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D⊙⊙DLE DISCOVERY / GROSVENOR SQUARE

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  D⊙⊙DLE DISCOVERY / GROSVENOR SQUARE     If you're heading into the Central London for lunch, shopping or a show, there are two free attractions worth adding to your itinerary...      Five large sculptures by artist Mr D⊙⊙dle have been installed across London's West End. If you (and your kids) look closely, the detail within each figure is themed to reflect a different feature of the West End. Leicester Square    Blue Robot - community and creativity                             Yellow Fish - cinema                     Piccadilly Circus    Pink Character - art galleries                    Yellow  Flower - theatre               St James's Market Red Cyclops - food and drink Mr D⊙⊙dle's West End Wall It's all free...
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TUBE TREASURE TROVE (I-L)

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    TUBE TREASURE TROVE (I-L)      This is an A–Z of London’s most interesting Underground stations. In an age where we are often looking down at our phones, Tube Treasure Trove is an invitation to look up and discover the architecture, history and oddities hiding in plain sight - on what might otherwise be a mundane journey, perhaps one made many times before. Preface (short version) :       London's Metropolitan line was the world’s first underground. Opening in 1863, i t was a 3.5-mile Victorian steam railway with seven stations running from Paddington to Farringdon.        More than 160 years later, the network has grown into a living museum of architecture, engineering and graphic design. Today the Underground carries around four million passengers on a typical weekday across 272 stations. The Visionaries Frank Pick – The d esign visionary of London's transport system from 1908 until his retirement in 1940, Pick shaped t...
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