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It starts here. We are Bradford. We are the UK City of Culture 2025. Check out the first part of our programme now 💥
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BRADFORD IS
#CityofCulture2025
💥
This is our time to celebrate our extraordinary district – and for our young population to become leaders and change-makers to begin an exciting new chapter in our story.
This is Our Time, Our Place
#Bradford2025
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This is Bradford 2025, this is the UK City of Culture, this is us 💥
Announcing our brand new look, new website, first events and our Ambassador, the one and only
@ZaynMalik
🔥
Check us out:
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Bradford is on the shortlist to become UK
#CityofCulture2025
💥
We're thrilled to annouce we're one of four places through to the final stage of the contest.
This is the time to tell the world our own story. This is Our Time, Our Place
#Bradford2025
❣️
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"This is a defining moment for Bradford"
Today we submit our official bid to become UK
#CityofCulture2025
💥
Young people from across the district came together for a celebratory send-off, as the document heads to
@DCMS
📮
#Bradford2025
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World, meet the Bradford accent 🌎
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Bradford has been named as one of 8 places through to the next round of the
#CityofCulture2025
competition 💥
Join us to make the most inclusive, imaginative and distinctive bid possible, for the whole district. This is Our Time, Our Place
#Bradford2025
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Today the nation is waking up to Bradford’s potential 🌤️
Bradford has been named as one of 8 places through to the next round of the
#CityofCulture2025
competition.
This is Our Time, Our Place
#Bradford2025
💥
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A very special announcement with our Ambassador
@zaynmalik
💛💚🩷
We’re partnering with the
@BBC
for our UK City of Culture year in 2025!
Check it out 👇
#Bradford2025
#UKCityofCulture
The BBC will be an official broadcast partner of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture 👏
@zaynmalik
, the Ambassador for
@bradford2025
, told us what this means to him ❤️
📲 Find out more about how the
@BBC
will be celebrating
#Bradford2025
:
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Today we find out if Bradford will be named
#CityofCulture2025
💥
Thousands of people have been involved in shaping this process, generating energy and excitement across the district like never before 🌍
Tune into
@BBCTheOneShow
for the live result, tonight from 7pm on
@BBCOne
.
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Team
#Bradford2025
are on the way to
@Coventry2021
to be on the sofa for the
#CityofCulture2025
result tonight on
@BBCTheOneShow
💥
Join Kemmi, Kersten, Shanaz, Kamran and Sarah on
@BBCOne
today from 7pm to see the live announcement 👀
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Bradford’s time is NOW. The race is on in the competition for
#UKCityOfCulture
in 2025 💥
#Bradford2025
is a massive opportunity for the whole district! Find out more 💫
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We are delighted to announce that
@ShanazGulzar
and Dan Bates have been appointed as Creative and Executive Directors for
#Bradford2025
#CityOfCulture2025
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This is massive for Bradford 💥
@Kala_Sangam
have been awarded a grant of £4,998,500 by
@DCMS
@ace_national
Cultural Development Fund to support capital redevelopment and establish a new arts hub network with
@Bloomin_Buds
@South_Square
and
@CreativeKly
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BRADFORD IS UK CITY OF CULTURE 2025!
This result is down to the ambition, belief and hard work of thousands of people across the district who got behind
#Bradford2025
.
This is Our Time, Our Place
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Bradford, Bingley, Keighley, Ilkley, Saltaire and Haworth – this is our time!
#Bradford2025
From the mills to the hills, the time has come to tell the world our story 💥
#UKCityofCulture
@DCMS
#HereForCulture
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"We have a lot to offer the rest of the UK in terms of the way we do things, and it’s time to share a bigger story of Bradford with the world." 🌎
We're thrilled to annouce
@Jennyjetharris
has joined team
#Bradford2025
as Executive Producer 💥
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"As well as culture, it is about identity and the North’s future prospects."
