{"id":132003,"date":"2026-03-07T05:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T05:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132003\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T05:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T05:29:07","slug":"university-of-reading-backs-bid-to-make-town-city-of-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132003\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Reading backs bid to make town City of Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The bid, for the UK City of Culture 2029 title, aims to celebrate and expand Reading\u2019s artistic, historic, and creative identity by securing national recognition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The university is part of a coalition driving the proposal, alongside Reading Borough Council, the Reading Economy and Destination Agency, and various cultural, business and community groups.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Professor Robert Van de Noort, vice-chancellor of the University of Reading, said: &#8220;The University is proud to stand alongside partners in supporting Reading\u2019s City of Culture bid.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This is an opportunity to shine a national spotlight on the creativity, diversity and ingenuity that define our town.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;As an institution rooted in this community, we see the power culture has to transform lives, strengthen wellbeing and open new pathways into education and the creative industries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We are excited to help shape a programme worthy of Reading\u2019s ambition.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The bid sets out a vision to make culture &#8216;an everyday right&#8217; for everyone across the town of Reading and the wider region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The university has contributed expertise and examples of global cultural impact, including the world-famous Climate Stripes created by Professor Ed Hawkins, the growth of Screen Berkshire, and its collaboration within the Reading Museums Partnership.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Department of Culture, Media and Sport will review submissions and confirm a longlist later in the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bid, for the UK City of Culture 2029 title, aims to celebrate and expand Reading\u2019s artistic, historic,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-132003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}