City limits

By Paul Barker 2001-12-18T00:00:00

Thirteen UK cities from early favourite Bradford to rank outsider Inverness are vying to become Europe's Capital of Culture in 2008. They all want to emulate the 'Glasgow effect' of 1990, but is the title worth the millions now being spent on campaigns?

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