The past and future of London

Ian Nairn (in 1964) and Ken Livingstone (in 1982) show us where the capital has been and where we're headed...

The Future of London, 1982

Here’s a fascinating programme from 1982, at a low point in London’s population, down two million from 1939 and also from today. Wrestling with how to reconfigure London is Ken Livingstone, then leader of the GLC, a body soon to be abolished by the Conservative government. His comments on speculative office developments here fe…