Ukrainian Heroes Street: The ideology behind street name changes
Across eastern Europe, the addresses of Russian embassies are being changed as a form of protest against the war in…
ByNaming
What should we actually call the West Midlands?
The West Midlands. It’s one of those phrases where everyone knows what it means, but also no-one knows what it…
ByIt’s time to give London Overground different line names
This piece was amended on 28 February 2020 to reflect, well, my evolving thinking about names. So here’s a thing…
ByWhich European cities have the most different names in different languages?
When you realise, aged ten in a museum or railway station, that other places shockingly have names for themselves, different…
ByHow many Waterloo stations are there in the world?
Not a lot of people know this, but although it takes nearly two hours to get from Liverpool Lime Street…
ByTfL is offering you the chance to stop two proposed Bakerloo line stations from having stupid names
Ever wanted to name a tube station? Well boy is this your lucky week. The latest round of Transport for…
ByLetter: Toronto’s subway station names are a total nightmare
Editor’s note: We haven’t published a good letter in a while, but luckily here’s one now. In the past we’ve…
ByNorth Macedonia: The long history behind the country’s new name
Macedonian fans at the Handball World Cup, contested in Germany earlier this year, were easily idenitifiable, from the Alexander the…
By
