5. 5. Statement: Year of Legends

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:15 pm on 15 November 2016.

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Photo of Ken Skates Ken Skates Labour 4:15, 15 November 2016

Can I thank Hannah Blythyn for her question, and say that I also very much enjoy repeating the fact that north Wales is the fourth greatest place to visit on the planet, and it’s something that we should all be very proud of? In terms of the Year of Legends, 2016, the Year of Adventure, will see one of the biggest events held back for the end of the year—the segue moment where we move into the Year of Legends—and that will be the Nutcracker experience that is taking place at Theatr Clwyd beginning on 1 December, with, again, a unique product. It’ll be an outdoor ice-skating experience combined with a Nutcracker experience inside the theatre.

In terms of the gold cape, this is a hugely important artefact, and I have to say that, when it came to Wrexham museum, I thought it was presented in the most imaginative and compelling way possible to draw visitors to that particular facility. But I’d very much like the gold cape to return to its home town, and therefore I’d be delighted to meet with the Member and with any interested parties from Mold, her constituency, and the local authority of Flintshire, to discuss how we might work with the British Museum, and, indeed, National Museum Wales, in identifying a place within the home town of the gold cape so that it can return, at least for a short period of time, if at all possible, during the Year of Legends.