Anne marie tasker and kofi smiles report on the highlights of hulls year as britains City Of Culture. Hello, and welcome to hull, which, for the whole of 2017 is the uks City Of Culture. And this is the Humber Bridge, just the latest location to take part in the 365 Day Celebration of arts and culture. Pulled between stars and asteroids, meteors and satellites. This stunning landmark is being turned into a giant musical instrument, taking you on a sonic journey across the humber. And ive been on myjourneys, too, exploring the cultural links between this maritime city and its sister city of reykjavik. I think all this talk about girls not boxing is old fashioned. E we will also find out how womens boxing pioneer Barbara Buttrick is finally being recognised in her home city. Im annemarie tasker, and im the arts and Culture Correspondent for the bbc here in hull, and this is kofi smiles. Im the face of hull, chosen by bbc to tell the world about the City Of Culture. Were on top of the Hum
What started out as a dream in 2016 is finally coming to fruition as Vasquez and his board work to raise awareness, support and funds to build the club’s new home: The Mexica Center.
and that was the focus for them. other territories, and like i say, when you talk about saudi, for example, i think their big drive is to aid and grow participation of these sports in the country. when we first went to saudi in 2019, the growth from 2019 to 2020, i believe was around 600% in people attending boxing gyms. so, you know, every market we go to will have a different view and vision of what they want us to deliver with the event. and a lot of the the focus from a lot of the governments is tourism led and driving tourism. when the saudis recently did their major deal in the world of golf, rory mcilroy said, and i quote, at the end of the day, money talks. is he right? is sport just about money these days? all of these territories want internationally renowned events. i don t think itjust
you know, certain places we go to, we recently did an event in abu dhabi with the department of culture and tourism. that was heavily led by driving tourism into abu dhabi. and that was the focus for them. other territories, and like i say, when you talk about saudi, for example, i think their big drive is to aid and grow participation of these sports in the country. when we first went to saudi in 2019, the growth from 2019 to 2020, i believe was around 600% in people attending boxing gyms. so, you know, every market we go to will have a different view and vision of what they want us to deliver with the event. and a lot of the the focus from a lot of the governments is tourism led and driving tourism. when the saudis recently did their major deal in the world of golf, rory mcilroy said, and i quote, at the end of the day, money talks. is he right?