{"id":1546,"date":"2010-07-21T18:01:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T18:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2010-07-21T18:01:09","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T18:01:09","slug":"derry-wins-uk-city-of-culture-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1546","title":{"rendered":"Derry wins UK City of Culture 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Derry\/Londonderry is celebrating as it becomes the UK\u2019s first ever city of culture.<\/div>\n<p>Derry\/Londonderry beat three other finalists, Birmingham, \u00a0Norwich, and Sheffield, to the title.<\/p>\n<p>Its passion and commitment to culture, its strong cultural programme and support from communities across the city, all contributed to Derry\/Londonderry\u2019s winning bid.<\/p>\n<p>Derry\/Londonderry will become a focus for national attention in 2013 and could host high-profile events including the Turner Prize, BBC Sports Personality of the Year, The Brits and the RIBA Stirling Prize as part of its year in the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Culture Minister Ed Vaizey and Phil Redmond announced the result in Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Culture Gov News:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.culture.gov.uk\/news\/news_stories\/7248.aspx\">LINK<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofculture2013.com\/\">www.cityofculture2013.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liam Neeson blogs:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.culture.gov.uk\/main\/2010\/07\/city_of_culture_liam_neeson_bl.html\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derry\/Londonderry is celebrating as it becomes the UK\u2019s first ever city of culture. Derry\/Londonderry beat three other finalists, Birmingham, \u00a0Norwich, and Sheffield, to the title. Its passion and commitment to culture, its strong cultural programme and support from communities across &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1546\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1547,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1546\/revisions\/1547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}