Summary
IN 1999 Liverpool announced its intention to run for the UK's European Capital of Culture title 2008. The four-year bid saw the city pit itself against a long list of contenders from Belfast and Bradford to Inverness and Canterbury.
In March 2002 that list was whittled down to six: Liverpool, Newcastle/Gateshead, Cardiff, Bristol, Birmingham and Oxford.See the full content of this document
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Capital of Culture Is Ours!
Newcastle/Gateshead was considered by many to be the favourite, and indeed the city had gone as far as to hire a small plane to fly a cele...
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