The London Society High Streets series of walks and talks will offer an insight into high streets across London and the UK. High streets are very much on the political and cultural agenda. In July this year, local growth and high streets minister Jake Berry announced an expert panel to ‘diagnose issues that affect health of our high streets and advise on the best practical measures to help them thrive’. There is much talk in the media of saving the high street, and anguish about the loss of big retail chains like Maplin and Toys ‘R’ Us. 

In the Society High Streets series, architects, academics, civil servants and activists will give their take on the state of the UK high street, in a series of high street walks in between presentations and cross-disciplinary discussions, each with three presenters. Join us to find out about the high street's spatial, social, economic and cultural functions and to participate in a conversation about its future. 

The first talk in the series is High streets: Resilience and resourcefulness with more events to be added before the end of the year.

You can contact Jane for more information about the series, or if you'd like to get involved, via Twitter @jane_clossick. The series is supported by The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design, and you can find out about many more events at The Cass at www.cassculture.org.