White palace hollow knight5/6/2023 “Then, secondly, the Jubilee celebrations. That’s obviously pegged to something people understand.” “The most successful mass cultural events that we’ve had in recent years - for example, the centenary for the First World War. In that report, we focused on the fact that this was an ethereal idea on ‘Unboxed’ - it didn’t actually mean anything, it wasn’t pegged to anything.” “We warned about this several months ago in a report that we issued prior to the start of the Unboxed festival. Speaking to BBC’s Radio 4 Today Show, he said the figure was ‘their own’ and likened the organisers definition of ‘engagement’ to include the seven million radio listeners hearing about the festival on the show. ![]() Out of the anticipated 66 million attendees nationally, the entire festival has seen just 238,000.Ĭlaims the festival saw four million people engage with the free-to-attend attractions were refuted by Julian Knight, Chair of the Digital and Media Select Committee. Read more: Somerset bistro shuts for winter after energy bills soar by 400 per centīut the project has been branded a ‘irresponsible use of public money’. 10 free-to-visit attractions were created across the country, designed to highlight science and technology, engineering and maths, and the arts. Unboxed was announced in 2018 by then-Prime Minister Theresa May, created as a way to showcase British creativity and engineering. The project has been criticised for how it had been delivered - Weston-super-Mare saw major setbacks and delays to its SEE Monster exhibit, which opened on September 24. ![]() The National Audit Office has today (11 October) confirmed a report into the management of the Unboxed festival will be released in the next four months. An official audit has been announced into the delivery and value of the project. Weston-super-Mare’s SEE Monster and the Unboxed festival as a whole has been scathingly branded an ‘irresponsible use of public money’ by MPs on the Digital and Media Select Committee.
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