London's empty properties get an artistic lease of life

24 April 2012 Last updated at 14:28 ET Help

The economic downturn has left commercial and local authority properties empty all over the capital, but not all of that space is going to waste.

Artists are using some premises as studios and they say that despite the recession, they have never had it so good.

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