Can Swansea win the right to wear Britain’s cultural crown?

Dylan Thomas’s ‘ugly, lovely town’ is vying to become the next City of Culture

This is a tense time for Swansea. Like its four fellow shortlisted cities – Coventry, Paisley, Stoke and Sunderland – it awaits a crucial verdict on Thursday, when Britain finds out who is to wear the coveted crown of UK City of Culture in 2021.

After months of campaigning, and as Hull’s year in the limelight dims, the competing teams are all nervous. But for Swansea in particular this could be about to get personal. For the city was shortlisted last time around and is understandably reluctant to accept the bridesmaid’s role twice in a row.

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