Harry Beck

Type: Person

Name: Harry Beck

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

13 strange facts about the London Underground

A lot of weird things have happened on the London Underground over the last 150 years. Here are the strangest1. Aldgate tube station is built on the site of a plague pit that was the final resting place for an estimated 1,000 victims of the Bubonic Plague ... [Published Wanderlust Travel Magazine - 8 hours ago]

Entities: London Underground Ltd, William Gladstone, Selfridges

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

British Museum

Back to the future on the underground

Travelling by London Underground to the British Museum?s latest art exhibition proves just how far we?ve come since the last Ice Age ? but it?s not as many stops along our ancestral line as you?d think. The spot-lit displays in the deliberately dim, cave-like ... [Published Buxton Today - 10 hours ago]

Entities: London Underground Ltd, British Museum, Harry Beck

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

London Underground map recreated entirely in CSS

Web designer John Galantini creates a CSS tube map to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the London Underground this year.The London Underground map was designed in 1931 by electrical draughtsman Harry Beck. Since then, many people have recreated the ... [Published Creative Bloq - May 23 2013]

Entities: London Underground Ltd, Harry Beck, London, HTML, PDF

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Our friends the good English

Jack McConnell’s interjection into the unfortunate debate, claiming in his own inimitable way that his fellow Scots were anti-English reminded me of a long forgotten online thread of discussion back in the days when cybernattery was not yet a ‘crime’ ... [Published NewsnetScotland.com - May 11 2013]

Entities: Harry Beck, Jake Thackray, London Underground Ltd, Gorilla

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Reading Maps

On a recent trip to a new city, someone said that the easiest way from the airport to the hotel was to use the Metro. I could speak the language, but reading it was another matter. I was surprised by how quickly I navigated to the hotel by following the ... [Published Informatica.com - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Harry Beck, London Underground Ltd, Metadata, Ports

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Foursquare Labs Inc

Get Lost in These 19 Fascinating Maps

In the simplest sense of the word, a map is a spatial representation of something. It provides us with a sense of context, scale and location. Maps began as 2D depictions, but technology and data enable maps to become dynamic, real-time and compelling ... [Published Mashable - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: London Underground Ltd, Google Maps, Foursquare Labs Inc

First reported Mar 25 2013 - Updated Mar 25 2013 - 3 reports

Blue plaque for tube map creator

Playing now: Tags: heritage, news (What's this) Tube map pioneer Harry Beck has had his iconic creation officially commemorated on the 80th anniversary of its first public appearance. ... [Published Sunday People - Mar 25 2013]

Entities: Harry Beck

First reported Dec 12 2012 - Updated Dec 12 2012 - 1 reports

Why Gazprom Is A Steal

Almost a year ago I made my case for investing in Gazprom ( OGZPY.PK ), the Russian gas & oil giant. When I suggested buying the stock, it was trading for about $11 and change, and a price to earnings ratio of about 3 on 2011 earnings. Although my ... [Published Long Investment Ideas from Seeking Alpha - Dec 12 2012]

Entities: Gazprom OAO, Harry Beck, Cheap

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Mapping out the route to a happy cycle ride [Published Birmingham Mail - 8 hours ago]
13 strange facts about the London Underground [Published Wanderlust Travel Magazine - 8 hours ago]
Back to the future on the underground [Published Buxton Today - 10 hours ago]
London Underground map recreated entirely in CSS [Published Creative Bloq - May 23 2013]
Our friends the good English [Published NewsnetScotland.com - May 11 2013]
The 25 best Google Doodle designs [Published Creative Bloq - Apr 29 2013]
Reading Maps [Published Informatica.com - Apr 25 2013]
Get Lost in These 19 Fascinating Maps [Published Mashable - Apr 24 2013]
Blue plaque for tube map creator [Published Sunday People - Mar 25 2013]
Tube map pioneer Harry Beck to get Blue Plaque [Published The Independent - Mar 25 2013]
Tube map designer Harry Beck honoured with blue... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 25 2013]
Why Gazprom Is A Steal [Published Long Investment Ideas from Seeking Alpha - Dec 12 2012]
The Tube: London?s great modern icon [Published Spiked Online - Aug 31 2012]