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Tag Archives: London
Google Maps Proves We Are Living In A Simulation
I don’t know about you, but I seem to use Google Maps almost daily. It’s hard to imagine traveling without it any more. Now Google Maps is adding a novel way to navigate cities in the form of highly detailed … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Film, Maps, Tech, Tourism
Tagged AI, Google Maps, London, Tokyo
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Don’t Call It The Underground (but it is)
If you visit here on a regular basis, you are well aware that we at TBTP World HQ are big fans of urban transit networks. So we get preternaturally excited when a new service launches in one of our favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged London, London Underground, TFL, United Kingdom
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Down and Out in Paris
In 1928, a former Colonial police officer and aspiring author named Eric Arthur Blair moved from his London home to Paris in order to buckle down and launch his writing career. The move didn’t work out so well, but it … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, History, Maps, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Eric Arthur Blair, George Orwell, London, Paris
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Sundry Sunday Seven
January 1, 2022 was Public Domain Day here in the USA. Among the works entering the public domain was Heminway’s great novel The Sun Also Rises. The Center for the Study of the Public Domain lists thousands of books and recordings … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Asia, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Hotels, Museums, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged China, Chinatown, London, New York City, Poetry
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A Merry Underground Christmas
For more than a century, London Transport has used posters to promote travel around the winter holidays. At Christmas, festive posters would appear on the network to encourage travelling via Underground for Christmas shopping or to get to winter sales, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged England, London, London Underground, TFL, United Kingdom
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Van Gogh’s London
As I have previously mentioned, I have long been an enormous fan of London as a travel destination. In fact, during the previous century I even wrote a travel guidebook for budget travel to the British capital. But I was … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Britain, London, Vincent Van Gogh
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House of Dreams
Over the years, I have visited dozens of museums in and around London, but I haven’t found my way to the wonderful House of Dreams yet. The next time that I’m in London I will certainly make time to see … Continue reading
Not the 36 Views of Mt. Fuji
I imagine that most folks are well acquainted with the iconic series of Japanese woodblock prints titled Thirty -Six Views of Mount Fuji. Even those who are unfamiliar with the work of Katsushika Hokusai who was a 19th century Japanese … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Europe, History
Tagged Hokusai, Japan, London, Ukiyo-e, woodblock printing
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Improving on the Travel Notebook
If you are a writer, or a traveler, or even a travel writer, it’s quite likely that at one time or another you have utilized an iconic Moleskine notebook (or in some of our cases a very good knock-off). But … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Europe, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged London, Milan, Moleskine, New York City
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Songs of Experience
The animated film (below ) by Alex Robinson transposes William Blake’s 1794 poem London over images of an imagined contemporary London. The Blake poem references the effects of an oppressive society on people and nature. The piece is taken from … Continue reading