A nice good luck message here from
@yorkshirepost
ahead of tonight's
#CityofCulture2025
annoucement 💥
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“Today is about demonstrating that not only can we put together a winning bid, but we can deliver it too.” Shanaz, Kersten, May & Kamran meet the
#CityofCulture2025
Expert Advisory Panel in London today, the final stage of the bid for
#Bradford2025
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The Bradford 2025 office has been transformed✨
Our windows have been splashed with our new look and we love how the Bradford glow lights up Centenary Square🩷💛💚
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Two great Zayns, one great hat…
Bradford 2025 Ambassador
@zaynmalik
styling our Love Bradford logo on Apple Music 🔥
Zayn on performing his previous songs via Apple Music:
"PILLOWTALK has to go [on the setlist] obviously, it's my biggest hit."
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"Do remember they can't cancel the spring" - David Hockney
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It's got to be Bradford! 💥
I guess
@MediaMuseum
is backing our bid to become
#CityofCulture2025
👀
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We've just had a tour of the former Odeon, soon to be an impressive live venue. There'll be space for 3,800 in the main auditorium, 500 in the ballroom, and a smaller venue in the old boiler room. A huge 93% of people in Bradford told
@Bradford_TandA
they'll visit once it's open!
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"So much hard work has gone on behind the scenes and we'd like to thank all those who have played a part in helping us get to this final stage."
There's just 1⃣ day to go until
#CityofCulture2025
is announced by
@DCMS
on
@BBCTheOneShow
– watch on the Big Screen in
@CityParkBD
💥
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‘I am really excited to see what opportunities it brings for young talent in the city’✨
Tune into
@CapitalOfficial
to hear our Brand Ambassador
@zaynmalik
talk about how Bradford UK City of Culture is an amazing opportunity for Bradford👇
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A lot of people have a lot to say about Bradford. Now it's time for our words to be heard 💥
Words from poets, school children, residents, writers and rappers have been appearing across our streets in WORD ON THE STREET by
@splituk
.
#CityofCulture2025
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A Lovely Winters Morning in Saltaire ✨
📸: northernhabits
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"I come from hope, I come from Bradford"
We love this Word on the Street installation from
@BVGAcademy
student Iqra Khan 💫
We're all about amplifying the voices of young people in our bid to become
#CityofCulture2025
– and this is pretty epic 📢
#Bradford2025
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"It will help us drive things forward to the next level" 🚀
We have received a major boost to make
#Bradford2025
a
#CityofCulture2025
like no other ✨
💥 £10m from
@DCMS
💥 £5m from
@ace_national
💥 £4.95m from
@HeritageFundUK
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"Bradford has so much to offer culturally. It cultured me and I think it needs to shout about it" 💥
Bradford-born presenter BBC
@itsanitarani
is installed as new Chancellor of
@UniofBradford
in the lead up to
#Bradford2025
#CityofCulture2025
🎓
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Today marks one year since Bradford won
#CityofCulture2025
💥
As well as looking back on the incredible day, we're excited to announce:
🏗️ £3m cultural capital fund
📐 Architectural competition with
@RIBA
🚀Partnership with
@GiveBradford
👀 Read more
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She’s stunning 😍
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Amazing scenes in
@CityParkBD
yesterday as
#Bradford2025
was revealed as
#CityofCulture2025
💥
This is a bid for every person in every postcode – and the moment was truly unforgettable 💫
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From the mills to the hills 👀💥
Our bid to be
#CityofCulture2025
is district-wide and we love this epic show of support from young farmers in the Worth Valley 🚜
@WorthValleyYfc
#Bradford2025
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Last week, we announced an array of opportunities for our districts young people.
⭐ Young Curators
⭐ Apprenticeships
⭐ Youth Panel
We hope that these opportunities will give them the skills to kickstart their careers in the creative sector!
📷
@nathanmcgill_
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"Bradford is where my heart is and has always been a hidden gem; a place filled with magic and wonderful people. I’m so proud to back this bid for Bradford to become the UK’s next City of Culture in 2025. This is our time!"
@Dynamomagician
#Bradford2025
#UKCityOfCulture
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Don’t miss the big announcement! The first part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture programme goes live at 7.30pm 🎉
Put your hands together for our awesome volunteers, who joined us for a small moment of joy and calm before the reveal later this evening 👏
#UKCityofCulture
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Congratulations to
@MaryDowson
of
@bcbradio
on recieving the British Empire Medal!
