Where Is My Favourite Place To Volunteer? Actor Jess Morley has a particular, personal reason why she likes to chip in at this Hull charity. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yxpa62yx @hulllibraries.bsky.social
Curiosity
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Curiosity is the ultimate ‘Ask Us Anything.’ Please follow us to see what answers we’re currently offering to questions we’ve been asked. www.curiosityhull.co.uk
What Is Baby Brain? You may have seen the show at Freedom Festival last week. Here are Ruby and Lottie of The Herd explaining what it is. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/ytw8rdnz @hulllibraries.bsky.social @freedomfesthull.bsky.social
What Is The Role Of A Health And Safety Apprentice? Will works for Rix Petroleum in Hull and does his best to keep everyone safe. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/2pzsr9bx @hulllibraries.bsky.social
What’s Going On At Priory Meadows? It may appear to be just some grass fields, but the meadows are essential ecological spaces which need protection, our greenbelt governance correspondent Angus Young reports curiosityhull.co.uk/whats-going-... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @angusyoung61.bsky.social
How Do Butterflies See The World? This question was asked at the Big Malarkey by Miyah, aged 9 , of HU7. So we went and found out. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/ywwak7nt @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social
What Is The Daisy Appeal’s Young Scientist Award? Sophie, from the Daisy Appeal (and a couple of her scientist chums) outline how schools across our region can enter this amazing competition. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/47ub23yj @hulllibraries.bsky.social
What Is The Daisy Appeal’s Young Scientist Award? Sophie, from the Daisy Appeal (and a couple of her scientist chums) outline how schools across our region can enter this amazing competition. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/47ub23yj @hulllibraries.bsky.social
Where Does Hull’s Rubbish Go? It’s all well and good to remember bin day, but what happens after you’ve put them out for collection? Our refuse destination correspondent Angus Young went and found out. curiosityhull.co.uk/where-does-h... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @angusyoung61.bsky.social
What Is My Favourite Street In Hull? Design journalist and East Hull lass Leanne Cloudsdale selects a West Hull classic for personal reasons. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/zct72n9j @hulllibraries.bsky.social
What Is Generation Hull? Programme Director Lisa Wedgner explains how Generation Hull is young people the chance to shape the creative future of the city. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/33bjzkwr @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social
What Is Generation Hull? Programme Director Lisa Wedgner explains how Generation Hull is young people the chance to shape the creative future of the city. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/33bjzkwr @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social
We’ve just received this from Neil Reid on Facebook. It’s either a brilliant photoshop or Wes Anderson actually has been in Hull today. (No news in Boyes, though.) @slowcrush.bsky.social
Anderson Alert! Can anyone help us with this extraordinary Wes Anderson/ Boyes rumour? There's a bag of jelly babies, some gardening gloves and 2 yards of curtain material for the first person to confirm trueness. (Apparently he showed up in Scarborough while scouting Grand Budapest Hotel.)
Apparently Wes Anderson was in Hull this week, was spotted in Boyes. What do you know @curiosityhull.bsky.social?
Liz may be terrible at quizzes, but she is brilliant at drawing!
Who, What, When, Where, Why & How? Illustrator Liz Million? Doing our quiz at Big Malarkey? That can mean only one thing – chaos. Ally-mai attempts to rein her in. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yeyk77zn @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social @typicallymai.bsky.social
Who, What, When, Where, Why & How? Illustrator Liz Million? Doing our quiz at Big Malarkey? That can mean only one thing – chaos. Ally-mai attempts to rein her in. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yeyk77zn @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social @typicallymai.bsky.social
Why Shouldn’t You Mess With Hull Tap Water? When it comes to being hard, reports our aqua toughness correspondent, it seem nothing beats the water round here. curiosityhull.co.uk/why-shouldnt... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @angusyoung61.bsky.social
If you’re thinking that HMS Rose looks familiar, it may be because a replica of it was used in both Master and Commander and the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
Did A Hull Ship Attack New York? Maritime historian Dr Robb Robinson of the Uni of Hull tells the fascinating tale of a bold action by HMS Rose. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/5cmz6ke3 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @robb51.bsky.social
Did A Hull Ship Attack New York? Maritime historian Dr Robb Robinson of the Uni of Hull tells the fascinating tale of a bold action by HMS Rose. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/5cmz6ke3 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @robb51.bsky.social
What Are My Top 5 Circus Skills? Marianne is from Circo Rum Ba Ba and we met her at the Big Malarkey where she told us all about her favourite twizzly tricks. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/z8cnuzzu @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social
On our podcast this week: Freedom Festival boss Phil Hargreaves talks to Burnsy about the 2026 festival and gives insights into the how, why, what and where of putting Freedom together. curiosityhull.co.uk/curiositycas... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @freedomfesthull.bsky.social
Which Town Was Deliberately Created Just To Bypass Hull? Our city circumvention correspondent Angus Young takes a look at 200 years of a place designed to avoid our city. curiosityhull.co.uk/which-town-w... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @angusyoung61.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social
What Is My Favourite Monument In Hull? Artist Lucy Brooke, of the Feminine Urge Collective, heads into the Museum Quarter to highlight a wall you may not be familiar with. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/ymfrn8a3 @hulllibraries.bsky.social
What Is My Artistic Process? Artist and analogue advocate Stewart Baxter talks us through the reasons why and how he arrives at his creative decisions. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/4hxxhb6s @hulllibraries.bsky.social
What’s Going On With The Old Hospital In Park Street? Is yet another beautiful Hull building being left rot ahead of demolition? Our derelict heritage correspondent Angus Young hopes not. curiosityhull.co.uk/whats-going-... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @angusyoung61.bsky.social
The Curious Quick Quiz. We return to the hottest room in Hull and quizmaster Matt’s knees to answer a second batch of your questions from the Big Malarkey. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/33xsvp5f @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social
How Many Buses Can Fit On The Humber Bridge? A question asked by Vaeh at the Big Malarkey and one that we had to apply science, maths and good, old-fashioned gumption to solve. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/47fdassd @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social
How Many Buses Can Fit On The Humber Bridge? A question asked by Vaeh at the Big Malarkey and one that we had to apply science, maths and good, old-fashioned gumption to solve. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/47fdassd @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social
On our podcast this week: The Unthinkable Short Film Festival starts very soon, so Theo Rintoul talks to Burnsy about what’s happening, where, when and why. Available here: tinyurl.com/yefzj4r8 or on your preferred pod provider. @hulllibraries.bsky.social
On our podcast this week: The Unthinkable Short Film Festival starts very soon, so Theo Rintoul talks to Burnsy about what’s happening, where, when and why. Available here: tinyurl.com/yefzj4r8 or on your preferred pod provider. @hulllibraries.bsky.social
We're perfectly happy to take credit for publishing this immediately before the win today. It clearly inspired the whole team.
Which Detective Novelist Managed Hull City? With City back in the Premiership today, our soccer scribes correspondent Phil Ascough looks at the moonlighting gig of a previous top flight manager. curiosityhull.co.uk/which-detect... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social