I’m very proud of my hometown this evening. Derry/Londonderry has been awarded the status of UK City of Culture for 2013. Congratulations to all involved in the bid – the support for the bid from the people in the city was fantastic, particularly online. I set up a twibbon to show support for the bid (this adds a small symbol to the corner of your Twitter or Facebook display picture), tweeted about it, and it gradually gained over 1,200 supporters. Here’s to the future, and hopefully we can show both the historical and contemporary culture Derry has to offer.

The video above, “Voices”, is a short film produced to support the bid.