From a futuristic time travel map to an 'inside out' version, many cartographers have had a go at improving the world-famous London Underground map. The most recent attempt was from University of ...

An exhibition at the British Library shows how historic maps project power, propaganda and art. In examples from London, heads on spikes, air-brushed slums and "al-fresco bonking" mark out the city's ...

Over the course of a few decades ending in the mid-’70s, architects such as Erno Goldfinger, Alison and Peter Smithson, and Sir Basil Spence made London a brutalist playground. Forty years later, many ...

Explore the fascinating history of a Roman city located in London. Discover the key historical insights and mapped locations ...

Any commuter knows the frustration of watching the train they've just run for already pulling away from the platform. But an incredible new version of the London Underground map promises to make ...

London commuters are set to face yet another spell of chaos as Tube workers walk out on strike once again this week. Members of the RMT Union will strike for 24 hours as the ongoing dispute over jobs, ...

London is a city without an organizing principle. Its streets aren't numbered, like New York's, or lettered, like those in Washington, D.C. It's not laid out on a grid, like Chicago, and no Haussmann ...

The pre-industrial revolution capital was still the largest in the world at the time - but appears an oasis of green compared to today's urban jungle A REMARKABLE early 19th century map of London has ...

Prepare for a subway smorgasbord. Synesthete James Wannerton has cataloged the taste of all 350+ stations on the London Underground. It’s taken him the better part of 38 years to complete. What does a ...

How do cities make us feel? Does the Champs-Élysées elicit happy emotions? Does the East River generate fear? A new project from Stanford’s Literary Lab attempts to show how British novels of the 18th ...