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An architecture tour with a difference next month, as a Routmaster bus offers a tour around the City of London focusing on preparations for the Elizabeth line.

Another of those model magazine series is launching today, but this is the first to hold an official license from TfL.

When airports were young, and terminal buildings younger, there was an experiment with airport terminals being built in the centre of London.

Jonathan Meades once described Croydon as London's filing cabinet, and later this month there will be a chance to take a look around the cupboards.

Fancy traveling in a vintage green routemaster bus conducting tours around London's architecture?

A display of some of the 60 new mini Boris Buses took place in central London this morning causing more than a few heads to turn and people to point and giggle at the sight.

Another of London's new Routemaster buses has been given an advertising makeover -- this time by the guitar brand, Fender Stratocaster, which is marking its own 60th anniversary this year.

What is said to be the largest ever display of heritage Routemaster buses takes place this weekend at Finsbury Park.

Next month's huge Routemaster bus pageant is getting bigger -- as they have announced that a total of 112 buses have booked to attend, making it certainly the largest such gathering London has seen in many years.

Earlier today, a planned press launch for the Year of the Bus descended somewhat into farce as protesters tried to drown out the event.

TfL is proposing to remove the heritage buses from the route this coming July.

Since the mid 1930s, London's buses have been like the first Ford motor car, available in one colour, although in London's case it was Red rather than black. But there was a chink in the crimson armour in 1961 -- a sole interloper emerged as an experiment.