Tim Cornwell's Diary: Burns V Marley... The Gloves Are Off

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LINDA FABIANI, the culture minister, had the chance to sell Homecoming Scotland 2009 to a really international crowd this week. Delegates from 30 countries, creative or arts professionals, all filled the tables at Glasgow City Halls. Unluckily, however, Scotland's culture chief went toe-to-toe with Jamaica's. The match- up seemed to pose the question of just how big is Robert Burns's fan club, against Bob Marley's, or even Jimmy Cliff's?

The three-day Creative Clusters conference seemed the perfect venue to spread the word about the Scottish Government's dream, of a global tide of roots tourists to celebrate the Bard's 250th birthday next year.

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Tim Cornwell's Diary: Burns V Marley... The Gloves Are Off

First up: Fabiani, Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture, to give her title in full, with the welcoming address. In a brisk eight minutes she dul...

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