Unique local landmark facing an uncertain future. My latest for @curiosityhull.bsky.social

New one from me for @curiosityhull.bsky.social on Hull’s forgotten annual carnival.

I went down an unexpected rabbit hole when I started looking into the collapse of a Hull firm best known for a series of memorial sculptures. New weekend long read here: aqyoung61.substack.com/p/steel-bars...

Pub quiz question for today’s edition of @curiosityhull.bsky.social

Grim carnage in the First World War and its links to a church in Hull. My latest for @curiosityhull.bsky.social

Six of the best (or worst) local story angles from the Epstein files. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/six-of-the...

New weekend long read on the Hull company owned by Robert Maxwell and its business links with the Soviet Union. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/shiver-me-...

Let’s talk about sex - and limericks. My latest for @curiosityhull.bsky.social

Weekend long read is out. New subscribers-free or paid -always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/how-hull-c...

How Hull council taxpayers helped swell the coffers of a Trump-supporting tech billionaire aqyoung61.substack.com/p/how-hull-c...

Forget about AI and robots, the future is all about plumbing. My latest for @curiosityhull.bsky.social

Robert Jenrick? “He is a snake”

New from on plans for hydrogen storage and carbon capture in East Yorkshire. Will it happen? Should it happen?

Top of the Flops - a curious tale about Hull’s least successful record label. My latest for @curiosityhull.bsky.social

Meet the man who heckled Robert Jenrick. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/meet-the-m...

In which we discuss men wearing shorts in January, cannelloni and appearing on page three in the altogether. Oh, and also a bit about Hull.

New weekend long read on a bonkers by-election aqyoung61.substack.com/p/the-bonker...

When Hull went to war with London over Arctic oil. Weekend long read is out. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/greenland-...

Ready to dip into some local history with @curiosityhull.bsky.social ? Aye, ready!

New weekend long read is out. Subscribers - free or paid - always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/want-to-wo...

Weekend long read on a bit of blue on blue. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/blue-on-bl...

Some personal Geordie nostalgia for @northeastbylines.co.uk

New weekend read on Hullywood dreams. Subscribers- free or paid / always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/turning-th...

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

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

The criminal past of the founder of a scrap company at the centre of the cargo ship fireball in Hull. New weekend long read from me. Subscribers - free or paid - always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/a-dockside...

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

Weekend long read is out, re-visiting my first ever news feature written 46 (cough!) years ago. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/on-the-roa...

The Russians targeted Nathan Gill for a reason - a devout money-making Mormon whose religion puts church (and its revenue-generating tithes) ahead of state and offers salvation for wrong-doing. This pose yesterday wasn’t an accident. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/nathan-gil...

New from me on Nathan Gill, now jailed for taking Kremlin bribes. New subscribers- free or paid - always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/nathan-gil...

New one from me. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/grift-baby...

Royal souvenir edition now available.

Weekend long read on moors fires and Whitby goths open.substack.com/pub/aqyoung6...

Weekend long read on the eco-catastrophe on our doorstep you’ve probably never heard of. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/darkness-o...

RIP Don Robinson. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/farewell-d...

Medieval Tripadvisor

End of an era as Ernest Whitely & Co. closes in Bridlington. Cash only since 1901. Pic by @bluebeany.bsky.social

New extra bit from me. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/trust-shel...

Weekend long read is out. open.substack.com/pub/aqyoung6...

Weekend long read is out. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/big-energy...

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

Newland Avenue

Why Is One Of The Metropolitan Police’s First Big Bosses Buried In Cottingham? Our police history correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social is an enthusiastic graveyard rambler and often finds fascinating tales of local folk long past. curiosityhull.co.uk/why-is-one-o... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

How Green Is Hull Fair? With the rides now safely away from Walton Street for another year, our environmental carnival correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social looks at how sustainable the event is. curiosityhull.co.uk/how-green-is... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.bsky.social

Weekly long read is out and it’s an exclusive. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/exclusive-...