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This paper was the fruit of a further collaboration between Hasan Bakhshi, Peter Higgs and myself in an attempt to examine the intersection between the creative industries and the ‘STEM’ [...]

This report, prepared for the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), was the fruit of a long collaboration between Hasan Bakhshi of NESTA, myself and Peter Higgs of [...]

Starting in 2012, a quiet revolution began in the cities of New Zealand: the adoption of Living Wage policies. The movement presaged and prepared the ground for Jacinda Ahern’s impressive [...]

Programme and my presentation from the British Arts Festivals Association, 7-9 November, Barbican, London

The final creative industry estimates published by the Greater London Authority

I’ve posted this important study, which came from work at the London Development Agency, because of the importance of the methodology, and because of the significance of a collaboration briefly [...]

In 2011 Mick Burke, myself, and Michael Roberts were asked to prepare a Trade Union Plan for the Crisis by the UK Fire Brigades Union (FBU). This is it.

This modest piece deals with a vital question: how can arts practitioners contribute to school education? And what educational value to they add? I worked with David Ewens and Stephen King in [...]

This last complete update of the GLA’s creative industry reports contains the most comprehensive treatment of clustering, localization and dispersal. Includes use of some more sophisticated tools [...]

Commissioned by the GLA and provided by London Economics