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East London – creative hothouse or cultural desert?

For centuries London has been the undisputed cultural capital and creative epicentre of England. With the East enjoying an unprecedented focus of arts attention, Arts Hub's Alison Howarth investigates the region, finding, at times, the supporters of creative enterprise outweigh the supportees.

19 Jan 2005

Ali Taulbut

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With the East enjoying an unprecedented focus of arts attention, Arts Hub’s Alison Howarth investigates the region, finding, at times, the supporters of creative enterprise outweigh the supportees.

For centuries London has been the undisputed cultural capital and creative epicentre of England. That’s not to deny the achievements and contributions of the wider country of course, but the metropolis has always been where it’s at…arts-wise.

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Ali Taulbut

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Alison is a British-born freelance writer and is now living in Perth, Western Australia. She began her career as a teacher of Drama and English in London and has worked extensively with teenagers as a theatre director. She spent 10 years working in London's West End with writers of theatre, film and television as a Literary Agent.