Why Did Europe Send Christmas Trees to Hull? Every year, without fail, the pesky things would just show up. @hulltourguide.bsky.social Paul Schofield finds out why. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/26tzjz2h @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social

‘You, boy, what type of windows are these?’

What Are The Differences Between Victorian and Georgian Houses? Now THIS is useful. Let top Hull architect Jonathan Smith help you stop looking foolish in public by mixing housing periods up. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/mtzkcxy5 @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Are My Top 5 Princesses? In Christmas-adjacent mode, Princess Rose – from the Hull & EY Children’s University – gives us her favourite fictional princessesess. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/m79ya7kj @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Do Footballers Have For Christmas Dinner? With matches on Boxing Day, what can Johnny Shinpad scoff on the big day, asks our festive gustation correspondent @philascough.bsky.social curiosityhull.co.uk/what-do-foot... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What’s On My Cultural Radar? Producer of Hull Truck’s current hit show Oliver Twist Luke Dankoff guides us through his picks of the best stuff currently out there. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/253vvjdb @hulllibraries.bsky.social @lukedank.bsky.social

What Is My Favourite Building In Hull? Former Hull and Hessle MP (and Secretary of State, let’s not forget) turned author Alan Johnson selects a proper owld building. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/2ukcdav9 @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Does A Sweet Shop Have To Do With Hull City’s Greatest Ever Player? Sports writer Tony Collins heads to some waste ground on Anlaby Road to link goodies and a very good player. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/2txcwhy6 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @collinstony.bsky.social

Who Is Hull’s Most Famous Christmas Day Baby? Our festive parturition correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of Hull’s favourite sons. At least, until his mic breaks… curiosityhull.co.uk/who-is-hulls... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Do Audiobooks Count As Reading? They may be very useful in the car, but does the spoken word count as one of your five-a-day? Caitlin and Ally-mai swap opinions. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/bdfv2y39 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social @caitymay16.bsky.social @typicallymai.bsky.social

What Are My Top 5 Favourite Things? Dan, from D.A.N. at Artlink, picks some of his favourite things, all of which seem to be food. Good lad! Supplementals: tinyurl.com/8tp7y9ts @hulllibraries.bsky.social

How Many Air Raid Warnings Were Sounded In Hull During WW2? The remarkable story of diarist Winifred Essen and her exceptional and essential note-taking is relayed by our siren chronicling correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social curiosityhull.co.uk/how-many-air... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What’s On My Cultural Radar? Actress Jessica Jolleys – currently starring in Oliver Twist at Hull Truck – selects some of her current favourite culture highlights. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/52t32p66 @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Is My Favourite Sculpture In Hull? Design journalist Leanne Cloudsdale tells us of her fondness for one of the best-known artworks in the city. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yh6k8ud6 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social

Where In Hull Are There Mutilated Statues? Not quite (but very nearly) as gruesome as it sounds but, as @hulltourguide.bsky.social Paul Schofield explains, they may be closer than you’d expect. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/68ak5y8t @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Who Cheated Who In The Great 1970s Hull Bingo Scandal? Eyes down for a tale of fraud, full houses and fat ladies as our illegal gaming correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social gets his card marked. curiosityhull.co.uk/who-cheated-... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Is The Role Of A Digital Account Manager? Rachel, of Rix, talks us through what she does at work, which may not be quite what you’d expect. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/5d2jk9w7 @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Are My Top 5 Favourite Illustrators? Wonderful children’s book illustrator Petr Horáček was at the Big Malarkey and he told us all about the artists who inspire him. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/y3ap8j8b @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social

Where Is Hull’s Other Garden Village? Another interesting tale for the ‘Well I Never Knew That’ file from our unrealised suburbs correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social curiosityhull.co.uk/where-is-hul... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social

What’s On My Cultural Radar? Currently appearing at Hull Truck in Oliver Twist, actor William Relton kindly guides us round some of his current favourite things. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/3bahvzar @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Is My Favourite Memorial In Hull? Altogether now – ‘I Saw A Mouse’ ‘Where?’ You either remember it or you don’t, and director and clog-wearing rodent fan Andrew Pearson definitely does. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/2bw3tna4 @hulllibraries.bsky.social

If you're #HullLoyal, you probably know this story... if you're not, you maybe don't...

Hull folk and music geeks should know this one, but if not Nick has a potted history for you 👇

Which Former Hull Shop Gave Its Name To A World Renowned Band? From furniture to fame, author and pop fan @nickquantrill.bsky.social reports from Bev Road on a celebrated musical duo. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/5aantvpz @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Why Didn’t One Of Hull’s Most Famous Streets Turn Out Quite As Planned? If the phrase ‘a receptacle for every wretchedness’ doesn’t make you want to read this, nothing will. By our wretchedness receptacle correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social tinyurl.com/sbmss7dt @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Another Curiosity video! This time we’re talking about our favourite winter picture books!

