This Is Where We LIVE

Bradford is a place that has had a cultural, technological and creative impact that belies its size. A city that sometimes stands in the shadows of its larger neighbours and indeed suffers from negative perceptions.

However, Bradford is a city of some significance…

• Bradford was the birthplace of the Independent Labour Party.

• Bradford selected Britain’s first Asian Lord Mayor, Mohammed Ajeeb.

• The University of Bradford was one of the first two institutions to teach computer science in the UK and was also the place where the founders of Freeserve studied.

• Californian technologist Tim O’Reilly – who popularised the Open Source and Web 2.0 movements – spent childhood summers with his mother’s family in Bradford.

• The National Media Museum is the most visited British museum outside London and hosts some of its collections at the Flickr Commons.

• Celebrated graphic novelist chose Bradford as his backdrop for Vimanarama.

• Bradford was chosen by UNESCO as its first City of Film.

• The city has been home to celebrated artists, including David Hockney and Joolz Denby.

With this in mind, we wanted to remind Bradfordians and those from outside the city, that This Is Where We Live (a line from a Joolz Denby poem) and to provide a platform for the city’s most innovative and interesting voices; for provocative ideas that might shape the city’s future and most importantly a platform for optimism,