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21 Oct, 9 tweets, 5 min read
"Unboxed": more on how the UK Festival 2022 will explore our creativity, identities and futures.
unboxed2022.uk
With so many major national events taking place in 2022, (he Jubilee, Commonwealth Games, BBC centenary, hosting a women's Euros + a footy World Cup) this is a different, pluralist, localised approach to 2022 "Festival of Britain"/ UK across 10 projects
unboxed2022.uk
The 2022 festival can also be pitched as part of a post-pandemic re-emergence of creativity & culture. Along with the programme content around the UK, this should help to show that this really isnt going to be a "Festival of Brexit" in any way at all.
gov.uk/government/new…
Mentioned that 6 months ago
Almost nobody had (or has now, I'm sure) heard of the plans for a 2022 Festival, but latent public goodwill towards the idea. This appeared surprisingly little affected by mentioning politically polarising media description of it as a Festival of Brexit
The 2022 event does seem to have swerved some of these big risks of being Millennium Dome mk II. (Politics & London).

I think proof of the pudding will now be in the content. + Does it cut through with public reach and engagement in such a busy year?

Two positions that will have narrow appeal, except to some very online hyperpolitical tribes

* insisting its a Festival of Brexit (when it palpably isnt)

* complaining it isnt a Festival of Brexit (that UK national Festival 2022 not political enough!)

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/…
Dandelion, the lead Scottish project
Mirror reports Brexit "ditched" from 2022 UK Festival. Useful broadening of awareness that this obvs isnt going to be the mythical Festival of Brexit. (It also ccurately reports govt response, pointing out it was never going to be).
google.com/amp/s/www.mirr…

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