Hull and Hereabouts

From Historic England "The elaborately carved door surround comprises a pointed-arch terminating in figurative head corbels, and cont...

England it seems has been split into three tiers by the increasingly Caesar-like Fat Controller and I agree. Tier one is all those who thoug...

Remember back in the bad days, the days before the glorious Fat Controller took us all under his gross, adiposal care and smothered us w...

No, it's not some modern sculpture based on the Jonah myth but a mere rubbish bin. This, close by the now closed (temporarily) and ...

It was the fashion at one time to carve grotesque figures in churches, you'll find them supporting the roof, hidden on screens but q...

‘I’m a hairin’ scarin’ fisherman and I hail from Kings Lynn town, And in this old life I’ve seen many an up and down. And when we’ve sp...

Early in the 18 th century someone had the bright idea to construct a walk or mall from the town eastwards across uncultivated, vacant ...

How does a sculpture on the subject of the medieval practice of drying cod grab you? Hmm? Well outside this late 16 th century warehouse...

"A handsome monument has been erected, by the congregation, in St Mary's church Hull, to the memory of the Rev. John Scott. It ...

"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The police who investiga...

I posted about this delightful surreal carving in Pearson Park before showing the thing being carved and to be honest I thought I'd...

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...

... what Trinity Square needed to make it complete after the installation of its very expensive reflective puddles was a dozen or so ste...

It shows how much notice I take of my surroundings when I discover that this sculpture, Cormorant Boat by Kate Siddle, recently unveiled...

So as promised the thing that Hull Council bought but couldn't find a place to put has been plonked in Queen's Gardens where is ...

You know how it is; finishing off a make over and deciding that a little extra decorative piece would just round off the tout ensemble ....

Over in Pearson Park a chestnut tree about to be felled due to being rotten has been transformed into this interesting oddity; a three h...

Here's a detail from the ornate exterior of the Punch Hotel on Queen Victoria Square. As the lord of misrule this figure has no dou...

These decorative blobs that have alighted all over town and elsewhere are supposed to be moths. Yeah, I know, you'd never have guess...

This odd little installation in Bridlington features a transparency of an oil painting, the Great Gale of 1871 by local artist J T Al...