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✨CULTURE✨is the main reason people come to London. So a massive thank you to all our inspiring creative workers, theatres, galleries, venues and museums for your relentless hard work and resilience 🙏
Visits up 140%🚀
Justine Simons OBE
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Justine Simons OBE
@justinesimons1
Deputy Mayor for Culture and Creative Industries. Opinions my own. Insta:justinesimons
LONDON
Joined January 2015
- Seven years from the Brexit vote, European Londoners - thank you for staying 🇪🇺🙏✨ LONDON EVERYONE WELCOME @SadiqKhan @davidshrigley
- Super happy to be reappointed into the best job in the world, working for the most brilliant boss @SadiqKhan Will carry on championing creativity - the lifeblood of our city. #LetsDoLondon 💫
- The DCMS Cultural Recovery Taskforce meets today for the first time. Here’s 3 things they must do....
- Declaring today ‘Heidi Alexander is Awesome Day’ Deputy Mayor for Transport stands down. Protected free travel for young people, cleaned up our air, made cycling safer, amid most challenging time for TfL. Superhero 🦸♀️ & most dedicated, honest, supportive colleague ❤️ @Heidi_LDN
- GOOD NEWS ALERT 🚨 London’s mojo is back!#LetsDoLondon - a year of outdoor art, a feast of food, a summer of family fun, late night opening and more as we safely welcome people back to the greatest city in the world #davidhockney visitlondon.com/letsdolondon
- Very worried about creative freelancers. Half of London’s creative workforce have virtually no safety net. They need the same support as employees.
- Delighted to be re-appointed as London’s Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries by our newly elected (third term!) @MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan ☺️ It’s a privilege to serve this extraordinary city - our awesome global creative capital! ✨
- City Hall stands in solidarity with our brilliant creative organisations and individuals. Culture is London’s DNA and we’ll do whatever we can to support you. @LDN_Culture @MayorofLondon
- Excited to announce brilliant members for London’s new Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm - we will be working hard to ensure London’s history is fully reflected and celebrated. @MayorofLondon bit.ly/2LxiWIe
- Welcome Amal ✨ A 9yr old refugee and 3.5m puppet travelling from Syria through London this weekend. I loved attending her birthday sleepover 🎂@RoyalOperaHouse last night. Follow her journey @walkwithamal #LetsDoLondon #ChooseLove
- ✨ Delighted the brilliant David Bryan MBA CBE has been appointed by @MayorofLondon as the new chair of @ace__london An accomplished arts leader he will work to increase the reach of arts and culture in London, improve diversity and support more young people to access arts.
- Hoorah! Mega congratulations!👏 🎉 @SadiqKhanThank you London. It’s the absolute honour of my life to serve the city I love for another three years. I’ll leave no stone unturned to get our city back on its feet. A brighter future is possible, and we’ll deliver it together.
- REVEALED TODAY💥 Sadlers Wells East new vision. Part of #EastBank the biggest culture & education project for over 150 years. Powering our recovery with jobs, tourism and artistic excellence for all. Roll on 2023✨
