Can a £120m festival of culture save the UK post-Brexit?

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Can a £120m festival of culture save the UK post-Brexit?
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If a nebulous celebration can’t bring us together, maybe borrowing art from the National Portrait Gallery will do the trick

It’s going to be party time in 2022, apparently. The government, I hear, is lining up Martin Green, who ran the very successful Hull City of Culture during 2017, to take charge of a four nations arts extravaganza with a budget of £120m. Our beloved leader, who likes to emphasise that he is not just PM but also minister for the union, wants a festival of the UK.

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