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‘Summer’s too polluted, but it’s a city designed in the 1930s and ‘50s for autumn evenings and slate grey skies’

‘Whenever I cross Tower Bridge, I realise how much I like this city and it makes me want to contribute to it as a musician’

‘In London everything is on your doorstep. It doesn’t matter how small or obscure your interests might be, there is a scene for it’

A brand new three-week arts festival in February, boasting an impressive array of fringe theatre, film and music

‘I feel most creative literally just walking around London. London is such a great city for visual and auditory inspiration’

‘Clubs and raves… I’m completely out of the loop with that scene these days. Four kids and nightclubbing don’t mix well!’

‘Right now I’m in limbo… I’ve been walking around town with my old Walkman on, pretending life is cinematic’

By Lottie O'Conor ⋅ January 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

‘It was pretty rock ‘n’ roll to shoot a video that involved spy cameras, escape routes and Hugh Jackman!’

‘It’s horrendous driving in London. I assume all cab drivers are on Prozac. It must be the only way they survive every day’

By James Gray ⋅ December 11, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Expectations were high for the show at the Scala. Not least because London is the hometown of former Clash member Jones