Why I'm backing the Plymouth City of Culture bid: Oliver Colvile
PLYMOUTH is the South West peninsula's cultural capital.
After all, we have the Theatre Royal and TR2 - one of the UK's five production companies; Peninsular Arts – which is part of the university; a growing games industry - a spin off from our dynamic university; and an Arts College (one of the UK's few independent art colleges) which is bidding for a free school. By focusing our bid on our reputation as a "can-do" city, Plymouth is well set to win the 2017 UK's City of Culture. But we must show a distinct alternative to our competitors.
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Why I'm backing the Plymouth City of Culture bid: Oliver Colvile
We must emphasise how we were able to deliver a highly successful British Arts Festival and, with short notice, the America's Cup.
The focus of the bid should be on our practical experience in using culture and the arts to deliver community regeneration – similar to the way in which the city council and the Heart of Efford regenerated the Efford community and how the university used last autumn's Big Read initiative to promote literacy skills.
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We should avoid focusing on restoring buildings and infrastructure projects as the Government is keen to avoid any demands on the purse – as happened in the two most recent bids – Liverpool and Londonderry.
To achieve success we also need to demonstrate how this bid could play a significant part in the Government's growth agenda, build on our successful City Deal application, help rebalance our city's economy to attract inward private investment with the accompanying much needed jobs and has the potential to create a skilled workforce.
This should be our agenda for a successful bid to become the 2017 City of Culture.
9 Comments
by OscarDelta
Friday, March 15 2013, 1:51PM
“Have we voted someone in who doesn't know the difference between Peninsula and Peninsular?
The cause you are chapioning is acrually called Peninsula Arts.
A peninsula is peninsular. Arts aren't. At least know the causes you're using to blow your trumpet!”
by kym1960
Friday, March 15 2013, 1:06PM
“i asked him about the wages off heads of council and mps wages why there has been no cuts to them ? as the tory slowgon says we are all in this together , and i got no answer what a f@@k head”
by plympaul
Friday, March 15 2013, 12:40PM
“this bloke has no idea what he is talking about !!!!! go and eat some more pasties!!!”
by tim_bucktoo
Friday, March 15 2013, 10:04AM
“Liverpool was EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE that was quite a revenue earner!!! ! Plymouth is hoping to be BRITISH city of culture - some non descript honour that comes with no funding!! When will these mouth pieces get this into their thick skulls”
by Waltersmith
Friday, March 15 2013, 9:32AM
“I do especially like the randomised second last paragraph which says nothing.
Like many of the other contributors he is misunderstanding the European City of Culture (eg Liverpool in 2008) and the newer UK City of Culture (Derry/Londonderry in 2013
Oliver has never heard of cost benefit analysis and he expects Plymouth to spend nothing if it wins the bid.
A quick analysis of Liverpool's 2008 European City of Culture reveals that for a spend of £30 million, Liverpool received nearly 10 million visitors and a net spend of nearly £800 million. I would think that as money pretty well spent. For every £1 spent £26 was received sounds pretty good to me”
by vulcan
Friday, March 15 2013, 9:01AM
“What a waffler. Just a chance to get his face in the paper”
by Waltersmith
Friday, March 15 2013, 8:39AM
“Hasn't a clue what he is talking about.”
by boriscalling
Friday, March 15 2013, 8:04AM
“This. Man is an irrelevance to Plymouth! He does not get it Plymouth has a lot of catch up to do with Exeter on the cultural scene I am all for talking up Plymouth but describing it as the Cultural Centre of the Region is going a bit far!
The sooner the electors of Plymouth get a chance to chuck you out the better then you can go on a permanent trip to Saudi to see your mates there!”
by olddogbreath
Friday, March 15 2013, 7:56AM
“I'd back it if they gave me some more pies. Along with a bit of gravy.
MMM pies and gravy, very thick gravy. Do they sell pies on Great Western from Plymouth?”