A decade after Liverpool was European Capital of Culture, the city is ploughing ahead with development plans that could see it lose its UNESCO world heritage status. Laura Harris asks if the problems affecting the cultural life of the city have been solved.
A decade has passed since Liverpool spent a year as the European Capital of Culture. Since then, the European Union’s scheme has inspired numerous other regions to create their own ‘City of Culture’ designations. Last year saw cities from Bogra to Turkestan host regional schemes. Designed as city-branding exercises, these projects are, at least in part, intended to draw in lucrative tourism and inward investment to benefit historically under-resourced areas.
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