As well as her services to community radio, Mary has been an integral part of the
#Bradford2025
journey so far (leopard print coat to boot).
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A very poignant moment yesterday, as we collectively think of Ukraine 🇺🇦
Bradford is a city of sanctuary and peace and is home to more people of Ukrainian descent than anywhere in England outside London.
We take this moment each night at
#TheMillsAreAlive
to
#StandwithUkraine
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We're recruiting for two very exciting LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES for the delivery of
#Bradford2025
💥
🌟 CREATIVE DIRECTOR
🌟 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Deadline: Sunday 17 July, 5pm
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Today the sun is out and we're welcoming the
@DCMS
special advisory panel to Bradford for the day 🌤️
We'll be showing them why we're the most exciting candidate to be
#CityofCulture2025
👀💥
#Bradford2025
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It's amazing to hear that Bradford-based company SetStage built the epic staging for UK
@Eurovision
entry
@SamRyderMusic
at the weekend! 🤩
#CityofCulture2025
#Bradford2025
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Today the
@DCMS
are shining a spotlight on Bradford as a finalist for
#CityofCulture2025
👀
From the mills to the hills, let's tell the world why we think it's Bradford's time to become
#CityofCulture2025
💥
Our Time, Our Place
#Bradford2025
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"Bradfordians will know already that the
#CityofCulture2025
title should not only be about good headlines and filling hotel rooms – the real prize is to bring its people hope and fresh possibilities."
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Wonderful to see Little Amal in Bradford on
#WorldRefugeeDay2022
. Since July 2021 Amal has travelled over 8,000km in support of refugees.
#WalkWithAmal
#RefugeeWeek
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“It isn’t just about Bradford, it’s about us transforming the North as a crucible of culture.” Bradford winning
#CityOfCulture2025
will impact across the North - from Sheffield to Manchester to Liverpool💥
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Let’s go, Bradford! 🎉 So much excitement in City Park ahead of our announcements tonight.
Keep your eyes on us - at 7.30pm we’re revealing the first of our programme for UK City of Culture 2025 👀 We can’t wait to share this with you all!
#Bradford2025
#UKCityofCulture
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Today 1,001 candles were lit on the steps of City Hall to remember each person lost to COVID in the Bradford District. Anyone in the district who is experiencing
#bereavement
remember that
@healthymindsbdc
&
@MindinBradford
are here to help you get the support you need.
#KeepHope
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The final stop for
#CityofCulture2025
panel visit was an epic lunch in
@SaltsMill
Rite of Spring gallery 🌱
The panel had a chance to catch up with our amazing creatives and community leaders and got a chance to see the brand new 90m
#DavidHockney
exhibition 💥
#Bradford2025
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The result of
#CityofCulture2025
will be announced this Tuesday 31 May 💥
Tune into
@BBCTheOneShow
on Tuesday from 7pm to see the result live 👀
There is no better time to shout from the rooftops about why you think it's got to be
#Bradford2025
📢
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BD25 is here!
All areas of our district from BD1 right up to BD24 (and even LS29) will benefit from the impact
#UKCityofCulture
can bring 💥
BD25 is not just a year, but an extraordinary destination where anything can happen.
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#Bradford
's City of Culture 2025 bid has a new director! Please welcome Richard Shaw to this vital role leading
#bradford2025
Find out more at
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Bradford is getting ready for
#CityofCulture2025
👀
Read more about the multi-million pound projects and changing street scenes breathing new life into Bradford city centre over the coming months in
@Bradford_TandA
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"These five words painted on a wall became an iconic image of the city"
This classic Bradford graffiti, thought to have been written by a student in the 1960s, became something of a local landmark – inspiring a book, a song, a shop and more 💥
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Bradford's City Centre will be transformed into a wonderful light festival this weekend as BD:isLIT starts tomorrow 🎆
Here is a sneak peek of what to expect 👀
📅BD:isLIT 3 & 4 November
#BDisLIT
#Bradford2025
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We're thrilled to annouce that
@bradfordmdc
has been awarded £250,000 from
@Spiritof2012
#VolunteeringCities
fund to develop incredible volunteering opportunities for local people to get involved with
#Bradford2025
#CityofCulture2025
🚀
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"Bradford wants
#CityofCulture2025
not to wear as a badge of honour, but to help deliver long- term, sustainable growth and to harness its unique identity"
More regional love in today's
@yorkshirepost
#Bradford2025
💥
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First stop for the expert advisory panel visit was
@MediaMuseum
followed by a hard hats on and look inside the incredible
@Bradford_Live
development 💥
#Bradford2025
#CityofCulture2025
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Van Gogh Alive is coming to Bradford this autumn for its Yorkshire premiere🌻 Experience the artist like never before in this multi-sensory experience
@RegencyYorks
13th October – 8th January. More information and booking here:
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Exciting new plans for an art hotel in the upper floors of the Wool Exchange and a £1.5m re-purposing of Vintry House into a sustainable & accessible multi use major event and digital creative space with room for galleries and workspace.
