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Interview with Justine Simons: What's next for London's cultural future?

Ben Walters on 03/11/22 with

Justine Simons OBE has been working at the heart of the Mayor of London’s cultural strategy throughout the existence of the Greater London Assembly. She spent more than 10 years as Head of Culture and, since 2016, has served as Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries.

Jeremy Goldstein on 03/11/22 with

Legendary underground theatre producer London Artists Projects is celebrating 20 years of genre-busting work. In an unexpected plot twist the party kicks off in a town called Renmark, 300km northeast of Adelaide on 19th November.

Jeremy Goldstein, founder and director of London Artists Projects and long-time contributor to Run-Riot writes about his work.

Ben Walters on 28/10/22 with

Image: Photo of Mark Moore by Luke Nugent.

Mark Moore is an underground legend, helping reshape London nightlife culture and much more over the past three decades. It started when he got his break as a DJ at Philip Sallon’s legendary Mud Club – a key site of the 80s post-punk, pre-house underground scene.

Natalia Knowlton on 18/10/22 with

Image: Livia Kojo Alour, poet and performer. Photo by Yannick Lalardy.

Run Riot Editor on 18/10/22 with

Kerenza Evans on 18/10/22 with

My husband was terrified to do the Psychopath's Den Escape Room. This fear arose not of the room itself but of my reaction to it. "You don't cope well in these scenarios,' he soothed, referring to a time I nearly punched a witch who leapt out at me at a Halloween house of horrors. I screamed, the witch screamed, everyone around started screaming - it is not a proud memory.