Good piece by Lloyds Register about its relationship with Viola-Dias: hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...

Virtual Viola, created for Trust by Glasgow School of Art launched at Hull Trinity House, courtesy of Elder Brethren. Presentation donated to Hull City Council; also for use by South Georgia Museum. Mike Ross, leader HCC, Alison Neil CEO SGHT,patron Alan Johnson there.Event streamed to Stanley.

Virtual Viola, created for Trust by Glasgow School of Art launched at Hull Trinity House, courtesy of Elder Brethren. Presentation donated to Hull City Council; also for use by South Georgia Museum. Mike Ross, leader HCC, Alison Neil CEO SGHT,patron Alan Johnson there.Event streamed to Stanley.

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

I have just been reading this as it happens, and can strongly recommend it. Such a fascinating story - a little vessel with a very big history!

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

My take on the physicist Edward Milne who was born in Hull, grew up in Hessle and has a crater on the moon named after him: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib_c...

My take on the physicist Edward Milne who was born in Hull, grew up in Hessle and has a crater on the moon named after him: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib_c...

A piece I did with Alec Gill some eight years ago about the half-forgotten but crucial role played by fishermen in the Great War: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Xc...

A reunion yesterday afternoon with Mark, Dave, Andy, our Bruce and Paul in the George down the Land of Green Ginger in Hull where we used to rendezvous on Friday evenings in the early 1990s.

What Is My Favourite Building In Hull? Actor Matt Sutton picks the biggest demolition site in the city in order to outline his love for a true icon. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/bdcn9cyb @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullcitycouncil.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

Just watched BBC Breakfast headlines. Rather surprised there seemed to be no mention of the really remarkable size of Mandami's victory New York Mayor elections.

Read about the creation of the Virtual Viola

Ninety years ago this autumn Hull-born J. Arthur Rank's first feature film, Turn of the Tide, was released. Based on Yorkshire Author Leo Walmsley's book The Three Fevers, much of it was filmed in Robin Hood's Bay and based on the lives of Yorkshire coast fishermen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqHy...

Read about the men and women whose lives and livelihoods were tied up with this little vessel built in 1906 and still around, now beached on the remote sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. A true twentieth century story of the sea in peace and war which covers the long Atlantic Ocean.

Ninety years ago this autumn Hull-born J. Arthur Rank's first feature film, Turn of the Tide, was released. Based on Yorkshire Author Leo Walmsley's book The Three Fevers, much of it was filmed in Robin Hood's Bay and based on the lives of Yorkshire coast fishermen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqHy...

Read about the men and women whose lives and livelihoods were tied up with this little vessel built in 1906 and still around, now beached on the remote sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. A true twentieth century story of the sea in peace and war which covers the long Atlantic Ocean.

Read about the men and women whose lives and livelihoods were tied up with this little vessel built in 1906 and still around. A true twentieth century story of the sea in peace and war which covers the long Atlantic Ocean.

The former Selby built ship which played such an important role in the economic and social life of the Western Isles for 40 years, voyaging particularly on the Uig Triangle across the Little Minch, has embarked on its final voyage to a Danish scrapyard: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The former Selby built ship which played such an important role in the economic and social life of the Western Isles for 40 years, voyaging particularly on the Uig Triangle across the Little Minch, has embarked on its final voyage to a Danish scrapyard: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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

I am giving the opening/keynote lecture at The 2025 Scottish Maritime History Conference in Glasgow next week. 'Virtual Viola: electronically salvaging the career of the world’s oldest steam trawler'.

I am giving the opening/keynote lecture at The 2025 Scottish Maritime History Conference in Glasgow next week. 'Virtual Viola: electronically salvaging the career of the world’s oldest steam trawler'.

I have contributed an essay to the Hull Critical Fish Trail website. Here is link to the essay: www.thecriticalfishtrail.co.uk/essays/blog-...

The Hull Critical Fish Trail website has been launched. A series of responses to old Hull Fish Trail. Here is the link www.thecriticalfishtrail.co.uk

I have contributed an essay to the Hull Critical Fish Trail website. Here is link to the essay: www.thecriticalfishtrail.co.uk/essays/blog-...

The Hull Critical Fish Trail website has been launched. A series of responses to old Hull Fish Trail. Here is the link www.thecriticalfishtrail.co.uk

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

Which story of Arctic Endeavour is told in Hull's General Cemetery? See my take on the story of the whaleship Diana and the last voyage of Captain Gravill: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgE3...

Which story of Arctic Endeavour is told in Hull's General Cemetery? See my take on the story of the whaleship Diana and the last voyage of Captain Gravill: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgE3...

A night at the spectacular Oslo Opera House. A glorious fusion of music and modern architecture. Rusalka by Dvorak.

A night at the spectacular Oslo Opera House. A glorious fusion of music and modern architecture. Rusalka by Dvorak.

"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress

Have a listen to John Netherwood being interviewed by Burnsy about this year's Hull Heritage Open Days: curiosityhull.co.uk/curiositycas...

Sailing along the Aurlandsfjorden this morning.

A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.

An outing by Hull Harriers (now City of Hull Athletic Club) in the early years of the twentieth century.

An outing by Hull Harriers (now City of Hull Athletic Club) in the early years of the twentieth century.

Hull Heritage Open Days 2025 brochure now out.Have contributed two articles, one on Hull & E R Green Georgians. Apt that we have a tri-centenary and a bicentenary relating to remarkable locals with superb green credentials in year the green of Queens Gardens gradually being revealed. !st pages here

Hull Heritage Open Days 2025 brochure now out.Have contributed two articles, one on Hull & E R Green Georgians. Apt that we have a tri-centenary and a bicentenary relating to remarkable locals with superb green credentials in year the green of Queens Gardens gradually being revealed. !st pages here

Which Famous Concert Pianist And Conductor Came From Hull? @robb51.bsky.social of the @uniofhull.bsky.social outlines the fascinating life of ‘the forgotten genius of music’ Ethel Leginska. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/mw6nx22t @hulllibraries.bsky.social

A spot of filming with Phil Ascough and Dave Lee on the top of Two Humber Quays Building, Hull with the Old Town, Marina and Humber estuary as backdrop.

My new paper, MM International Journal, Society for Nautical Research homepagewww.tandfonline.com/journals/rmi... A Skilled English Tradesman and Early International Diffusion of Steamboat and Railway Technology: life of William Harman (1804–1890), a study of individual adaptability and mobility

What a brilliant Test Match series. Thanks so much to England and India.

The cap of Skidby Windmill is now on the ground. I really hope it will not be long before cap and a set of sails are back on this wonderful building. Seems ages since it was last working.

The cap of Skidby Windmill is now on the ground. I really hope it will not be long before cap and a set of sails are back on this wonderful building. Seems ages since it was last working.

Want a summer read with a maritime theme? Then try Viola (Lodestar Books). A true twentieth century story of men and women whose lives and livelihoods were linked to to one little ship, built in 1906 and still around. A story of war and peace and the long Atlantic Ocean,

What Is My Favourite Building In Hull? Actor Matt Sutton returns to the end of Hessle Road and a significant location from his youth. Supplementals: tinyurl.com/3w6ms8d9 @hulllibraries.bsky.social

'Government has lost control of this industry' Campaigner Feargal Sharkey spoke to #BBC after the publication of a major report into the water industry in England and Wales including replacing the water regulator Ofwat and introducing mandatory water meters