Greenwich Council has lost out in its third attempt to be declared the London Borough of Culture. Nine boroughs went for the honour, with Wandsworth winning the prize for 2025 and Haringey winning for 2027. Both will get £1.35 million from City Hall to hold their events. Greenwich, the only borough to have applied for […]
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Greenwich faces eight rivals for London’s £1.35m borough of culture prize
Greenwich will compete against eight other councils for the £1.35 million prize of being London’s borough of culture. Bids from Barnet, Ealing, Greenwich, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Havering, Merton, Newham and Wandsworth were submitted to City Hall last week. Two councils will win the prize – being named borough of culture for 2025 or 2027. […]
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Where’s our heritage centre? Historians criticise Greenwich’s new borough of culture bid
Updated story: Historians have criticised Greenwich’s latest attempt to become the London Borough of Culture after residents were asked to submit their family stories to help the bid. The council says that its third attempt at winning the prize will “have the people that have made Greenwich their home at its heart”. But it has […]
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We Are Lewisham: Borough’s year of culture promises sun, sand and sounds
Lewisham’s London Borough of Culture 2022 programme We Are Lewisham launches on Friday. Proud borough resident NIKKI SPENCER looks forward to the year ahead. After being postponed for 12 months due to the pandemic, Lewisham is finally set to have its year in the cultural spotlight with an array of events that will put the […]
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Climate carnival coming to Lewisham as it wins 2021 borough of culture
Lewisham Council has pledged to “deliver lasting social change” after being declared the London borough of culture for 2021. The award comes with £1.35 million to stage a 12 month-long programme of cultural events across the borough next year. Lewisham fought off competition from seven other shortlisted London boroughs – including a bid from Greenwich […]
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Greenwich Council considering new bid to be borough of culture
Council chiefs have revealed that Greenwich is looking into bidding to be London’s borough of culture in 2021. The capital’s current pick is Waltham Forest, in east London, but Greenwich Council is considering putting the borough forward for the next round. At a regeneration scrutiny meeting on Thursday night, councillors were told that the authority […]
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