The Blue Riband
- 128 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Charts the progress of the dream of grandeur and aspiration in London. Part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, this title is also available in a boxset.
Penguin Lines – Celebrate 150 years of the London UndergroundSeries
This collection delves into the vibrant heart of a metropolis, celebrating 150 years of the iconic London Underground. Twelve celebrated authors draw inspiration from individual Tube lines to uncover a tapestry of human stories. Ranging from intimate reflections to polemical insights, these narratives explore how our environment shapes us and the invisible threads that connect us within the urban landscape.
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Written by the author of Important Artifacts and Personal Property, this book creates an authorly and artistic response to travel, work and being a passenger. It is part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin.
Mind The Child
- 160 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Presents the voices of some of London's children, in partnership with the charity's founder Camila Batmanghelidjh. This title is part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin.
Part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, this title tells the darkly humorous tales of the author's escapades on the Tube.
A Tube train is trapped underground due to an economic collapse above. It explores how this situation arose and how the passengers will escape, potentially breaking the unspoken rules of Underground etiquette by communicating with one another.
Drift
- 128 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Takes us in Drift on a voyage through London - a journey without the typical purposes of a journey, an artistic, psychogeographical path.
Part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, this title looks at the relationship between city and country, and how this brings out the power of nature.