In the 1950’s Leicester was the second richest city in Europe and there’s definitely another buzz going on now. Well we always knew how creative Leicester was, and now the national newspapers are spreading the word too…

Along with this weekend’s Eurovision entry who hails from Leicester – we also have all of this creative talent going on right now:

“the reigning victors of The Great British Bake Off and The Great British Sewing Bee; the latest winner of X-Factor; the winners of the English Football Championship and the semi-finalists of the Rugby Premier League; and the newly crowned world snooker champion, known by his nickname of The Jester from Leicester.”

Read the full story from the weekend’s Independent to find out what the secret of Leicester’s success is:

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news