
The price of creativity (part 2)
In this second part of a two part feature, Steff Humm talks to three creative professionals who have been priced out of the capital. Sub editor - Amie Filcher
Going home
In 2013, an average of 977,000 people were travelling into London by train each day, according to The Department of Transport. Many of these were commuters living outside the city due to lower property prices in neighbouring towns.
After touring with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2012, Matt Sutton decided to give up his room and move home.
“I’d been living back home in my weeks off and enjoyed spending time in Hull,” he says. “It worked out cheaper per month to go down for meetings by train and come back north afterwards than continuing to rent and live in London.”
In 2014, Lee Clotworthy also felt it was time to