Hull and Hereabouts

The cunning plan to make Hull's tenure of the title of UK City of Culture as miserable as possible seems to be working ever so wel...

In town yesterday and came across this odd thing in Prince's Dock; a compass cum lighthouse. It's to do with some light show (a ...

On our way to Cottingham via Snuff Mill Lane we came across an amusing sight ... a pair of artfully arranged riding hats possibly by the ...

In much the same way that out-of-works actors are not "out-of-work" but "resting" this shop is not "vacant...

You can if you like just look at the picture of the pretty lights on Ferensway and move on. I'm going to prattle on about the City ...

 J. Heebink is a Dutch transport firm with bases in Manchester and MIlton Keynes. Their bright orange lorries are a common sight on Cas...

So you're 18 years old, you've attained the maturity that comes with adulthood (Hah!); you've passed your A levels (or maybe...

Pearson Park is the unlikely recipient of a large dollop of money (is £3.8 million a large dollop or a goodly sum? what is the conventio...

“ Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundation for lifelong learning. It is fully essential to social and human development ...

                                             "The Philistines were Wrong: Culture can bring a city back to life"              ...

Freshly arrived in town today, the Knife Angel or National Monument Against Violence and Aggression, made from thousands of knives surre...

Someone clearly needed to write a quick memo to remind themselves of the meaning of this ubiquitous acronym and I think we can admire th...

It's been a bit of dry spell for this blog;  here's a little something to be going on with. It seems the new fashion is to dispa...

At some point last summer someone found that cheap reading glasses are cheap for a reason ... and this being the City of Culture instead...

I meant to post these last year but obviously didn't. They're part of that exhibition at the University which I've shown bit...

I'd be a right old hypocrite if I could tell you anything about this play that was put on last year at the over endowed new Spring S...

This was one of the many very irritating slogans of last year's Kulturfest. You may have read or seen of further recent instalments ...

As any fool will tell you this is not Charlotte Street but George Street and any fool would be right. But what you see now ain't how...

Here's another set I should have posted last year before the grand ennui set in. You might recall an old dead tree being reshaped i...

Rolled up in town late on Friday afternoon about 4pm but could tell something was up as the bus diverted and left us to get off on a sid...