News: The 2029 Journal

Welcome to the Peterborough City of Culture 2029 news hub, your home for the latest stories and updates shaping our journey. Here you will find announcements, community highlights and cultural milestones that reflect the city’s creativity, diversity and ambition as we build confidently towards 2029 together.

Peterborough Stories
John Clare Peterborough UK City of Culture
Writing the City

Writing the City

From medieval manuscript to modern classroom, Peterborough’s story has moved from guarded script to shared authorship. As language widened beyond cloistered walls, memory became participatory. Today, residents and writers alike shape the city’s narrative, turning heritage into collective expression and future possibility.

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Peterborough Beer Festival
The Public Voice

The Public Voice

From Cathedral Square to today’s open mic nights, Peterborough has always gathered to speak, sing and listen. Public voice shaped its civic life long before print or digital platforms, and remains a living tradition, layered in many languages, carrying experience outward and binding communities together.

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Link Road Mural
Image as Language

Image as Language

From medieval wall paintings at Longthorpe Tower to Romanesque carvings in Peterborough Cathedral, image has long carried meaning in the city, shaping belief, identity and imagination through symbols that invited viewers to interpret, reflect and participate in shared understanding across centuries.

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Metal Peterborough Positive Notes
Love Letters: Celebrating Peterborough’s Hidden Stories

Love Letters: Celebrating Peterborough’s Hidden Stories

This February, Metal Peterborough and artist Joel Rodriguez unveil three youth-led public artworks at Queensgate Shopping Centre, celebrating carnival revival, belonging and identity. Created with young people through Positive Notes, the vibrant photo tiles honour Peterborough’s hidden stories and enduring community spirit.

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