being gutted and turned into something rather interesting.