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"People were finding their way around by torchlight. It was quite surreal seeing the view from my window totally black especially as I live next to a dual carriageway," he said.

Most recently, a leaked draft of the budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services revealed the department’s proposal to totally defund Head Start by 2026.

The last time its main prize shortlist totally overlooked London - where many of the nation's biggest museums were historically located - was in 2021, when the award was ultimately won by Firstsite in Colchester, Essex.

"It's hard to know the long-term impacts but the ecology has been totally disrupted and it's going to take a long time for that to recover," she said.

"I wouldn't say I've totally skipped a meal but if I can't have a proper meal, I just keep snacking instead," she said.