Hull and Hereabouts

I like it when I can agree whole heartedly with this wayside pulpit on the Baptist Church, Cottingham Road. Usually they are just plain old ...

The Christian festival of Easter was cancelled this year; that quasi-pagan celebration of Christ's victory over Death was put to one ...

But I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home ... Long, long ago w...

"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled."                                           ...

On my way back from the shops I stopped to take a picture of the setting sun and the trees on Cottingham Road and this family of cyclists...

On this fine April Saturday, whilst the dead Christ is allegedly off on the harrowing of Hull, I thought some cheery blossom would be ap...

A storm in February used to pass by unnoticed, it was the kind of thing you expect, happened every year, through out autumn and winter we...

A strange thing today on the local TV news; a Labour MP calling for more competition and openness in business: the business, that is, of ...

Two score and seven years ago our fathers dragged us into a Continent, conceived in Error, and dedicated to the proposition that all men...

... makes a nice change from a rainy day.

A little seasonal colour here on Cottingham Road, near the University.

"To promote and to assist in the establishment throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of playing fie...

Picture by Margot K Juby September's theme day for City Daily Photo is here .

What can I say about this pub that's right outside the entrance to the university? Well first off, when I came to Hull it was not a ...

I don't know about you but I often watch adverts and wonder what mind altering substance was involved in their creation. So it is wi...

Oh the modern car is a wondrous thing with its  fuel economy engines, air bags, sat navs, and all the latest technology gizmos. But when...

It's that time of year when the Horse Chestnut trees send forth their floral delights. These contrasting specimens are on the corner...

I was on my way to the doctors surgery (nothing serious, just some paper work) yesterday when I spotted this new addition to the Univers...

What it's got to do with culture I don't know but if you fancy picking the world's favourite colour then head on over to thi...

Walking along Cottingham Road when I get to this point I know it's just five minutes to go and then I'm home to put my feet up a...