London Transport Posters celebrates a century of outstanding graphic design commissioned by the Underground, London Transport, & its present-day successor, Transport for London. This book explores the organisation's pioneering role as Britain's greatest patron of poster art, a unique role developed in the early twentieth century under the visionary leadership of Frank Pick. The selected artworks & posters, many published here for the first time, reflect a dazzling variety of period styles & techniques, produced by an extraordinary range of artists & designers attracted by the Underground's world-wide reputation. The resulting legacy

Includes:: works by practitioners as diverse as John Hassall, Edward Mc Knight Kauffer, Laura Knight, Man Ray, Paul Nash, Graham Sutherl&, Abram Games, William Roberts, Howard Hodgkin & David Shrigley. Drawing on newly researched sources in the archives of London Transport Museum & Transport for London, this book discusses & illustrates the different styles & themes emerging from the posters over the last hundred years. These include the contrasting approaches of commercial graphic designers & the group of modernist avant-garde artists commissioned by the Underground in the 1920s & 1930s; the use of posters to support the expansion of the Tube by attracting new audiences & selling an aspirational vision of suburbia; the important role of women in the development of poster advertising both as designers & consumers; the different uses of the transport poster during two world wars; the changing fortunes of the poster in the post-war period; &, the public view of posters from 1908 to the present day. More than 250 images are drawn from the London Transport Museum's collection of over 5000 posters & artworks, which represents the most complete graphic archive of its kind to be assembled by a single organisation over so long a period anywhere in the world. London Transport Posters: A Century of Art & Design is richly illustrated with examples of posters from all periods, & will be an invaluable reference book & visual resource for all those with an interest in twentieth-century design.

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London Travel Information Mini Map from Geographers' A-Z Map Company combines nesting under its pocket-size cover two separate fold-out sheets to provide a comprehensive listing of public transport options in central London.- A diagram of the Transport for London Underground, Overground & DLR network- A combined map of the Transport for London network plus railway services within Greater London & the surrounding area- A simplified street plan of central London with bus routes, plus Underground stations, river piers & main sights- A list of bus routes within central London- A map of the Thames between Putney & Greenwich showing river bus & river tours services with further tourist information Current edition of this map was published in 2012. ...

The London Travel Pack is a unique multimedia guide to the city that

Includes:: a standard London guide, London

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From venerable Westminster Abbey to the cutting-edge exhibitions of the Tate Modern art museum, from the Tower of London`s imposing facades to idyllic St. James`s Park, London`s storied history & myriad charms are irresistible. It`s all here: the great historical sites, newer destinations, such as the revolving London Eye, the shopping & business district around East London`s Docklands, & the rebuilt Globe Theatre on the trendy South Bank. ...

London has witnessed everything from pilgrimages, celebrations, acts of heroism & moments of religious contemplation to riots, executions, grisly murders & disastrous fires. It is a history of work & capital, of power & exuberance, & of great creativity from a rich host of artists & writers, Shakespeare & Dickens among them, but also of violent crime, exploitation, loneliness & extreme hardship; life in the poverty ridden East of the city could not be more different than life in its opulent West End. Drawing upon extracts from contemporary letters, diaries & memoirs of fascinating inhabitants & visitors, this anthology by acclaimed London historian Peter Ackroyd & Thomas Wright tells the story of the city from its earliest years up to the present day. Here you will find Evelyn's famous account of the Great Fire in 1666, Dickens' brilliant evocation of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Boswell's description of the compilation of Dr Johnson's Dictionary, & Churchill's recollections of the Blitz. Modern visitors & armchair readers alike are given a ringside view to the past & an unforgettable experience of the essential spirit of London. ...

