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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

World Book Capital 2014: Port Harcourt ready to host the world – Kalango

The project director of the Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014, Koko Kalango, unfolds programmes that show that the Garden City is ready for its one-year tenure as the global headquarters of books. Nigeria’s Garden City, which piped others including Oxford (United Kingdom), Lyon (France), Ganza (Azerbaijan), Sharjah (United Arab

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Culture and Chips for Limerick in ‘quirky’ new festival

Limerick (UK) is to play host to the world’s first ever Chip Championship as part of a new festival for the city this June. The Limerick City Business Association has teamed up with the City of Culture team to create ‘Culture and Chips’, a “quirky” food festival taking place over

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Hull named in Sunday Times 'best cities' list

Hull was referred to as one of the UK’s “urban hubs” where the cultural offering was ever-improving. The newspaper said Hull was “full of hidden surprises” and mentioned that cultural attractions such as The Deep, Ferens Art Gallery and Hull Truck Theatre were pulling in visitors to the City of

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Anglos would 'be upset if Gallic gastronomy died'

French gastronomy is so unique that Unesco took the step of ganting it heritage status. But times are changing it seems and French culinary habits and dishes are under threat, the country’s top celebrity chef Alain Ducasse says. The French way of eating is one of the primary cultural and

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