Culture bid is fantastic news
What fantastic news that Leicester is bidding to be the 2017 City of Culture ("Celebrating our culture", Mercury February 26 – see the picture, right).
Leicester is a vibrant and diverse city with a surprisingly low profile nationally.
An initiative such as this should deservedly raise people's awareness of what a great city and county we have.
The word "culture" involves much more than the arts and this is a real opportunity to show what, and who, we have in Leicester.
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Congratulations to all involved in making this bid.
Sue Ryan, Clarendon Park.
Leicester bidding for City of Culture status? Now I've heard everything.
Unless we can see a wholesale clean-up of shop frontages along the main road arteries into the city, city centre areas such as Belgrave Gate cleaned up, the former Haymarket Theatre revived and reopened and an absence of for sale signs, the city hasn't a cat in hell's chance of success.
A business carrot would be to allow premises owners to set frontage makeover expenses against business rates.
But that would give Chancellor George Osborne a seizure.
John Burrows, Humberstone.
After reading that the Sikh community has criticised our Prime Minister for failure to apologise for the massacre of Indians in 1919 ("PM criticised over failure to apologise for India atrocity", Mercury, February 21) it made me think.
Did we ever receive an apology from India for the massacre of hundreds of English women and children during the Indian Mutiny in 1857.
They were hacked to death and thrown into a well at Cawnpore?
They were so ashamed that they have changed its name to Kanpur.
A Rudkin, Melton Mowbray.
6 Comments
by spalding1944
Sunday, March 03 2013, 9:37PM
“There's more chance of city being in the premier league than Leicester being City of Culture in 2017.”
by tonytheartist
Sunday, March 03 2013, 2:04PM
“wish i could escape the negativity of local people and i was born here.”
by oldjohn
Sunday, March 03 2013, 1:44PM
“Lets pretend you are a bank manager.
Some scruffy ,unshaven,bloke comes in and says "I want,at least, £100 million to do as I want.No questions asked.Repayment guaranteed by tax payers for years to come."
You ask for references.
Scruffy bloke answers"Gordon Brown is my best.I was a financial advisor to him"
Bank manager replies...........(story to continue)”
by tonytheartist
Saturday, March 02 2013, 12:45PM
“it would generate extra trade, income and jobs for the city plus the marketing and profile boost to the city.”
by amoros11
Saturday, March 02 2013, 12:28PM
“Only a few months ago Sousby questioned if we could afford a TV screen or even run the soccer Euros. Such a City Of Culture situation will cost the City £10 million over our existing budget .BBC East Midlands today ran a report on the subject and asked the question "where will the money come from"
Put on top of that plans for the Jubilee Square and we could ask why leaders state publicly, ambitious ventures in advance, before examining the financial implications. That demonstrates a complete inability to balance costs effectively within the City or express consistency in management or delivery, within budget costs.”
by tonytheartist
Saturday, March 02 2013, 12:02PM
“its cultural city not sporting city we have just invested loads of tax payers money at the olympics only last summer.”