LONDON on the Ground

From its roundel, tube map and station architecture to clocks, wall tiles and lamps, London Underground is a major patron of art and design. The Underground has been essential to the commercial, leisure and tourist life of London since 1863. It is also home to a stunning array of iconic designs, many of which go unnoticed by travellers on its more than 1.2 billion annual passenger journeys. Here is my personal selection of 10 design icons of the Underground. Walks available

The City of London’s largest shopping centre offers stunning views of St Paul’s and beyond (it also has shops). One New Change Opened in 2010, One New Change occupies a whole block, bounded by New Change, Cheapside, Bread Street and Watling Street. It is the second post World War II building on this site, replacing offices built in 1957 (on what had been a bomb site) for the Accountant’s Department of the Bank of England. Walks available for booking For a schedule of forthcom

An Islington school has a Grade II listed 1964 public artwork by William Mitchell. Outside the City of London Academy Islington, a...