London Burning

Having invented the Swinging 60s, punk rock in the 70s and Cool Britannia in the 90s, London in the 2010s is firing up the engine of renewal yet again. London Burning celebrates Britain's capital as today's international HQ for creativity and innovation. London Burning traces the city's sparking of change across architecture, cinema and theatre, literature, dance, fashion, media and music, technology, design, and the visual and culinary arts, also exploring the tribal dynamics that have always underpinned the city's creative scene and the forces behind city's unique drive. The capital today is a cultural Molotov cocktail fuelled by hedonism, money, power and ethnic combustibility: quite a backdrop to London Burning's hundred probing interviews and profiles, which introduce creative personalities young and old, highbrow and populist, Establishment figures and newbies, set against the variegated scenes they inhabit. Profilees include Nicholas Serota, Antony Gormley, Peter Ackroyd, Jude Kelly, Alastair Spalding, Alan Yentob, David Chipperfield, Matthew Slotover, Fergus Henderson, Ruthie Rogers, Mark Hix, Alexandra Shulman, Jackie Wullschlager, Grayson Perry, Tinie Tempah, Roksanda Ilinic... the list goes on. Unlocking secret passions and embracing a range of lifestyles from the most outrageous to the most parochial, London Burning celebrates the feast of creativity being cooked by the people making tomorrow's news.