Pick’s posters and progress: a design strategy for the Underground

Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-201317 January 2013Oliver GreenPick’s posters and progress: a design strategy for the Underground  Abstract: In the early decades of the 20th century the London Underground was transformed from being simply a...

Movement, Vision, Underground

Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-201317 January 2013Marko JobstMovement, Vision, Underground Abstract: This paper looks at the history of vision in architectural modernity and its failed acknowledgement of the London Underground. While there have...

Training Up the Escalated Body

Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-201317 January 2013Richard HornseyTraining Up the Escalated Body Abstract: During the 1920s and 30s, as the Underground network expanded outwards and passenger numbers increased, Tube stations were designed (or...

Harrington, petitioning and the construction of public opinion

Harrington, petitioning and the construction of public opinionEdward Vallance (University of Roehampton)Franco-British History seminar8 November 2012Abstract: Historians have noted that the republic depicted in Harrington’s ‘Oceana’ (1656) allowed...