Your cultural life in London

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1008 Londoners have responded | 06/06/2024 - 21/07/2024

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City Hall's Culture team wants to better understand how Londoners experience arts and culture across the city, and what prevents them from doing so.

  • What, if anything, would encourage you to experience arts and culture more often in London?
  • What arts and cultural experiences do you wish were more readily available in your area?
  • How do you usually find out about cultural experiences? Where do you look for them?
  • What has been your best experience with arts and culture in London, and why?

Mike from City Hall's Culture team will be reading your comments and joining the discussion below. 

Did you know?

Despite London's iconic arts and cultural venues, Londoners are less likely than residents in other regions in England to have engaged with culture in the last 12 months. Outer Londoners are the least engaged compared to any other English region. 

City Hall’s Culture team is working with Centre for London – an independent think tank – to understand how Londoners feel about culture in the capital. Your comments will help Centre for London create policy recommendations to help make arts and culture more accessible for Londoners.  

The discussion ran from 05 June 2024 - 21 July 2024

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Suburban residence makes use of many venues in central London harder. So advertise strongly on or at suburban transport points. Emphasise free entry to so many wonderful museums and galleries - unlike expensive cities elsewhere, including...

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Suburban residence makes use of many venues in central London harder. So advertise strongly on or at suburban transport points. Emphasise free entry to so many wonderful museums and galleries - unlike expensive cities elsewhere, including Paris whence I have just returned after visiting several expensive art galleries (wonderful) with one grand-daughter 11. With whom I also often visit centres in London. 

EMPHASISE FREE ENTRY. Everywhere, schools, on all forms of transport. Advertise the events as "sexy", ie exciting and approachable. Have clear directions to the venues from public transport points - you have to be really keen to find the Barbican Arts Centre even from the two tube stations very close. 

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There should be a question 'do you work in the arts?', otherwise our answers are misleading (I visit galleries all the time by car because I'm paid to!)