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City of Culture events may be cut
Londonderry :: United Kingdom | 24 days ago
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To date, the income from sponsorship and ticket sales is much less than the organisers had expected. The City of Culture is one third of the way through its calendar of events...Up until mid-April, the cash raised in sponsorship was £436,000, while £
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Herschel telescope to go blind
New York :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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The European Space Agency (Esa) is about to lose the use of one of its flagship satellites. Since 2009, the billion-euro Herschel telescope has been unravelling the complexities of star birth and galaxy evolution. But its instruments employ special
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Other Voices festival comes to Derry
Londonderry :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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The Staves on stage at the 2012 Other Voices music festival in Dingle on the west coast of Ireland. Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian The shift from Dingle to Derry and then to London with a night at Wilton's Music Hall carries a special
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Curtain To Rise On UK's First City Of Culture
Londonderry :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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the UK City of Culture...Those behind the successful bid had a rich heritage to draw on. Nobel Peace Prize winners, Eurovision Song Contest winners, a Poet Laureate, Field Day, Peter Cunnah, The Undertones - the list is absolutely endless."
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A-Z of 2013: The Independent's writers predict the future, from the Oscars to royal baby hype
Tehrān :: Iran | 5 months ago
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A is for Andy Murray On a thundery Friday afternoon in July 2012, the planets aligned, the tennis gods smiled and the clouds parted over SW19 a man born on British soil had won a place in the Wimbledon Final for the first time in 74 years. Sadly, we
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Culture programme to be announced
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
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Londonderry City of Culture programme to be unveiled The wait is almost over as the first copies of the programme arrive in the city. The official line-up of acts to mark Londonderry's year as the UK City of Culture will be announced later...Some
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City of Culture events unveiled
Londonderry :: United Kingdom | 12 months ago
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First glimpse of Derry's City of Culture line-up Derry will take on the mantle of UK City of Culture in 2013 The Turner prize will leave England for the first time next year and will be part of Londonderry's year as UK City of Culture. The launch of
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100 events on Derry culture plan
Derry :: NH :: USA | 1 year ago
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Cliff Richard and Snow Patrol on City of Culture plan Derry will take on the mantle of UK City of Culture in 2013 More than 100 events, including appearances by Sir Cliff Richard and Snow Patrol, are on a draft programme of events for Londonderry's
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Continuity IRA rails against UK City of Culture award to Derry
Ira :: Burkina Faso | 1 year ago
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Derry's status as UK City of Culture 2013 has infuriated dissident republicans including the Continuity and Real IRA. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The Republican dissident organisation the Continuity IRA has branded the award of 2013's
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Bomb hits City of Culture office in Derry
Londonderry :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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Press Association Derry was awarded the right to become the 2013 UK City of Culture in 2010. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images A bomb detonated outside the City of Culture office in Derry on Wednesday night, police have reported. There were
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