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Sadiq Khan urged to boost high streets with public art and new community projects

Too many Londoners do not feel ‘meaningfully involved’ in high street regeneration schemes, London Assembly warns

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan launches £10m investment in London's creative industries

City Hall expects funding to leverage £2.5bn in film investment alone, with British Fashion Council and London Design Festival among those to benefit

Evening Standard

City Hall rejects plan for London art trail blaming lack of funds

A new artwork would have been commissioned for each London borough under the proposals

Evening Standard

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Justine Simons: 'I hope I’ve been able to reposition culture as the lifeblood of London'

The deputy mayor for culture on how London’s arts scene has transformed over the past two decades, competing with Paris, and the capital’s biggest cultural project since the Great Exhibition

Evening Standard

Studio Smithfield: Paul Smith opens free fashion studio and mentorship programme in London — how to apply

The Fashion Residency at Studio Smithfield is offering six free studios for rising designers, alongside mentorship to “explain VAT is not vodka and tonic,” said Paul Smith

Evening Standard

Justine Simons, the City Hall powerhouse shaping London's cultural landscape

City Hall’s deputy mayor for culture talks the Fourth Plinth, East Bank and what it was like to work for Ken, Boris and Sadiq

Evening Standard

‘Young artists are facing a crisis’ – how do we keep London creative?

The cost-of-living crisis and an out-of-control rental market are wreaking havoc with London’s artistic community, but organisations across the capital are rallying to help

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From Taylor Swift to Naomi Campbell: London promises a cultural feast for all in 2024

The capital is showing little sign of giving up its crown as the highest-rated cultural hotspot in Europe

Evening Standard

‘It’s like a hostile environment’: London’s creative core at risk as artists in poverty quit

UK capital as ‘huge generator of wealth’ under threat as a third of visual artists struggle to pay for studios

The Guardian - UK

Classic Tube posters reimagined for 160th anniversary of London Underground

Four classic Tube posters that celebrate London’s cultural life have been “reimagined” to mark the 160th anniversary of the Underground.

Evening Standard

BBC host first live performance at new music studios in East London

The performance formed part of the topping out ceremony, ahead of the opening in 2025.

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan secretly invited to Harry and Meghan’s £11m California mansion on US trip

Mr Khan was unable to accept due to ‘logistical’ difficulties because their home near Santa Barbara was a 90-minute drive from where the City Hall-organised party was being held

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