'Why I'm backing Plymouth's City of Culture bid' - Lesley Shorrocks
Plymouth is bidding to be named UK City of Culture 2017. We are asking the people of the city to speak up to support the move. Today Lesley Shorrocks, chair of the Plymouth Federation of Small Businesses, lends her support to the campaign.
In backing the bid for the City of Culture, the really important thing for me is that we recognise just how wide the meaning of the word culture is and should be.
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Lesley Shorrocks
We're not just talking about how many arts facilities we have in the city or how many events we could go to, we need to be encouraging everyone to think about the things they enjoy doing, the hundreds of leisure activities which improve and enrich our lives.
Experiencing the city's cultural offering could mean enjoying a great meal in a restaurant, spending spare time messing about on the water in a dinghy, exploring the hidden gems on the Barbican, rambling through Central Park or playing an instrument in a band.
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I think the bid will encourage us all to make the most of the skills and talents of people too – just look at the kind of successful events the community has organised in the past, like the huge outdoor production Music of the Night.
Winning the bid would help us encourage more people to participate in things which relax, energise and develop us.
It would help enthuse children and young people to participate in different activities, and it would be great if it made lots of activities accessible to people who haven't yet had the chance to get involved.
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by StokeGran
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 6:05PM
“I'm quite shocked by all those negative comments above. There is a great pool of artistic endeavor in Plymouth - individual artists working in diverse ways to bring energy, beauty and excitement to the cultural life of the city - they are nothing to do with big business, but ordinary people trying to bring something positive into all our lives. Plymouth City Council needs to channel this energy and support it's artists, and I would hope that the bid for 2017 City of Culture could be a start. There was a great response to the British Art Show 7 in Plymouth, the Theatre Royal is first class, we have a great museum and art gallery, music venues across the city, the University and Art Colleges, plus great restaurants - these are all things that bring vitality to the city, and show that we have the ingredients for a great bid. No amount of moaning about the chavs that pollute the city will change it - but perhaps if enough people get behind this bid we could make some positive changes.”
by Lashius
Saturday, March 16 2013, 2:05AM
“Oh look its another person in `favour` of the bid, who happens to front an organisation which would benefit by it.....**** off herald your stooping a new low with this constant article upon article along these same biased lines while refusing to interview ordinary members of the public and taking up half the page in the `news` section with this dross.....”
by Lashius
Saturday, March 16 2013, 2:05AM
“Oh look its another person in `favour` of the bid, who happens to front an organisation which would benefit by it.....**** off herald your stooping a new low with this constant article upon article along these same biased lines while refusing to interview ordinary members of the public and taking up half the page in the `news` section with this dross.....”
by plymptonlad
Saturday, March 16 2013, 12:52AM
“the European City of Culture is worth bidding for. On the other hand the UK city of culture is not - it was set up only a few years ago purely to diffuse republican dissident tensions. So has it worked. Take a look at a typical days news in the UK city of culture http://tinyurl.com/a6pq2mc
Stop wasting OUR money on BID expnese claims and promoting the failed businesses of Plymnouth's elite cartel that line their pockets at our expense.”
by mydogateart
Friday, March 15 2013, 10:34PM
“Meanwhile - back at the ranch - here's what some of the creative community in Plymouth are sharing online http://tinyurl.com/ayqodr2”
by jannersontour
Friday, March 15 2013, 9:38PM
“Yada, yada, yada!”
by jannersontour
Friday, March 15 2013, 9:38PM
“Yada, yada, yada!”
by jannersontour
Friday, March 15 2013, 9:37PM
“Yada, yada, yada!”
by plymptonlad
Friday, March 15 2013, 9:12PM
“This bid is a sham and yet another excuse for the ruling elite to line their own pockets with OUR money.”
by CityCyclops
Friday, March 15 2013, 5:42PM
“Another one on the bandwaggon to promote their own business links?”