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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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’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

Where Can You P-P-P-Pick Up A Penguin In Hull? No, not The Deep, as our swapping stuff correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social reports, it’s in a little box of joy up Bev Road. curiosityhull.co.uk/where-can-yo... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social

What Are My Top 5 Favourite Outdoor Activities To Do With Young People? Jaz, from Rewilding Youth outlines the best ways to get kids out in nature and doing stuff. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/4anjru98 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @rewildingyouth.bsky.social

No, no, please don’t read this. We’re blushing. substack.com/@rosiemillar...

Where Did King Billy’s Statue Get Evacuated During WW2? King Billy once hopped off his plinth and trotted away, apparently. So @hulltourguide.bsky.social Paul Schofield discovers where he went and why. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/44epp69p @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social

Who, What, Where, When, Why & How? @typicallymai.bsky.social corners Big Malarkey-goers Jess and Megan and coerces them into attempting our quiz. Inevitably, they do better than most adults. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/mtp5eswe @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social

When Was (Ex-Prince) Andrew Windsor Last Seen Round Here? Our disgraced royalty corespondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social pulls out his old state visit diaries to uncover the dates Mr Never-Sweat visited East Yorkshire. curiosityhull.co.uk/when-was-ex-... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Are My Top 5 Female -Owned Businesses In Hull? Artist Lucy Brooke, of The Feminine Urge, talks us through her picks of the lass-led organisations in the city. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/3k3va6kc @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Are My Top 5 Humber Street Sesh Acts? Boss of the Sesh Mak gives us his view on the most interesting bands at the 2025 Humber Street bash. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/3v9v4v97 @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Is The Role Of A Solicitor In A Law Firm? You may think you have a handle on this job role but Lucy, of Wilkin Chapman Rollits, lays out exactly what’s involved. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/saxz7nfk @hulllibraries.bsky.social

How Was Hull Responsible For Take That? So, apparently it was all our fault. Writer and boy band aficionado @nickquantrill.bsky.social outlines where and why this travesty took place. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/n9mer5va @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Why Did A Weeping Woman In White Get Hounded Out Of Hull In 1417? This is exactly the sort of mystery our lachrymose female correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social loves to get his teeth into. curiosityhull.co.uk/why-did-a-we... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

On the latest CuriosityCast, get your laughing gear around this chat between Burnsy and Gary Jennison for all the detail surrounding Hull Comedy Festival 2025. Available on our website or your favoured podcast supplier: curiosityhull.co.uk/curiositycast-… @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Happened To The Hull Museum Which Never Opened? Well, this looks like it would have been ace. Our lost attractions correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social reports on the museum that never was. curiosityhull.co.uk/what-happene... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Is My Favourite View In Hull? @andytrainhull.bsky.social, of Pride In Hull, picks an unexpected but undeniably amazing view. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/2xkzn23f @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What’s The Story Behind This Old Doorway In Witham? The difference between the rest of us and our muck garths correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social is that we see an owld doorway and he sees a social history of Hull. curiosityhull.co.uk/whats-the-st... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Who, What, Where, When, Why & How? Author and illustrator Ramzee takes a shot at our Big Malarkey quiz, while @typicallymai.bsky.social holds sway. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/mumtzc39 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social

Which Part Of Hull Is Forever Spain? @hulltourguide.bsky.social Paul Schofield visits a memorial to the brave volunteers who fought fascism in the 1930s. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/5n6sfsjc @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social

In a podcast so fascinating Burnsy is (almost) stunned silent, Stewart Baxter talks about how everything from childhood trauma to improvised music to Spotify to the Nuremberg Trials combine in his project Bombed Buildings curiosityhull.co.uk/curiositycas... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

How nice to see the words National Geographic, Best of the World and Hull in the same article. www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-...

On the new CuriosityCast: A new publication, exhibition and series of events honouring Hull’s fish trail begins next week, so Burnsy talks all things fish with organiser Dr Jill Hewitt of the Critical Fish. curiosityhull.co.uk/curiositycas... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

What Is Get It Loud In Libraries? Evie from the Astra Youth Centre in Hull tells us all about the wonderful gigs that regularly happen in libraries in the city. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/38uerk49 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @loudinlibraries.bsky.social @riannedowney.bsky.social

Is It True That The First Person To Fly A Spitfire Came From Hull? @robb51.bsky.social of the @uniofhull.bsky.social heads to Russell Street to tell us all about a flying ace. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/2m8kh7m3 @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Was King Henry VIII’s Wife Bagging Off When They Visited Hull In 1541? This is what we want! A bit of spicy 16th Century gossip, courtesy of our royal affairs correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social. Off with his head! curiosityhull.co.uk/was-king-hen... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

Who Was Britain’s First Black Professional Sports Coach? Sports writer @collinstony.bsky.social visits Airlie Street to discuss a Hull legend who revolutionised rugby. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/3yrpeazn @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullfcofficial.bsky.social @hullkr.bsky.social

Who, What, Where, When, Why & How? Author of Inkbound (and former Hull Librarian!) @prleathley.bsky.social chances her arm in our Big Malarkey quiz, hosted by @typicallymai.bsky.social Supplementals: tinyurl.com/9tasfp7t @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullsls.bsky.social