Is London the greatest city on the planet? Watch back the inaugural Murray Lecture, where Peter Murray OBE explores London's position on the global stage followed by a conversation with Beatrice Galilee on the future for cities worldwide.

Peter Murray is the Co-Founder of NLA, and founder of the London Festival of Architecture. He is Chairman of the Temple Bar Trust, Past Master of the Architects’ Company and a Director of the Earth Architecture Lab. He was previously a Mayor of London’s Design Advocate and a board member of Be First, Barking and Dagenham’s regeneration delivery company.

Beatrice Galilee is a London-born, New York-based curator, writer and advisor who is internationally recognised for her expertise in global contemporary architecture and design. She is the co-founder and executive director of The World Around, an organisation dedicated to amplifying impactful global design and architecture. She is the author of Radical Architecture of the Future, and between 2014-2019 served as the first curator of contemporary architecture and design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.