Pic: ecastro If you’re the opinionated type, the last few weeks have provided ample argument fodder: what do you think of the new look civic spaces and regeneration plans now being made tangible in our city centre? what will Saville mean for the city and NI politics? what would a City of Culture win offer? [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Culture’
Futher Comments on Culture in Derry-Londonderry
Jun 24th, 2010 by Michael Gillespie.That the designation of Derry/ Londonderry as a city of culture will boost the city in stature in spirit and economically cannot be questioned. What can be questioned is the description of Derry /Londonderry as a U.K. city and the purpose of doing this. The description of Derry/Londonderry as a U.K. city is an attempt [...]
On Digital Derry, culture, brain drains and the weather
Jun 9th, 2010 by Mark Nagurski.The current grey skies outside my window notwithstanding, we’ve enjoyed a little nice weather of late. When the sun is shining it’s easy to make the case for Derry as a great place to live and work – the city takes on something of a European flavour, albeit with pinker skins and worse dress sense. [...]
Derry Essays 7: Derry Culture or Londonderry Culture. Which?
May 21st, 2010 by Mick Fealty.Culture is a slippery concept to get a grip of. According to Chairman Mao: – “ People live and move in culture as fish live and move in water.” This is true of an homogeneous people like the Chinese. The people of Derry aren’t homogeneous but are culturally divided. A more apt view of Derry [...]
So what’s Listenderry all about?
May 4th, 2010 by Mick Fealty.It’s an idea dreamt up by myself and my colleague at Slugger O’Toole, Paul Evans. The idea is simple enough. We’d like to get the ball rolling under a hyperlocal blog for the City of Derry/Londonderry that seeks to reflect a wide range of perspectives from people both inside and beyond the city boundaries. The [...]
Derry Essays 5: Culture bid can help with Derry’s image problem
May 4th, 2010 by Norman Hamill.We have to admit, there’s something absurd about the idea of Derry as a city of culture. It would be OK if the other contenders were Beirut, Kabul, Baghdad and Tehran. But Derry’s competition for The City of Culture title comes from tranquil English cities where history stopped years ago.
Derry Essays 4: We are the greatest…
May 3rd, 2010 by Garbhan Downey.I have written many times about Derry’s importance as a European cultural capital [1], and every time I’ve met with relentless patronising from subjects of much-lesser cities whose only notable attribute is size. There’s a small snigger, accompanied by an oh-so-clever remark about “chips on his shoulder” as they slope back to their generic lattes, [...]