#CityOfCulture2025
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“It’s us – it’s Bradford. It’s a bit mischievous, it’s hospitable, it’s inviting.”
#Bradford2025
#CityOfCulture2025
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We’re excited to announce a £6 million investment from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in support of our ambitious plans for UK City of Culture in 2025!
This funding will help us drive economic growth through the region's creative industries 🙌
🔗
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Hidden History: The Lost Portraits of Bradford is back on BBC iPlayer 📸
The documentary explores extraordinary portraits taken at Belle Vue Studio – capturing the hidden history and changing face of Bradford 💫
#Bradford2025
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“We really wanted to make sure we were supporting groups across all communities of Bradford” 💥
We’re thrilled to announce cultural venues across the district who are benefitting from our £3 million cultural capital fund to prepare for
#CityofCulture2025
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Next the
#CityofCulture2025
panel embarked on a walking tour of Bradford to find out more about the exciting
@BradfordMarkets
development, our radical social history and stopped by political theatre company
@Common_WealthHQ
to hear from
@SpeakersCornerC
and
@AllStarEnts
🔥
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We're so happy to welcome Keighley's finest
@ShanazGulzar
as the new Chair of
#Bradford2025
bid! 💥
With a career spanning film, visual arts, theatre, public art and media, we're lucky to have her guidance as the bid evolves.
Read more:
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Helping to bring the 2025 UK City of Culture title home to Bradford. ❄️❄️❄️
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It’s coming home 📕🔍
From Haworth to New York and back again, the last of Charlotte Brontë’s 'little books' in private ownership has been acquired by
@FNL313
and will be donated to
@BronteParsonage
.
Read more
@nytimes
@nytimesarts
#CityofCulture2025
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Today's the big day! At 7.30pm we'll reveal the first part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture programme.
Join us
@BBCLeeds
from 2-6pm
Listen to
@bcbradio
from 5.30pm
We're with
@itvcalendar
at 6pm
Tune in to
@BBCLookNorth
at 6.30pm
And we're live on
@BBCTheOneShow
at 7pm
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Hey Folks!
@BradicalPress
here. Central Library exciting place for me growing up. I felt very grown up when my big sis took me here. It was giant, a beautiful place to explore on a long Saturday. It had a mezzanine you could spend all day exploring.
#ThisIsBradford
#Bradford2025
.
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📺 Tonight
@Channel4
will air a three-part documentary series that will lift the lid on how Britain’s Asian community stood against far-right violence in the 70s/80s and, will feature the story of the Bradford 12.
Watch tonight at 9pm.
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Thank you Wakefield for your support for Bradford's bid to be
#CityOfCulture2025
. If we win, it will be a game changer for the whole region.
#Bradford2025
Shoutout to our friends at
#Bradford2025
who start the final push to be UK city of culture. We're really chuffed that Bradford is up for this
Let’s not underestimate the fantastic impact it would have on West Yorkshire as well as Bradford
💼 💃 👯 💷
Come on
#Bradford2025
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Exciting job opportunities to be part of the incredible
#Bradford2025
#CityofCulture2025
💥
🎇 Executive Producer
🎟️ Head of Audiences
💷 Head of Finance
🤝 Head of Partnerships
🫂 Head of People
Apply now! Deadline Sun 4 Dec.
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After our amazing programme launch last night, Even Mother Nature joined in with a nationwide light show in
#Bradford2025
colours to celebrate!!
