City of Culture 2025

[whelk]

What’s it actually mean? Want us to win it of course but assume we won’t as will want to go somewhere poverty stricken up North like Bradford. True levelling up by the Tories

[The Left Back]

Find out tonight on the One Show.  I'd be surprised if we get it, given the levelling up narrative, but we can but hope.  As to what it means - I guess cash, spotlight and some dodgy art installations.

[Matthew Le God]

 

[buctootim]

49 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

'kin ell that's bad

[Lighthouse]

Good grief. Firstly, I made it about 20 seconds through that poem before I had to mute it. Secondly, is our ‘culture’ really just two minutes of generic diversity cliches being ticked off?

[buctootim]

11 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Good grief. Firstly, I made it about 20 seconds through that poem before I had to mute it. Secondly, is our ‘culture’ really just two minutes of generic diversity cliches being ticked off?

I'm backing Wrexham. V little to do with culture but watchable  

[whelk]

1 hour ago, Lighthouse said:

Good grief. Firstly, I made it about 20 seconds through that poem before I had to mute it. Secondly, is our ‘culture’ really just two minutes of generic diversity cliches being ticked off?

Hey dude it’s cool living in the shadow of a high rise. We don’t deserve it after seeing that

[kyle04]

1 hour ago, Lighthouse said:

Good grief. Firstly, I made it about 20 seconds through that poem before I had to mute it. Secondly, is our ‘culture’ really just two minutes of generic diversity cliches being ticked off?

There was a white fella in there somewhere to be fair.

[CB Fry]

3 hours ago, whelk said:

What’s it actually mean? Want us to win it of course but assume we won’t as will want to go somewhere poverty stricken up North like Bradford. True levelling up by the Tories

Nailed it.

[kwsaint]

It always goes to some run down northern town.  Least the city council got £125k to cover the costs of the bid

[Turkish]

I watched our bid on the one show last week. It made Southampton look like the glamour of Monte Carlo with the history of Rome, cracking spin on a pretty non descriptive middle sized place. However  Another occasion where we’ve lost in the final. Glorious failure yet again is become our trade mark. Southampton a city that thrives on always falling a little bit short when it matters.

[farawaysaint]

1 hour ago, kyle04 said:

There was a white fella in there somewhere to be fair.

Was he rapping though? It sounded like a bad rap.

That video is absolutely shocking in all honesty 😂

[Matthew Le God]

...Southampton essentially there as the token southern city so it can't be said they leave out the south, but always going to be awarded to a northern city to 'level up'.

Edited 31 May, 2022 by Matthew Le God

[The Cat]

Would have been great to win.

There's plenty going on here now compared to 10 years ago or so. Obviously it doesn't compete with a lot of bigger cities but it's doing fine. Winning the City of Culture would have given it another push though.

[whelk]

1 hour ago, CB Fry said:

Nailed it.

Just need Ukraine to beat Russia for the double

[badgerx16]

Which will it be: Bhangra and Balti, or tripe and flat caps ?

( Edit - or as my wife has just suggested, tripe Balti ).

Edited 1 June, 2022 by badgerx16

[AlexLaw76]

Looks nice up in the winning city.

 

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Looks nice up in the winning city.