(18 Sep 2015, 10:23 pm)BusLoverMum wrote It depends on the type of culture
The bar has to be low, mind. I mean, Hull have it in a couple of years. When I was there, the height of culture was the rather fabulous Spiders nightclub
http://www.spidersnightclub.com/ (complete with retro geocities style graphics, despite being all of 3 years old!)
But Hull, at least, is a historic port - a conduit for culture which has flowed in and out of the British Isles dating back many centuries.
Sunderland had ship-building for a bit, and that's about it really!
EDIT: Oh, and a Monastery too!