Marking the centenary of the 1925 Paris exhibition, where Art Deco originated, the exhibition is both a look at the poster designs and a celebration of the many women artists who created them. Over one hundred posters and artworks by design greats Edward McKnight Kauffer, Dora Batty, and Jean Dupas have been pulled from the archives for display, many not seen in exhibitions for many years.
Christie's is set to auction off a rare 1932 draft of the Tube map created by Harry Beck, an Essex-born electrical draughtsman. It features hand-written annotations from Beck and Frederick Stingemore, who designed London Underground maps produced between 1926-1932. Beck created the map while unemployed, shortly after he was laid off by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London. While initially considered radical, his pioneering approach to the sprawling network set a benchmark for every Tube map officially circulated since.
According to statistics recently released by TfL, during the first six months of 2025 there were 907 sexual offences reported across TfL services, an increase from 879 in 2024. According to a Freedom of Information request submitted in August 2024, reported sexual offences on London transport rose by 10 percent - from 2,418 to 2,671 - from 2023 to 2024.
The tube can be stressful at the best of times. It's busy, it's often running late, and on top of it all you've got to keep vigilant to ensure you don't end up stepping off the carriage with fewer belongings than you had when you got on. Phone theft has been a big problem in London in the past few years, but it's not just drive-by robbers you have to be aware of.
Transport for London has apologised after Tube passengers were trapped in a tunnel during the evening rush hour - with one man urinating in the carriage. Standard Tube bosses have made a pay offer to the transport trade unions as negotiations to avert another strike on the network continue. BBC News Eddie Dempsey calls for "compromise" in London Underground "peace talks": Workers must seize the initiative World Socialist
Circle: No service between Edgware Road and Tower Hill (via Victoria). District: No service between Embankment / Edgware Road and Ealing Broadway / Kensington (Olympia) / Richmond / Wimbledon. Piccadilly: No service between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge. Also, no Night Tube service between Hyde Park Corner and Acton Town from 1:50 am to 6:30 am. DLR: No service between Prince Regent and Beckton. Replacement buses will operate.
Tube staff have been offered a three-year pay deal that could avert the threat of more strikes on the London Underground. The deal would provide a 3.4 per cent rise for the current financial year, followed by an amount equal to the RPI rate of interest for 2026/27 and 2027/28. This could mean that all 16,500 Tube staff see their wages rise by around 10 per cent over the three-year period.
In this modern world, we are almost always reachable. Thanks to smartphones, Londoners are just about constantly connected to the internet, making us available for WhatsApps, Slack messages and emails. The only times when we get to go (blissfully, for some) dark is when catching a flight, riding the tube, or, for some inexplicable reason, we're in Covent Garden. But that's all about to change.
Deb Dasgupta, Absolut Vodka's VP Global Marketing, said about the installation: 'Absolut has always believed that art should be open, joyful and for everyone. Keith Haring's work radiated that belief - full of energy, colour and hope. 'With Absolut Haring, we're inviting a new generation to celebrate that spirit in a public space - in an underground station that reflects and connects to the subways that inspired Haring more than forty years ago.'
They're the ones starting and stopping the train, watching for signals, keeping an eye on how the train is performing, and making sure it's safe to open and close the doors at each station. A tube driver's main job is to operate the train safely and make sure everything runs on time. That might sound simple, but there's a lot of focus and responsibility involved.
Even if you've been out of education for decades, there's a real back-to-school energy in the air. After several blissful months of heat waves, beer garden gatherings, al fresco dining and day festivals, the rainy days, earlier sunsets and colder nights have got us all ready for hibernation.
'What is this?' they simply asked, further explaining that they initially dismissed the artworks as advertisements. 'Then I noticed similar ones and started examining them out of aesthetic curiosity. That's when I realised they were part of a series,' they said. 'But the seemingly random red cross at the bottom threw me off: if it's a puzzle, it feels too simple for the effort and resources it must have taken to install; if it's art, then what's the message?'
According to TfL's response, once pressed, emergency buttons on Passenger Help Points (PHP) ring through to the station operations room. If not answered after a certain time the call will be routed through to the London Underground Control Centre. TfL is currently making improvements to the emergency service to ensure that all emergency buttons are routed through to the control centre when pressed so that the caller can receive immediate help.
London is making internet and signal blackouts on the tube a thing of the past. Over the past couple of years TfL has gradually been rolling out 4G and 5G coverage on the London Underground, with key lines now boasting sections with high-speed internet coverage.
On the day it opened, the first train, a six-car 1973 tube stock, arrived at the new terminus, driven by Instructor/Driver Danny Woodward and accompanied by the London Underground's Chief Operating Officer, Mr J Graeme Bruce.
"Miraculously, I survived, but it cost me dearly the first train took my arm, and the second train took my leg... I lost my mobility, my independence, my dignity and, above all, my ability to hug my two young children with both arms."
