London Essays | Issues

Introduction Geraldine Bedell and Ben Rogers Foreword Ian Hawksworth Irrepressible City Pat Kane Museums and Galleries: Visitor Numbers and Breakdown Cultural Participation: London vs England Fun and Gaming Holly Gramazio The Science of Laughter Sophie Scott Improvising Our Future Jules Munns and Rosie Ferguson Change in Numbers of Pubs and Bars Location of Bars, Pubs and Clubs Coming Out to Play Robert Bevan The Creative Work of Play Ben Rogers and Steven Johnson If It Works for Children Holly Donagh Don’t Make Me Have Fun! Christina Patterson Bikes in the Park Simon O’Hagan Youth Clubs – Not What You Think Rosemary Watt-Wyness Never Too Old to Play Geraldine Bedell Sports Participation Stadium Capacity Consuming Pleasures Sarah Shannon Adventure Pay-Grounds Paul Hocker Time Out

Introduction Geraldine Bedell and Ben Rogers Foreword Ian Hawksworth Through thick and thin Charles Leadbeater Low-pay London Slave to the Algorithm Mark Trent Bargaining Power Antonia Bance After work Ryan Avent Commuting in Paid to be a Londoner Anthony Painter No more robot wars Torsten Bell Back to the future Julia Bennett Getting Together: Industrial Clusters Equity Sweat Kathryn Nawrockyi Migrant labour in London Out of office David Hills Hollowing out: London’s shifting occupations Is your job making you ill? Louise Chunn London’s got talent Peter Cheese and David D’Souza

Introduction Geraldine Bedell and Ben Rogers Foreword Ian Hawksworth Edgy city Jo Negrini Animal Magic Mathew Frith Wanted: more scuzziness and sleaze Alex Proud A Hard Day’s Night Caroline Artis Rough sleeping Ben Judah Night Moves Mirik Milan Seeing stars Robert Massey Ladies of The Night Christina Patterson Fear of the Dark Matt Lloyd-Rose Cities Of Light Patricia Brown Our brilliant river Sarah Gaventa Lying Awake Ian Jack

Introduction Geraldine Bedell and Ben Rogers Foreword Ian Hawksworth No More Daily Bread Bee Wilson When Food Is The Question, Cities Are The Answer Rosie Boycott Why We Need A Royal College of Food Ben Rogers City Traders Richard Brown Simply the Best Henry Dimbleby Restaurant capital of the world? Lisa Markwell We want your food, we don’t want you Rachel Karasik London Food: Roast Beef And Curry Iqbal Wahhab London’s childhood obesity epidemic Anna Taylor Class cooking Geraldine Bedell Gintrification Kat Hanna and Jonny Kanagasooriam Poor Relief Joanna Blythman Decarbonising Food Kath Dalmeny Street food Sarah Williams Food Tech Victoria Albrecht and Nadia El Hadery

Editor’s introduction Geraldine Bedell and Ben Rogers Foreword Ian Hawksworth High value Tom Campbell Cultural quarters for the future Adrian Ellis Arts and letters Deborah Bull A vital voice for Muslims Raheel Mohammed The great disappearing venues disaster Shain Shapiro Opening the Square Mile to culture Sir Nicholas Kenyon Lights, camera, London! Tony Travers Sounds From The Street Bob Stanley NEW YORK IS AN APPLE, LONDON IS DAVID BOWIE Justine Simons Membranes into the past Geoff Mulgan THE ELEPHANT AND THE FLEA John Holden Global and local Martin Roth Staying on Louise Jury Where has all the chaos gone? John Kieffer

Introduction Geraldine Bedell and Ben Rogers Trees – capital assets Clive Anderson London’s Empty Childhoods Daniel Raven-Ellison Regenerative Cities Herbert Girardet Inside the green matrix Jamie Dean Rough weather: how prepared is London for a major storm? Fiona Harvey London: the financial hub of the global green economy? Nick Robins and David Pitt-Watson Power to the people: an encounter with Agamemnon Otero Lucy Siegle Made in London: a sustainable energy strategy for the capital Matthew Pencharz Bad air: is the atmosphere that Londoners breathe killing us? John Vidal Ecologists: a threatened species David Goode Biodivercity Terry Farrell We want to live like commons people Charles Leadbeater

Editor’s introduction Ben Rogers Foreword Ian Hawksworth Creative? Destructive? What will new technology mean for cities? Richard Dobbs and Vivian Hunt Computers, robots and tripod martians: what will automation mean for London’s workers? Angus Knowles-Cutler Web-city Steven Johnson Mapping the data city: London’s cartographers past and future James Cheshire An idea whose time has (finally) come? Road-user charging and cities Steven Norris London: a walkable city Tessa Jowell Self Driving Cars and the Child–Ball Problem: Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not The Answer John Adams Can London become a ‘sharing city’? Debbie Wosskow Talking towers: what next for high‑rise living in London? James Pallister Policing and Crime in the Digital Age Stephen Greenhalgh London’s ‘digital economy’ Max Nathan London and the new industrial revolution Peter Marsh The Cobbler’s Children’s Shoes Scott Cain

Editor’s introduction Ben Rogers Foreword Ian Hawksworth This is freedom? London’s reinvention Simon Kuper Global affairs in an age of cities Benjamin Barber Old Capital in a New World: London – China Rosie Blau Old Capital in a New World: London – India James Crabtree Old Capital in a New World: London – Africa Richard Dowden and Dele Meiji Fatunla Studio of the world: London as a design centre Deyan Sudjic Global Civil Society: London’s Role Danny Sriskandarajah London: Capital of culture Peter Bazalgette Soft Power and the contribution of London tourism Sandie Dawe The case for the capital: What can place-branding do for London? Jonathan McClory Selling the sizzle: How good is London at promoting itself abroad? John Dickie Soft Power data