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Modern London Maps

Posted on Sunday 24 August 2025 by Oliver O’Brien

Ever thought we should be a book? Well, Modern London Maps, while unrelated to Mapping London, is probably quite close to the book that we

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East End Independents – 2018 Edition

Posted on Saturday 1 December 2018 by Oliver O’Brien

This lovely map, hand-created by artist-cartographer Adam Dant, which was commissioned by the East End Trades Guild, is launched today at their Christmas takeover of Old Spitalfields Market – you’ll be able to pick up a free copy there. The map shows the locations of some of the more interesting traders and small businesses in […]

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East End Independents

Posted on Monday 4 December 2017 by Oliver O’Brien

This hand-sketched map has been produced by Adam Dant and Herb Lester, for the East End Trades Guild, to promote over 200 small businesses based in east and north-east London. Over a hundred of these are independent shops, cafes and restaurants to visit. The map is presented with an unusual projection, focusing on Columbia Road […]

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Route Plan Roll Cycle Map

Posted on Monday 6 February 2017 by Oliver O’Brien

Cycling in London is on the increase, however it can be tricky to discover the best routes for cycling in London – the ones that use proper infrastructure, or avoid busy roads, while still getting you from A to B in an efficient manner. Cycling maps are tricky to do – on the one hand, […]

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Greetings from London

Posted on Friday 24 June 2016 by James Cheshire

London boasts over 300 different spoken languages – more than any other city in the world. The capital’s lingua franca, of course, remains English: 78% of Londoners cited it as their ‘main’ language in the 2011 Census. The other 22% speak in different tongues, including Urdu, Somali and Tagalog. This map from London: The Information Capital celebrates […]

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UK Data Explorer: Maps of London’s 2011 Census

Posted on Friday 11 October 2013 by Oliver O’Brien

One of my earliest projects at UCL, back in 2009, was t […]

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Second Languages

Posted on Thursday 13 June 2013 by Oliver O’Brien

A map full of striking patterns, from Savills’ an […]

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Fear of Failure

Posted on Monday 8 April 2013 by Jon Reades

An ongoing preoccupation of many governments, but perhaps most especially this one, has been the fostering of innovation and the training of the next generation of entrepreneurs. The positioning of tertiary education under Business, Innovation & Skills is one obvious … Continue reading →

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