Jesus wept

[IUFG]

:philbrown:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25008856

[Mc Gooner]

"It will give Hull a platform to tell the world what this great city has to offer, transform perceptions and accelerate our journey to make Hull a prime visitor destination."

Which is another way of saying

"We welcome the opportunity to convince the naysayers that Hull is NOT the sphincter of the UK they believe it to be"

[Snin]

Philip Larkin, Ted Lewis, .. it goes on the place is a hotbed of arts and culture old bean..well done Ull

[Darren's Dodgy Denim]

Leicester, Dundee or Swansea are perhaps not the UKs most exciting places to visit for the cultureminded visitor?

[Berni]

Kirsty McColl, Sir David Lean, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Jeff Beck, Desmond Dekker, Jacqueline Du Pre, Malcolm Muggeridge, Captain Sensible, Sam Taylor-Wood.

That's Croydon. Which seems to me to have a much better claim. :shrug:

[Pokster]

to promote culture going forward?

Who defines what culture actually is??

[redgunamo]

no point giving it to London, for example.

[Pokster]

[redgunamo]

hellhole or other.

[Snin]

[Mc Gooner]

I haven't. ****hole by all accounts :hehe: