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In this blog, our Director talks all things Hidden London, from the new immersive exhibition at the Museum and a brand new illustrated book, to the popular Hidden London tours of disused stations across the transport network.

Inspired by some of the stations highlighted in our Untangling the Tracks exhibition, you can now find out what Thameslink station you’re most like! Take our personality quiz below and share your results with us using the hashtag #UntanglingTheTracks.

Our latest exhibition Untangling the Tracks takes a closer look at the Thameslink Programme, a major project to increase capacity, improve connections and provide greater reliability on the Thameslink route. Senior Curator Laura Sleath tells us the history behind the only north-south mainline railway to cross London.

We're celebrating the opening of our Untangling the Tracks exhibition with a special quiz! Test your knowledge and don't forget to share your results with us.

David Bownes, co-curator of our Poster Girls exhibition, talks about one of the illustrators featured in the exhibition, Mabel Lucie Attwell.

In the lead-up to the 70th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush, Siddy Holloway gives a first-hand account of welcoming a very special guest back to Clapham South deep-level shelter for the first time in 70 years.

David Bownes, Co-Curator of our exhibition Poster Girls, talks about the 'Travel Queen', 1960s designer Dorrit Dekk.

Find out about Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, the husband and wife designer duo who shared artistic and marital equality.