Tag: transport

Categories / Food and Drink, Travel

London Double Decker bus teapot

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There seems to be no shortage of products for the home inspired by London's transport system, the latest being this Double Decker bus teapot. 

It's an attractive white teapot decorated with images of the Routemaster, all number 73 en route to Victoria Station. The buses aren't just the traditional red either, but also in colours like powder blue and green. As a finishing touch the lid of the teapot is decorated with an image of the push button you'd press when you'd want the bus to stop. 

The teapot costs £14.99 and you can also get accompanying large drinking mugs for £4.99. 

Buy it from Rockett St George

Categories / Art and Photography, Books

Art for All: British Posters for Transport

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Art for All

If the Modern British Posters book and exhibition appealed to you, here's another book focusing on the topic, Art for All: British Posters for Transport. 

As the title makes implies, the emphasis here is on posters designed for London Underground and the railways, dating from 1908 when the publicity programme was started by London Underground. Its 208 pages feature many well known poster works, it also examines great examples of the work of McKnight Kauffer in more detail.

Offering a great overview of the topic, the book accompanies an exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art in America and uses work from their collection, alongside images from the London Transport Museum and National Railway Museum in York. 

Buy it for £23.77 from Amazon  

Categories / Film and TV

London on Film DVDs

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London on film

More views of London, this time through archival footage courtesy of the London on Film DVDs. The collection of eight DVDs is the result of a collaboration between Independent Film Studios and ITN Source New Classics – ITN's historical archive.

Each DVD is about an hour long and uses the historical news footage to focus on a different aspect of the city's history, covering quite a diverse range of topics: there's two on the history of the East End starting from 1900 and going up to the 70s, two on London in the 50s, while the others look at the Krays, Lost Docks, Railways and Haunted London. There are plans to release 100 DVDs in the London on Film series over the next five years so, if nothing appeals to you there, there's bound to be something to capture your interest eventually. 

The DVDs cost £9.99 each. 

Buy them from Archive Film shop