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The Beauty of Transport

Transport design, transport architecture, and transport's influence on art and culture. Part travelogue, part history, all transport (but sometimes tangentially so)

Tag: cultural impact of transport

July 8, 2015July 29, 2015

Claude Monet: Railway Enthusiast

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March 19, 2014March 11, 2016

Cook’s Friezer (Thomas Cook Building, Leicester, UK)

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January 15, 2014June 15, 2016

Like Father, Like Son (the transport paintings of Camille and Lucien Pissarro)

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September 4, 2013August 13, 2015

The Many Lives of the Hogwarts Express (Transport from the World of Harry Potter)

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August 14, 2013April 23, 2016

Summer Special: the Ninky Nonk train (In the Night Garden, CBeebies, UK)

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August 7, 2013August 13, 2015

Iron Flowers (Guimard’s Métro Entrances, Paris, France)

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July 24, 2013August 12, 2015

Rivers of Light (Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

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July 18, 2013August 12, 2015

aside: Tube to Bankside (Painting London Underground, Bankside Gallery, London, UK)

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June 5, 2013August 12, 2015

Liner on the Line (Wimbledon “A” signal box, London, UK)

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May 22, 2013August 12, 2015

The Light Fantastic (Heron Quays station, Docklands Light Railway, London, UK)

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May 8, 2013August 12, 2015

So Fast, it’s Just a Blur (Rain, Steam and Speed, by J.M.W.Turner)

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April 24, 2013August 26, 2015

A Night at the Opera (Southwark Underground station, London, UK)

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April 10, 2013August 10, 2015

Lost Beauties #2 and #3: If Mad Men Flew Scottish Style (Glasgow airports, UK)

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March 22, 2013August 10, 2015

Sound of l’overground (SNCF Station Chimes, France)

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March 20, 2013August 10, 2015

Lost Beauty #1: The One that Sailed Away (King’s Cross International, London, UK)

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March 6, 2013December 24, 2015

Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Nanpu Bridge, Shanghai, China)

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March 1, 2013August 10, 2015

Sing When You’re Driving (“Motorway” by Little Boots)

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February 27, 2013November 26, 2016

Once Upon a Train (Railway Myths and Legends)

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February 27, 2013August 10, 2015

Minimonorail

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February 20, 2013August 10, 2015

Shaft! 2 – The Return of Shaft (Kilsby tunnel, Northamptonshire, UK)

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February 14, 2013August 7, 2015

An Elephant in South London (Waterloo International station, London, UK)

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February 13, 2013August 7, 2015

Coach Class (Pramface, series 2 ep 6 “Grumpy and Target Boy”, BBC Three)

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February 6, 2013August 7, 2015

A Gay Colourful Read (Tootles the Taxi and Other Rhymes, by Joyce B. Clegg)

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January 30, 2013August 6, 2015

The Reign of Spain (Madrid and Seville AVE stations)

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January 23, 2013August 6, 2015

One Ring to Rule Them All (Homme de Fer, Strasbourg, France)

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January 16, 2013August 6, 2015

The Very Model of a Modern Modular Station (Network Rail Modular Railway Stations, UK)

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January 9, 2013August 6, 2015

Adhesive-lickin’ Good (Transport on UK Stamps)

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