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Liverpool Vegan Food Society are hosting a food fair at Modo Bar in Concert Square, Saturday 1st April.
Free food sampling, guest speakers, information stalls, nutritional advice, tasty recipes, video showings.
All are welcome to come along to support them and indulge in the delights of delicious vegan food!
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Bob Scott: How I 'tricked' 08 Culture of Culture judges
Jan 20, 2009 at 10:08 PM

The man who spearheaded Liverpool's successful Capital of Culture bid has admitted manipulating a key visit to the city by judges.

Liverpool was chosen for the title in 2003 after judges said they were won over by the enthusiasm of the city's people.

Now, the team who landed Capital of Culture status has confessed how they managed to paint the city in such a favourable light.

Sir Bob Scott professed to "planting" particularly positive people in bars to talk to judges on pre-arranged pub crawls.

He also explained how the culture team persistently encouraged the media to give blanket coverage to the judges' visits, even though they were asked to divert press attention away.

In an interview with radio station City Talk, Sir Bob said: "When we offered them (the judges) a trip to Liverpool, we said 'you can do all kinds of things. You can go to a play, movie, go on a pub crawl'". Three of them said 'we would like to go on a pub crawl'.

"We worked out who they were and we made bloody sure who the people in the pub were when they arrived.
"And that made quite an impact."

Story courtesy Luke Traynor Liverpool Echo


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