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"I am a Keighley girl and if you had said to me at the age of 16 that I would be doing something like this, I couldn’t have possibly imagined it." 💥
🗞️ Our Creative Director
@ShanazGulzar
profiled by
@YvetteHWriter
in today's
@yorkshirepost
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Bradford 2025 Chair Shanaz Gulzar describes how the district is at the epicentre of a renewed push to use culture and the arts to inject a multi-million pound boost to help rebuild the economy, while attracting a new generation of audiences to the sector.
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"I am a Keighley girl and if you said to me at 16 that I'd be doing something like this, I couldn’t have possibly imagined it."
We're celebrating female change-makers for
#IWD23
and you can catch
#Bradford2025
Creative Director Shanaz Gulzar on
@SunriseRadioUK
later today 💥
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Definitely the best bookshop in the world 📚
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Totally normal scenes in Little Germany 🎬
The area has been transformed for Tyler Perry's new drama Six Triple Eight – telling the story of the only all-women, all-Black US battalion during WWII.
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Arts and culture – a big deal for Bradford's economy over the coming years. Read more about the Council's 10-year plan here:
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Hi, my name is Cain Lewis. I’m a member of the Bradford 2025 Engagement & Inclusion Board. As part of Black History Month I’m taking over the Bradford 2025 social media for one day. I will be sharing a few posts throughout the day about what culture is to me, living in Bradford!
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Introducing 'The Portal' - a brand new piece of street art by Polish artist, NeSpoon, inspired by lace found in the Bradford Museum archives.
'The Portal' launches a landmark project, BD: Walls, which will form a dynamic street art trail across Bradford district, bringing
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Leeds have revealed that they're entering the race to host
#Eurovision2023
🎵
Coming during
@LEEDS_2023
and in the run up to
#Bradford2025
, a statement from
@LeedsCC_News
highlights our region's large Ukrainian population 🇺🇦
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This year, Saltaire is celebrating 20 years as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here at
@SaltaireArt
we present art in many of the Saltaire’s iconic buildings and in the village’s Grade II listed homes. What’s your favourite building in Saltaire?
#socialmediatakeover
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Congratulations
@rosiejoyfree
and all
@thebrickbox
, fabulous show 💥
#MillsAreAlive
at Listers Mill 6 to 9pm until Saturday.
#CityofCulture2025
#Bradford2025
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Thrilling, unfiltered, and eclectic. Bradford exists on its own terms 💥
Read more about how our new look, created by
@rabbithole
, plays into the district’s unique identity.
Introducing
#Bradford2025
👀
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Wondering what's in store for Bradford 2025? The wait is almost over! 💥
On Thu 12 Sep at 7.30pm, we'll reveal the first part of our UK City of Culture programme. Expect awe-inspiring events, world-class partnerships, culture for all, and of course, Bradford in the spotlight!
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PEOPLE MAKE BRADFORD 💥
More giant words have popped up in Bradford from
@PeoplePoweredPr
written by our local community and letterpress printed by hand.
👀 Keep your eye out for more coming across the district.
#Bradford2025
#CityofCulture2025
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We made some big announcements yesterday and want to take a moment to thank our incredible Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture sponsors for partnering with us 💖💚💛
A huge thank you to:
@ace_national
@HeritageFundUK
@Morrisons
(cont.)
#UKCityofCulture2025
#Bradford2025
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Hello everyone! I’m Shannen Johnson and I’m super excited to be taking over Bradford 2025 Twitter all week. I’m 26. I live in Bradford with my husband & two cats, Ned & Leia. I work as Learning & Engagement Officer
@PeaceMuseumUK
. I’m a museum, culture, food, wine & cats fan!
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❤️ We're putting young people at the heart of Bradford 2025
Today, we're launching a number of programmes to ensure young people from all corners of our district have the opportunity to get involved in UK City of Culture 2025
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“It's making a statement to the sector”💥
@MediaMuseum
have received over £3m from
@HeritageFundUK
– to futureproof the museum in the lead up to
#Bradford2025
, and for decades to come 🚀
Read more from
@HeritageFundNOR
@hjfeathers
in
@yorkshirepost
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