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| Coventry Cathedral. Photograph: CaronB/Getty Images |
Coventry has been named the UK’s city of culture for 2021, a one-off
opportunity to boost the economy, tourism, civic pride and access to the
arts but also, its backers hope, a chance to be in the limelight and
have some fun.
It follows Derry and Hull as the third UK city of culture, a programme modelled on the European capital of culture concept which had such a dramatic effect on the fortunes of Glasgow in 1990 and Liverpool in 2008.
The winner was announced live on television, at the end of the BBC’s The One Show, by the arts minister John Glen.
Coventry was chosen from a shortlist that also contained Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent, Swansea and Paisley.
It follows Derry and Hull as the third UK city of culture, a programme modelled on the European capital of culture concept which had such a dramatic effect on the fortunes of Glasgow in 1990 and Liverpool in 2008.
The winner was announced live on television, at the end of the BBC’s The One Show, by the arts minister John Glen.
Coventry was chosen from a shortlist that also contained Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent, Swansea and Paisley.
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