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  • Photography Rob Greig

    Posted: Mon Sep 22 2008

  • As part of Time Out’s 40th birthday celebrations, we photographed our living London heroes. See who made our list in our online picture gallery, including Tom Stoppard, Neil Tennant, Vivienne Westwood and Will Self

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    From Alan Yau to Dame Helen Mirren…

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    From Jamie Oliver to Mike Skinner…

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    • Neil MacGregor: 'In London there is everything you could want – not only that, but it’s every week' Neil Tennant: ‘The great thing about London is the potential for creative anarchy' Nic Roeg: 'The “rules” are changing, more in London than almost any other major city' ‘What am I going to do? Write a Noël Coward song?’ Nick Hytner (left) with David Hare Lord Foster: 'We have much still to learn from our heroes of the past’ Norman Jay: 'I feared the media and didn’t want to be exploited' Oliver Peyton: 'The problem we have in London is greedy landlords' Peter Ackroyd: ‘The future for London is very bright. I wouldn’t say I’m excited, but it’s very promising' Saam Farahmand: ‘It’s up to those people who have the power to wake the fuck up' Siobhan Davies: 'We have a very developed culture in London. How do we use it to make changes that are genuinely useful for everybody?' Terence Conran: ‘Less interference is what we all want in our lives, especially in the restaurant business' Tom Stoppard: 'Remove VAT from theatre tickets' Tony Elliott: 'London should have free wi-fi across the whole city' Twiggy: 'Fireworks, love and peace all around… shame the world isn’t like that all the time’ Vivienne Westwood: 'Buckingham Palace. You are supposed to think it’s dreadful but I think it’s good' Wendy Dagworthy: 'At one point there were too many designers starting out without any idea of what they are doing' Will Self: 'It doesn’t matter whether we have boom or bust, decadence or disaster, the arts will benefit' Zhandra Rhodes: 'You go to a town, Time Out is the quickest way around'
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