City of Culture shortlist announced – Carlisle doesn’t make it.
Nominations for the UK’s first ‘City of Culture’ have been announced by culture minister Margaret Hodge.
14 cities have been reduced to 4. Birmingham, Sheffield, Londonderry and Norwich have all made the shortlist for the prestigious title after fighting off competition from 10 other UK cities which were whittled down by an independent judging panel. Unfortunately our own Carlisle did not make it through to the final round.
