Jarvis named Cultural Ambassador for Eurostar

Jarvis Cocker is the inaugural cultural ambassador of Eurostar’s Culture Connect initiative. Beyond the generated hype, Culture Connect serves to promote the Eurostar service for cultural trips to the continent and Eurostar ticket holders get 2 for 1 entry in any of the museums participating in the scheme. You can find details of the scheme here and the participating museums and institutions. So if anyone out there, is getting sick of the London Art Scene, you can pop over to Brussels or Paris and check out what’s going on there.

A veteran of rail channel crossing, Jarvis regularly travels twice a week between Paris and London, and still moans about the price of the sandwiches. He’s passionate about destroying the elitist myths behind culture and art though, and is stressing the benefits of visiting museums, galleries and gigs in Brussels, Paris and London. There’s another important issue for Jarvis regarding train travel – the environment. He spoke of how everyone should be looking at reducing their carbon footprint and doesn’t consider himself as an artist above those concerns; a breath of fresh air when you consider self righteous eco-celebrities (and private jet junkies) like Sting.

Jarvis still retains his legendary northern wit though. When asked what his first action as ambassador would be, he told us he’s demanded cushions for anyone on board who needs to take a snooze. Jarvis Cocker Cultural and Comfort Ambassador!