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# Opinion

Posts in this archive: 10

- [Jakarta overtakes Tokyo as the world's most populous city](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/jakarta-overtakes-tokyo-as-the-worlds-most-populous-city.md)
- [Culture After Dark: Three Ways Cities Are Supercharging the Night-Time Economy](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/culture-after-dark-three-ways-cities-are-supercharging-the-night-time-economy.md) — Cities from Guangzhou to Toronto are increasingly placing culture at the heart of their night-time economies. Our 5th Edition World Cities Culture Report  shows that what was once an overlooked policy area is now firmly mainstream: 97% of cities are actively supporting night-time initiatives.
- [Sir Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/report/sadiq-khan-world-cities-culture-report.md) — Foreword from Sir Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London and patron of World Cities Culture Forum, to the World Cities Culture Report: 5th Edition
- [Ernesto Ottone, Assistant Director General for Culture, UNESCO](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/report/ernesto-ottone-world-cities-culture-report.md) — Foreword from Ernesto Ottone, Assistant Director General for Culture at UNESCO, to the World Cities Culture Report: 5th Edition
- [Culture Changing Perspectives, A Short Story](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/culture-changing-perspectives-short-story.md) — This short story, written by Digital Publishing Intern Danique Bailey, celebrates the trend in global cultural policy that culture will continue to be viewed as a human right.
- [Read out from Davos 2025: From Inner to Outer Space](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/read-out-from-davos-2025-from-inner-to-outer-space.md) — By Skinder Hundal MBE, Associate of World Cities Culture Forum. The most recurring theme in Davos was AI, along with quantum computing, and how in the next 20 years we are likely to experience a radical change in every field of our lives. By 2045, we will be in an unrecognizable world. Deepak Chopra, the new age spiritual quantum physicist, delivered his eloquent keynote at the Art of Business launch of Value AI Institute.
- [Culture matters. So why is it always treated as an optional extra?](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/culture-matters-so-why-is-it-always-treated-as-an-optional-extra.md) — In London one in every five jobs is a creative one, yet these industries don’t get the attention they deserve.All around us culture is making a difference, often profoundly. Dance is reducing dementia, opera is helping rebuild Covid-damaged lungs and theatre is helping young people at risk find a positive new life path. Culture is revitalising neighbourhoods, building communities and dare I say it — hope. On the flip-side, when politicians do back culture, the rewards are immense.
- [Is the power shift in cultural education driven by cities? ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/is-the-power-shift-in-cultural-education-driven-by-cities.md) — Statistics from NASA reveal that 98% of 5-year-old children fall into the "genius category of imagination." However, this number drops to 12% for 15-year-olds and further decreases to 2% for adults. It's disheartening that many schools don’t focus enough on developing curiosity and creativity.
- [Why culture and the arts are crucial to the city recovery post-pandemic](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/why-culture-and-the-arts-are-crucial-to-the-uks-recovery-post-pandemic.md) — It would be easy to see culture as an optional extra in the midst of the vast challenges cities around the world are facing. But that would be a grave mistake.
- [Five reasons why Africa is leading the creative revolution](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/5-reasons-why-africa-is-leading-the-creative-revolution.md) — Sub-Saharan African capitals are booming with creativity and bucking the trend on growing the creative economy. Dynamic leaders across capitals like Dakar, Johannesburg and Nairobi are leading a creative revolution. They are a fearless generation who aim to change the status quo on culture and creativity, in their cities and across the Africa continent.