Hull and Hereabouts

You might look at this and think that looks like bit like an old fashioned bank and you'd right it was once a bank but now it's a...

Four years ago Humberside Police were given the worst possible efficiency rating and were condemned as inadequate. Public confidence in ...

In the twelve or so years that St Stephens has been dominating the retail trade in this town it has had this bizarre wooden contraption ...

Deep in the depths of Whitefriargate surrounded on all sides by empty shops and the all pervading absurdity that is the city of culture ...

Another demonstration of the versatility of the Land Rover, stick a wooden hut on the back and hey presto (does any one say that any mor...

The relentless principle of monetising every inch of space has reared its ugly head again in the aspirant city of culture. On what was a...

I have mentioned from time to time that Hull is filling up with places to drink coffee. It seems that there is now so much competition t...

A new coffee hole on King Edward Street is a blessing, I was beginning to worry in case there weren't enough to satisfy the cravings...

...and what to do with an old office building? Why not turn it into yet another outlet for that cultural delight that is coffee? Whether...

What to do with an old fruit and veg merchant's warehouse? Simple, turn it into the "forefront of Hull’s developing coffee scen...

This was taken last week when the fog rolled in from the Humber. Temperature then was a balmy 3 or 4C. Today it's 0C with a wind tha...

This is a detail from the rather elegant building below. It was for years a bank and survived the air raids that destroyed many buildings i...