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COMING SOON - STRATFORD JUNCTION

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      Not so long ago, Stratford was a forgotten corner of East London. It had excellent transport links, but few people came unless they had to.     Then everything changed.     First came Westfield. Then the 2012 Olympics transformed the area. The Elizabeth Line followed, and suddenly Stratford was one of London's best-connected destinations. Developers arrived like bees round a honeypot, with new homes, offices and hotels appearing in every direction.      Yet one sizeable pocket remains undeveloped.      Tucked away between the railway lines is a forgotten enclave with ambitious plans for the future. Right now it's little more than a hidden canvas, home to a convoy of old double-decker buses covered in murals. One day, if the vision becomes reality, it hopes to be one of London's newest cultural quarters, with street art, street food, entertainment venues and, eventually, apartments and hotels.      I re...
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TUBE TREASURE TROVE (C-D)

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TUBE TREASURE TROVE (C-D)      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 the ident...
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