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Saudi Arabia helps cultural businesses reach global audiences
The Saudi Cultural Development Fund launched Nama' Accelerators to boost cultural business growth and sustainability in Saudi Arabia.
This is an extraordinary achievement for the charity and provides much-needed financial resilience, following significant recent cuts to our public funding. On the occasion of our 60th anniversary, I can think of no better way to both celebrate our past and look with confidence to our future.
The British Library is one of the greatest British cultural institutions and this funding will see it undergo an ambitious transformation, creating new spaces that will showcase our national story and history.
"We used to joke that once the sweatshops closed, nothing went down Broadway but tumbleweeds," said Lindsay's son, Chris Bos. This remark reflects the transformation of the area from industrial to artistic, highlighting the community’s evolution and the sparse urban landscape in earlier times.