If there is something that defined progressive London, and will define it in the future, it is its openness to the city's diversity in all its many shades.
Being a coastal city is what defines Alexandria and gives it, historically, its openness to others and its eclectic cultural heritage.
It is known for its openness to energetic engineers with ideas and passion and still venerates the individual entrepreneur, ideas that Mr. Hewlett and Mr. Packard pioneered.
But it retains important strengths, such as its openness to trade and capital, its lead in business services, a strong scientific base and world-leading universities.
Maxwell's has offered a stylistically broad menu over the years, though its openness to indie rockers has brought it the most attention.
But as this survey has made clear, there are plenty of things to admire about it: its emphasis on merit, its tolerance, its openness to new ideas, its common desire to make the future a better place.
But what makes it different from other modes of thought is its openness to experimental disproof.
And it chose Steele to be the face of its openness to inclusion.
"If one of the ways we define the goodness of good art is its openness to a range of interpretations," Mr. Treglown writes, "it follows that the best art will cause censors the most difficulties".
It's tempting to say terrorists attacked America's weakness eight days ago, but it would be more accurate to say they attacked its strengths: its openness to outsiders, the right of its people to travel freely and a free economy.
I value London's diversity, and its openness to the world.
