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Creative London – is it?

Is London making a living from creativity? How much does ‘Creative London’ owe to new investment in culture industries, greater dependence on cultural policy, or impression management on an unprecedented scale?

In the Creative issue

Alan Freeman states the case of Creative London on behalf of GLA Economics
James Heartfield leads the cross examination
Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson belittle ‘Bullshit Britain’
John Newbigin reviews 10 years of cultural policy
Andrew Calcutt sees culture expanding to fit the role of social sealant
Alvaro de Miranda recalls the first coming of the culture industries – 75 years ago
Loraine Leeson looks back at 30 years of creating an alternative

Plus

Afore Ye Go: small businesses about to be bulldozed by 2012, recorded first by photographer Jason Larkin
Lock, Stock London: local resident Mitchell Panayis on guns, knives and the gap between young people and authority
Bangladeshis Belonging in Britain: Nicola Samson explores the sense of belonging among Bangladeshi women in Tower Hamlets

Also…

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