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Tag Archives: London
It’s Quicker By Rail
Between 1920 and 1950, the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest rail company in Britain. The railway commissioned a wonderful series of posters to advertise its passenger services and to encourage travel to vacation destinations around … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Berwick upon Tweed, Great Britain, London, Scotland, Yorkshire
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London Calling
The British design studio Dorothy has created a map of the United Kingdom incorporating the titles of more than 1,400 pop songs. The map places the names of tracks in the precise location that the music references, imagining a musical … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Maps, Music
Tagged Cardiff, Liverpool, London, Sheff, The Clash, United Kingdom
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Gross Domestic Product
The anonymous street artist and provocateur Banksy has opened a new online store, called Gross Domestic Product. The launch was heralded by an art installation-come-shop in the London Borough of Croydon, which stocks Banksy-related merchandise. However, the IRL store can’t … Continue reading
London : Food For Thought
My favorite London travel book store Stanfords has opened a food-themed bookshop in a joint venture with street food pioneers KERB “to showcase London’s food and cultural history through literature,” the Bookseller reported. Market Bookshop will be a permanent fixture at the newly opened Seven Dials Market in Covent … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Restaurants, Tourism
Tagged Covent Garden, London, London markets, Stanfords
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Reading Cities
When I am planning my travels, I always spend time reading about the destinations. Those of you who follow TBTP know that I am devoted to old school travel guidebooks, but I also do my due diligence by reading both … Continue reading
Never Underestimate The Hanseatic League
This recently discovered map of London from 1572 was created by the engraver Frans Hogenburg. Commissioned by the free-wheeling capitalists of the Hanseatic League,it provides a fascinating aerial view of the rapidly growing capital city. It shows that there was … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, History, Maps
Tagged Cartography, City of London, Hanseatic League, London
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Alternative Literary Mapping
Map loving bibliophiles at In The Book designed this clever alternative London Tube map, replacing actual station names with titles from novels set nearby. Covering just zones one and two, the map features book titles from authors including Zadie Smith, Arthur Conan … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Maps, Public Transport, Writing
Tagged Charles Dickens, Graham Greene, London, London Underground, Zadie Smith
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Global Dickens
I’m hoping that I will be able to catch the just opened exhibition called Global Dickens: For Every Nation Upon Earth this Fall at London’s excellent Dickens Museum. The show runs from this week through November 3, 2019. Here’s what … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Museums, Writing
Tagged Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens Museum, London, Robert Falcon Scott
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Making Your Mark
Most of us don’t give a second thought to the greatest human achievement in history. But now the British Museum’s new interactive exhibition Writing: Marking Your Mark is celebrating more than 5,000 years of our most amazing legacy. The exhibit, which runs … Continue reading
Look for the Book Label
Over the many years that I have been collecting and selling antiquarian and secondhand books, I have been intrigued by the small booksellers’ labels that were once a fixture in the book trade. These are typically diminutive, usually small rectangles … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe
Tagged book labels, booksellers, London, Paris, Venice
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