⁉️Believe it or not, London’s had a Mayor for 25 years! What has it meant for culture in the capital? 🚀 Especially after Sadiq Khan made it a core priority @london.gov.uk Lovely to share this journey at the Creative Industries Property Summit 💫

🔥 Fire garden tonight and tomorrow outside City Hall! Free!

Culture is London's DNA✨ To help creatives thrive we need affordable creative spaces. And many people came together to secure V22 Ashwin Art Centre! We worked with @hackneycouncil.bsky.social & V22 Studios to acquire the building at risk of closure, securing its future as a creative hub🎨

What’s happening in Gaza is a genocide.

🥇A huge pleasure to present Sinéad Burke with the London Design Innovation Medal. Designer, educator, advocate, and changemaker. She has transformed the way we think about design—not just as something beautiful or functional, but as something deeply human✨

In London, hate will never win.

We must unite against those who seek to divide us.

🚀 London Design Festival is GO!

The London Design Festival is back with over 300 events✨ Highlight for me “What Nelson Sees" in Trafalgar Square, fantastic new vantage points of the skyline🔭 by Paul Cocksedge V proud of the support from our Mayor @london.gov.uk. londondesignfestival.com

⚡️BIG NEWS! 🎶 David Bowie Centre at V&A East Storehouse opens this weekend 👘 I got a sneak peak with @london.gov.uk. We saw an amazing kimono & shoes worn on the Ziggy Stardust tour 1972-1973 ✨ So much to discover and it’s free! @timreeve.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Inspiring trip to my hometown Stoke-on-Trent for the launch of the British Ceramics Biennale. Over 70 artists and back in the extraordinary Spode Works 🏺✨

Amazing time at the biggest esports event in the UK this year @blastpremier.com 🎮 Great to see gamers and fans from across the world in London💫 With support from @london.gov.uk we're now one of the best cities in Europe for gaming! esportsinsider.com/2025/09/blas...

London’s got so much to celebrate this weekend! Here are 5 FREE events happening across the city. From festivals and food to music, art, and culture. There’s something for everyone, and it’s all right on our doorstep.

NEW: I’m excited to announce our ‘This is Oxford Street’ event on Sun 21 September. This is a fantastic opportunity to see Oxford Street in a whole new light: traffic-free, full of music, great food, pop-ups & entertainment for everyone. www.oxfordstreet.co.uk/whats-happen...

On Sunday 21 September, you’re invited to see Oxford Street like never before ⬇️ www.timeout.com/london/news/...

Great meeting new British Fashion Council CEO Laura Weir with the Mayor of London. London is home to over 10,000 fashion businesses. Sadiq’s longstanding support for the British Fashion Council has helped emerging designers, delivered affordable creative space and funded London Fashion Week✨

"There's been so much amazing creativity, ideas and imagination flying around in the classrooms."✨ As part of Wandsworth's year as London Borough of Culture the @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social led musical experiences in local primary schools🎶 Watch the video⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcyP...

Great news - @london.gov.uk's Summer Streets has come to St Martin’s Lane! Al fresco fun with fellow Deputy Mayor @howarddawber🌞 Make the most of London summer in the heart of the West End🍹 www.standard.co.uk/going-out/fo...

London creatives we want to hear from you! To make our city a great home for creatives we need to understand the picture. Help us map and understand where creative work is produced, made and manufactured by taking a short survey⬇️ 3mn9jevui5y.typeform.com/CIMSurvey2025

🌞Sun shining for the @mayoroflondon’s Summer Streets in Brixton today! Alfresco on Atlantic Rd - great food, cocktails, dance and music. ✨We’re bringing outdoor dining back to London’s streets.

“We’re focused on protecting spaces that don’t benefit from heritage protection like a grand theatre or a big museum does.” - our @justinesimons.bsky.social✨ Great piece on our Culture at Risk office - aka the Batphone 🦇 monocle.com/culture/what...

The legendary Printworks is being reimagined✨ Deputy Mayor for Culture and Creative Industries @justinesimons.bsky.social got a sneak preview last week👀 Exciting times ahead for this iconic London venue!

🚨 Great news! Tate Modern will be open until 9pm every Friday and Saturday, starting from September ✨ A great boost for our night time offer! 🎆 www.timeout.com/london/news/...

Great to speak about the importance of affordable creative space at the launch for Open House Festival 🗝️ I'm a guest curator at this year’s festival – look out for my curated selection ✨ The incredible programme has over 800 FREE buildings and walks🏠🚶‍♀️ programme.openhouse.org.uk

Huge congratulations to curator Gaylene Gould and team for creating a powerful and thoughtful tribute to Mary Woolaston. Make sure to stop by Calthorpe Community Garden to see Marcia Bennett-Male's Mary Woolaston and the Healing Wells⛲️ Supported by @london.gov.uk's Untold Stories✨

Brilliant to meet British Fashion Council's Low Carbon Transition designers at the #FutureFabricsExpo♻️ Showcasing how London creatives are leading the way to a sustainable future. Proud that City Hall is supporting💚 The Expo was part of the biggest ever London Climate Action Week!

