nipper Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 . . . . . because Manx Radio were reporting on A Celebration of Cultural Diversity From IoM Newspapers website Isle of Man dubbed a 'Cultural Desert' Ah well, I s'pose there are always two sides to a coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Dolores Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 . . . . . because Manx Radio were reporting on A Celebration of Cultural Diversity From IoM Newspapers website Isle of Man dubbed a 'Cultural Desert' Ah well, I s'pose there are always two sides to a coin. Things are a LOT better over here for entertainment than they were 15, 20 years ago. Decent bands come over and play (who'd have thunk than we'd have had Lou Reed play two nights at the Villa the other year? Shame the night I went to was half empty, mind!) and big, decent comedy names come over and sell out venues. Anyone old enough to remember the really awful entertainment that we had to put up with in the 80s really appreciates what we have now, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 My maths is not the best these days but if we have 0.27 cultural 'things' per 10,000 people here, then surely at something in the region of 80,000 that would mean over the whole island we only have 2 (insert choice of art galleries, bookshops, museums, theatre, dance and drama schools, film venues, music studios, opera, ballet, arts and craft shops and musical instrument retailers). Somehow that doesn't remotely add up given the number of things like that we have here. Unless I imagined many of them. Either the report is a big load of festering dog poo, or it's been a long day and I should go to bed before my maths ability gets torn to shreds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I am not sure I understand how the IOM is a cultural desert. Oodles of 'culture' here from popular culture to more refined and specialist (just look at the Gaiety and Villa, not to mention the Peel Centenary Centre) and the various amateur efforts. I don't think we do too badly for a small place surrounded by water. We went to the Gaiety Panto this year and I was impressed, it was far better produced and 'acted' than any of the efforts I had seen at Sutton's Secombe Centre (after famous local resident Harry Secombe, but he moved). Of course, up the road were the delights of the West End, but travelling to town for an evening was just more hassle than it was worth, particularly with the last trains being somewhere around 11.00 which really meant constant watch watching with a dive at the end of the performance through the tube system for the train station. No, I don't think we do too badly here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Anyone wishing to appreciate the state of manx culture should go and see a performance by the local symphony orchestra. I particularly like the atonal approach to the classical period. Few orchestras could pull that off..... ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Isn't the claim based on how many paid listings the site gets for a certainly locality - as the site seems to cover the UK (which thus does not include the IoM) nor can I see much utility to be gained by paying a UK site to list local events, the Island will thus come bottom of its list - obviously like most press reporting the headline is read whereas the qualifications and explanation is not. There are many events though some seem to be very poorly subscribed with several date clashes for possibly the same audience (eg recent 'tonal' orchestral concerts and an organ recital by well known (in classical music) name - an all Island 'whats on' that is kept upto date would be useful and might avoid some date clashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 due to poor education and general incompetence an 's' was left out of the headline, it should have read 'dessert'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I thought Charles Guard did a fairly good job of pointing out how the report was a load of rubbish on last night's evening Mandate programme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian rush Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 My understanding with this 'story' was that a two bit website which had no-one (or very few people) from the Isle of Man bother to list with it raised the allegation that the Island was a cultural desert. Manx Radio reported the story as if it were from some important source - say the Radio Times - as opposed to a website that wanted to drum up some business / PR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 don't knock 'investigative Manx journalism' - one day they might just stumble on the secret supply of brown envelopes that winds down Buck's road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Is this website connected to the thing someone was talking about to do with IOM Newspapers and their great days out scam, sorry, scheme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freggyragh Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Yes - by the same logic Manx Radio should report the UK as a cultural desert - I don't see too many listings for events over there on Manx websites. Did anyone ask this website how they rate Dublin or Brussels? You can forgive and ignore this type of mistake from a UK company - but from our 'nation's station'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 And wouldn't it all depend on your definition of 'culture'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 And wouldn't it all depend on your definition of 'culture'? Indeed. There was plenty of culture on some tomatoes I purchased from the Manx supermarket the other day. Not for the first time either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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