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Tube Map Travels is about the unofficial maps of the London Underground, the ones which were not produced by TfL or any of its predecessors and which, in fact, TfL might like to suppress if it were possible.

From our How To Read Maps series: how do you map something that might not be real?

We must let you know about a fantastic recent development in our collective knowledge of maps.

From our How To Read Maps series: why do mapmakers leave blank spaces?

It was with genuine pleasure that we received an invitation to the launch of Jonathon Green's latest book on slang, 'Sounds and Furies'. Green has been working in this field for over 40 years, and there can be few people with his depth of knowledge.

Two of our interests combine on this 1937 lunch menu: liner dining and pictorial maps. It was used by diners on the RMS Queen Mary, and its cover features Macdonald Gill’s art deco map of the north Atlantic.

From our How To Read Maps series: we look at depictions of the sea.

This set of maps of the Surrey Commercial Docks was published in May 1905. Most of the Surrey Docks have been filled and redeveloped for housing, but the southwestern corner of Greenland Dock still exists, so I thought I'd get the Thames Clipper to Surrey Quays and take the map home.

This year's book from the London Topographical Society captures ‘the audacity of laying a ribbon of stone across such a powerful river’ – and then building on it

Our friend and supernatural seasonal customer The Literate Pumpkin recommends some Hallowe'en reading.

From our How To Read Maps series: how mapmakers draw hills and mountains.

This is a delightful book, its narrative flowing with the tidal reaches of the Thames from Teddington all the way east to Tilbury, right out on the Estuary.