The London Daily Newsletter Thursday 26 January

North Finchley
North Finchley is centred on Tally Ho Corner, the junction of the roads to East Finchley, Finchley Central and Whetstone.

The name of the whole of the modern area covering North Finchley and neighbouring Whetstone was North End, a name first used in 1462. The rapid enclosure of the countryside in the first years of the nineteenth century meant the end of Finchley Common in 1816, opening up North Finchley from urbanisation – this still took a while nevertheless. 21 cottages were built in Lodge Lane during 1824 and by the 1830s there were other houses – even a chapel by 1837. By 1839 North Finchley had a blacksmith (on Lodge Lane and not the High Road). In 1851 there was a regular bus service from the ’Torrington’ to Charing Cross and next came the local railway lines. Christ Church was opened in 1870 and a new parish was formed in 1872. In 1905 the Metropolitan Electric Tramways started a route between Highgate and Whetstone – a tram depot was opened in Woodberry Grove. Trams and buses together promoted North Finchley’s development.

TUM Book Club: Tube Mapper Project
Photographer Luke Agbaimoni created the Tube Mapper project allowing him to be creative, fitting photography around his lifestyle and adding stations on his daily commute.

The Underground is the backbone of the city of London, a part of our identity. It’s a network of shared experiences and visual memories, and most Londoners and visitors to the city will at some point have an interaction with the London Underground tube and train network. Photographer Luke Agbaimoni gave up city-scape night photography after the birth of his first child, but creating the Tube Mapper project allowed him to continue being creative, fitting photography around his new lifestyle and adding stations on his daily commute. His memorable photographs consider such themes as symmetry, reflections, tunnels and escalators, as well as simply pointing out and appreciating the way the light falls on a platform in an evening sunset. This book reveals the London every commuter knows in a unique, vibrant and arresting style.

Christmas, Tower of London Ice Rink New English Art Club 2018 annual exhibition

Andrew Macara

Video: You Can’t Always Get What You Wanstead
Jago Hazzard went to the far reaches of the Central Line