Strange things are definitely afoot this week and sightings of fragments of an ancient magic carpet appearing Underground had us temporarily intrigued and reaching for the Fortean Times... but never fear, commuter sceptics, tis just a new tube map cover from artist Pae White who's used the colours of Harry Beck's original map to weave together a mythical mystical carpet that we can all imagine ferrying us home next time our line comes to......

This Week In London’s History Monday – 7th April 1779: The Reverend James Hackman follows Martha Ray, a singer and the mistress of the 4th Earl of Sandwich, to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. When she leaves the theatre after the performance, Hackman shoots her dead, seemingly out of jealousy. Tuesday – 8th April 1908: Edward VII appoints Herbert Asquith as Prime Minister, following the resignation of his predecessor, Henry Cambell-Bannerman, due......

After masquerading as functional, rational, squared-off and decidedly masculine entity for over a century, the London Underground has this week come out as a woman. A new, sweeping, curvaceous tube map has come to light: it rather resembles a multi-coloured Medusa, or perhaps a mad conductor…but be careful what you see in it as the creator, Max Roberts, is in fact a psychologist. The original map by Harry Beck is of course a work......