Incredible turnout and atmosphere in Budapest as huge crowds march in defiance of Viktor Orbán. Mayor Karácsony has shown tremendous leadership, and the organisers huge courage. It was an honour to march in solidarity with Hungary’s LGBTQI+ community.

There’s no place like London in the summer and it's about to get even better! @london.gov.uk's Summer Streets Fund is putting al fresco dining back on the menu🍦 We're supporting outdoor dining hotspots in: ☀️Brixton ☀️ Leyton ☀️ Shoreditch ☀️ the West End metro.co.uk/2025/06/19/n...

The results are in. The vast majority of Londoners and major businesses back our exciting plans for Oxford Street, so I'm pleased to confirm that we will now be moving ahead as quickly as possible.

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display in London from 12 June in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. It’s a thought-provoking tribute and reminder of the power of community and compassion. I hope Londoners get a chance to visit and reflect on this moving exhibition ⤵️

🏆 It’s official: London is the No. 1 city in the world for music lovers, according to Time Out London. From grassroots venues to global stages, music fuels our £46bn night time economy—supporting jobs, creativity and communities. We’re committed to keeping London thriving 24/7.

🚨 NOW OPEN! applications for the next round of our Fashion Residency at Studio Smithfield are open💫 This incredible residency co-created by @london.gov.uk provides: 🧵Free studio space 👗Tailored business mentoring Apply by 20 July⬇️ survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90846228/...

🙏🙏🙏 and thank you Nick!

Congratulations to the brilliant Bernadine Evaristo on receiving the Womens Prize Outstanding Contribution Award. It was a joy welcoming her to City Hall back in 2020 to discuss her groundbreaking work. An inspiration to so many—and a true London literary icon.

Tell us what you think 🤔 #nightlife

When people told us we couldn’t tackle toxic air pollution—we did it. When people told us we couldn’t fund free school meals for our kids—we did it. Together, we can help end rough sleeping in London by 2030.

In London you’re never far from a great gig and we’ve made it even easier by creating a grassroots music tube map🎸 Great to launch #LondonCreatesMUSIC with @london.gov.uk at the Outernet! Check it out⬇️ metro.co.uk/2025/05/13/l...

Exciting news! @london.gov.uk has announced his new Cultural Leadership Board 🥳 The board will work with him and our @justinesimons.bsky.social to deliver London’s culture strategy and advise on key issues facing the creative industries.

What an amazing start to #LondonBoroughofCulture2025! I danced the day away at Strictly Wandsworth with our incredible host Oti Mabuse💃 This is just the beginning of Welcome to Wandsworth Year of Culture – and you’re all invited. @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social welcometowandsworth.com

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🎯Happy 10th birthday London Games Festival! 🙌 4 more years of funding from @mayoroflondon.bsky.social whose sustained support for games has helped deliver £100 million direct investment 💥 🚀 London is now a leading games capital.

Great to talk to @noahvickers.bsky.social about £10 million investment in our creative economy from @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Freelancers are at the heart of our world class creative industries. 30% are freelance - twice as much as any other industry. But working conditions are not good enough. @creativeuk.bsky.social's new report on what we can do 👇

Today is the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This week we're launching a peer learning network, bringing together educators, creatives & communities, to explore the legacy of this history. buff.ly/7SanE8I

Brilliant news for London 🎉 @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social is donating a whopping £20 million and an amazing collection of Roman artefacts to @londonmuseum.bsky.social! The new museum will be a special space to share Londoner’s stories✨ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It was brilliant to hear Brits winners talk about the importance of grassroots music venues last week. They are the lifeblood of our vibrant music scene, find out what we're doing to support them⬇️ www.standard.co.uk/comment/lond...

‘Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere’ 💜💚🤍 Shout out to all the amazing women and allies driving gender equality in London and around the 🌍✨#InternationalWomensDay ✨ @london.gov.uk

ULEZ works. It’s that simple. Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.

Time to get creative✨ Mayor of London’s Fourth Plinth School Awards are open for entries! Schools make sure to sign up - entries can be in all art forms including drawing, painting, sculpture, collage and digital designs 🎨🖌️👩‍🎨 Deadline: 14 March www.london.gov.uk/imagination

Our director @libpeck.bsky.social joined Eddie Nestor MBE to take calls from BBC Radio London listeners. We talked about: 💡 What the VRU does 💡 Tackling school exclusions 💡 Building back the youth workers sector Listen here: lnkd.in/eDYceQRe