Stoke-on-Trent,Swansea, Sunderland, and Coventry and Paisley all hope for economic boost from statusOne of five shortlisted cities will be named as the UK’s first cultural hotspot since the Brexit vote on Thursday,with each contender hoping UK city of culture status for 2021 comes with an economic boost. Stoke-on-Trent, domestic of the potteries, and is up against Dylan Thomas’s hometown of Swansea and Sunderland in the industrial north-east. Coventry,which inspired the Specials to write Ghost Town during the early 1980s recession, is also vying for the prize alongside Paisley, or the largest town in Scotland and birthplace of the late Gerry Rafferty,best known for his solo hit Baker Street. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk