Yesterday I was just playing around on the internet when I came across mention of the great exhibitions or expos. We have probably all heard of them, from old cartoons I daresay: they were when the world came together, converging on one city, for trade, science exhibitions and so on. From what I can make out, they were once very important, probably on a par with the olympics in terms of cultural significance. When you reflect that they were the reason for the creation of the Eiffel Tower and the Crystal Palace, it’s clear they were major events. Yet today we hear nothing of them, so much so that I assumed they had stopped for some reason, as others no doubt had.

Yet it seems I was wrong, and they are still going. Indeed, London is bidding to host the 2025 World’s Fair. If that is so, though, I find it odd that this is the first I have heard of it. In fact it was very hard to find anything about it. From what I read, these things profess to be as culturally significant as the olympics, so why isn’t everyone going ape about it again? Why aren’t we all as excited as we were for the 2012 olympic bid? why is there absolutely nothing about it on the bbc website? Why is the website about London’s bid so spartan and understated I’m not saying this is a bad thing, just that the contrast between the popularity of and excitement about the two events is strikingly stark. This is another opportunity to show London off, but in the context of culture, industry and art rather than sport. Given so much energy was spent on London 2012, given we had so much fun and benefited so much, why are we so unfussed at the prospect of hosting the 2025 world’s fair? I for one support this bid: hosting the worlds fair cold be as awesome as hosting the olympics…assuming anyone notices it is on.