Hull has been named UK City of Culture 2017, beating competition from Dundee, Leicester and Swansea Bay. The City of Culture initiative was established by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport ...

Dundee, Hull, Leicester and Swansea Bay (covering Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Neath and Port Talbot) have made the shortlist to be named UK City of Culture 2017. Leicester is in the running The ...

For the people of Hull, it is as if the London 2012 Olympic Games never ended. In November, the city beat off competition from Dundee, Leicester and Swansea Bay to become UK City of Culture 2017.

The Ferens Art Gallery in Kingston-upon-Hull has commissioned artist Spencer Tunick to creation a one-off photographic installation of hundreds of naked people, as part of the locale’s City of Culture ...