“The head of Liverpool’s Capital of Culture team has resigned from his £100,000-plus role after just two months. Kevin Johnson, the chief operating officer, cites personal reasons for his decision to leave the post,” and sources say that he was simply tired of commuting from his home in Scotland. Cultural leaders in the city are expressing surprise and disappointment, but with the next Europe-wide Capital of Culture competition nearly four years away, no one on the Liverpool team is panicking.