World’s Cultural Heroes

In 1968, with £70 in hand, Tony Elliott produced the first issue of Time Out London, dated August 12–September 2. From such humble beginnings—including listings for a concert of “music composed with and played by computer a museum exhibition titled “200 Years of Jigsaw Puzzles” and a “Meet the fuzz” section admitting there was “nothing much on” at that time in terms of protest marches (decidedly not the case in Chicago)—a global brand emerged. Forty years later, 26 Time Out editions are published worldwide. We’re pleased to present, here and on the following two pages, some of the fruits of our global 40th anniversary celebration: a selection of this week’s covers and a compilation of 40 Time Out cultural heroes from around the world. We’ll help you join in on more of the global fun at timeoutchicago.com/heroes. Visit the site to immerse yourself in our hometown honorees.

Time Outs worldwide picked their own cultural heroes and proudly Mohammed Saeed Hareb (No.29) “the only Arab” was picked in this list ..

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