This unique London guidebook opens the doors to more than sixty of the capital`s most intriguing places, all visitable but not widely known. From museums of the unusual, places of worship, palaces of entertainment to some of the most historic & ornate shops, houses & hostelries in the city, take a trip through the capital`s hidden treasure & discover a picture of a London which is strange, gaudy, grand & inventive. Describing the history & the character of each place, the book uncovers a wealth of stories about an endlessly fascinating world city with its own unique character. This fresh edition for 2018

Includes:: over a dozen new locations, including the Dennis Severs House, Les Ambassadeurs Casino & Sir John Soane`s Museum. Introduction Cleopatra`s Needle St Pancras Renaissance Hotel Isabella Plantation Leake Street Historical Homes Syon House Charles Dickens Museum Apsley House Eltham Palace Leighton House Two Temple Place Kew Palace & The Royal Botanical Gardens Freud`s House Kenwood House Dennis Severs House Handel & Hendrix House Drinking & Dining Beefeater Distillery Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Bibendum L. Manze Smeathfield Meat Market The Ivy The Black Friar Berry Bros. & Rudd Palaces of Entertainment The Rivoli Ballroom Wilton`s Music Hall Normansfield Theatre Wigmore Hall Gala Bingo Club Repton Park Pool The Royal Automobile Club Les Ambassadeurs Places of Worship Westminster Cathedral London Peace Pagoda Masonic Temple at Andaz Liverpool Street Hotel St Bartholomew the Great St Mary-le-Bow Shri Sanatan Hindu Mandir Remarkable Shops Lass Co Salvage L. Cornelissen & Son Lock & Co. Hatters Steinway & Sons James Smith & Sons John Lobb Ltd Education & Technology The Charterhouse Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret The Ragged School Museum London Museum of Water & Steam Royal Institution of Great Britain Rail Mail Inns of Court The Honourable Society of Lincoln`s Inn The Honourable Society of Gray`s Inn The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple The Temple Church Unusual Museums The RAF Museum Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms HMS Belfast The Monument Wimbledon Windmill Design Museum Sir John Soane`s Museum Praise for Peter Dazeley & Mark Daly`s previous book Unseen London:`A thrilling tour behind the closed doors of the capital city`s buildings.` Daily Telegraph` Dazeley captures the atmosphere of each building to perfection.` Daily Express` Fascinating.` Fabric magazine`A joy` Evening Standard

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London Uncovered opens the doors to sixty of the capital`s most intriguing places, all visitable but not widely known. Peter Dazely has photographed museums of the unusual, places of worship, palaces of entertainment & some of the most historic & ornate shops, houses & hostelries in the city. Collectively, Dazeley`s images form a picture of a London which is strange, gaudy, grand & inventive, an endlessly fascinating world city with its own unique character. Mark Daly describes the history & the character of each place, uncovering a wealth of stories. ...

London Under is a wonderful, atmospheric, imaginative, oozing short study of everything that goes on under London, from original springs & streams & Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts & modern Tube stations. The depth below is hot, warmer than the surface, & tunnels down through the geological layers, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness, real & fictional ...

” London Under” is an atmospheric, imaginative introduction to everything that goes on under London, from original springs & streams & Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts & modern Underground stations. This book tunnels down through the geological layers, meeting the creatures, both real & fictional, that dwell in the darkness
- rats & eels, monsters & ghosts. From the Anglo-Saxon graves under St Paul`s, to the hydraulic device in Kensal Green cemetery which lowered bodies into the catacombs below, to the fossils uncovered when the Victoria Line was built & the gold bars within the Bank of England`s vaults, ” London Under” takes you into a hidden world, beneath our feet.
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London has been under attack for literally centuries. Michael Foley`s book records the dramatic military history of the capital from Roman times until the Second World War & beyond. Throughout its early history London was at the centre of hostilities, not always instigated by foreign enemies, but more often from the city`s own inhabitants or those from other parts of Britain. As well as the terrible Blitz on London during the Second World War, earlier conflicts which made an impact on the city are also documented, including the Civil Wars of twelfth & seventeenth centuries, the wars between King John & the barons, uprisings against the poll tax, the Gordon Riots & numerous other rebellions & conflicts that have been largely forgotten in the twenty-first century. London Under Attack is a must-read for all those interested in military history as well as the turbulent history of our nation`s capital & draws some interesting comparisons between the past & modern times. ...