Christmas livery activated!

What Is The Best Winter Picture Book? One book each and Caitlin and Ally-mai try to convince us that their chilly choice is the superior. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/2eyzddw8 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social @caitymay16.bsky.social @typicallymai.bsky.social

What Are My Top 5 Fishing Facts? In the Hull Fishing Heritage Centre on Hessle Road, former trawler skipper Terry Thresh gives us an insight into life on the high seas. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/y6nycv2v @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Why Is A Punjabi-Language Movie Being Filmed In Hull? Apparently it’s not Bollywood, it’s Pollywood, according to our movie location correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social curiosityhull.co.uk/why-is-a-pun... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What’s On My Cultural Radar? Currently appearing in Oliver Twist at Hull Truck, actor Andrew Whitehead recommends some of stuff he’s currently enjoying. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/3watxj9n @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Pete definitely says ‘ship pubs’ by the way. For those thinking he’s commenting on the quality of the hostelries in Sutton.

What Is My Favourite Street In Hull? Actor Peter McMillan has a very personal reason to head to Sutton. Supplementals: shorturl.at/9MT8F @hulllibraries.bsky.social

You will all, of course, spotted the spelling mistake in this post. The person responsible has been been taken out back and tickled.

Why Is Yebedee’s Yard Called Zebedee’s Yard? A tribute to the Magic Roundabout in the middle of Hull? Not quite. @hulltourguide.bsky.social Paul Schofield uncovers the truth. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/ynpetp4k @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Why Is There A Danish Church In Hull? We all recognise the unique architecture of Nordic House, but why is it there in the first place? Our Scandinavian tabernacle correspondent @philascough.bsky.social has a skeg. curiosityhull.co.uk/why-is-there... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Is The Role Of An HGV Tanker Driver? Steve is a tanker driver for Rix and here is is explaining what his job entails and why he loves it. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/yf3pbuhe @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Are My Top 5 Chocolate Bars? From the Big Malarkey with a question guaranteed to cause a row, author @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social selects his hits from the selection box. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/4tk6b7wb @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social

Is There A Tunnel Under The Humber? A question resulting from a recent BBC TV programme is tackled by our esturium underpass correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social curiosityhull.co.uk/is-there-a-t... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @nationalgrid.bsky.social

What’s On My Cultural Radar? Actress @alyceliburd.bsky.social – soon to be seen at Hull Truck in Oliver Twist – takes us through some of her current cultural picks. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/37932w5f @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What’s On My Cultural Radar? Actress @alyceliburd.bsky.social – soon to be seen at Hull Truck in Oliver Twist – takes us through some of her current cultural picks. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/37932w5f @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Are My Top 5 Ways To Join In With Music? We bumped into musician and child whisperer Sarah at a recent Mini-Malarkey and she let us into her secrets for awakening the musician in kids. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/msuzvc9u @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social

What Is The Best Modern Day Alternative To Enid Blyton Books? For those who find Enid a bit old hat these days, Caitlin and Ally-mai have some options for new hats. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/37kjfmrc @hulllibraries.bsky.social @caitymay16.bsky.social @typicallymai.bsky.social

Today with Curiosity, Caitlin and I are talking about the modern books that we think make great Enid Blyton alternatives!

What Is The Best Modern Day Alternative To Enid Blyton Books? For those who find Enid a bit old hat these days, Caitlin and Ally-mai have some options for new hats. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/37kjfmrc @hulllibraries.bsky.social @caitymay16.bsky.social @typicallymai.bsky.social

Worked has paused in the Curiosity office so we can watch the snow.

What’s Going On With Iron Lilies? The ‘luxurious escape’ restaurant in Princes Quay opened thanks to a council grant and shut soon after. But what – our ephemeral eatery correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social asks – happens next? curiosityhull.co.uk/whats-going-... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What’s Going On With Iron Lilies? The ‘luxurious escape’ restaurant in Princes Quay opened thanks to a council grant and shut soon after. But what – our ephemeral eatery correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social asks – happens next? curiosityhull.co.uk/whats-going-... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Is There A Crater On The Moon Named After A Man From Hessle? Massive bridge, bit of the moon – @robb51.bsky.social of the @uniofhull.bsky.social explains Hessle’s ongoing plans for interplanetary domination. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/4993ja3a @hulllibraries.bsky.social