The London Daily Newsletter Thursday 6 July

Mark Lane station
Mark Lane is a disused Circle and District line Underground station.

Mark Lane station was opened on 6 October 1884 and replaced the short-lived Tower of London station, which was closed when the Metropolitan Railway and District Railway were connected to form the Circle line and a larger station was required. In 1946, the station was renamed Tower Hill. It was originally named after Mark Lane, the street on which it is located, slightly west of the current Tower Hill station that replaced it in 1967.

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: Flying into LCY
A simulated flight into LCY courtesy of Google Earth Studio.