. - this is rachel cusk.e you have had some caffeine in you already because today is going to be a very big day. the start of a summer weekend in coventry. but this is no ordinary saturday. today, the whole city will become a giant stage to mark the start of a big year as the uk city of culture. stay with us all day because we're going to make sure that you not miss a moment of this. coventry. it's been a long time coming. coventry won the honour back in 2017, way back before covid—19 forced their artistic director to change all her plans. you see the track, its down here. because we can't be bringing audiences together in large numbers or even participants, we've had to think very differently. for a start, what is about to take place on these streets has had to be kept a complete secret. one of you is not from... to avoid large crowds gathering to watch with surprise events cropping up in neighbourhoods across the whole city. we thought if people can't come in to us, we'll go out to them. it may be that they