Paul Schofield
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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?

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November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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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.

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November 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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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.

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November 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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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.

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November 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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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.

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November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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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.

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November 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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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.

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November 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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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.

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November 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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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.

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November 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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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.

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November 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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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...

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November 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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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-…

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November 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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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.

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November 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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What Is My Favourite View In Hull?

@andytrainhull.bsky.social, of Pride In Hull, picks an unexpected but undeniably amazing view.

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October 31, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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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...

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October 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Who, What, Where, When, Why & How?

Author and illustrator Ramzee takes a shot at our Big Malarkey quiz, while @typicallymai.bsky.social holds sway.

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October 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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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.

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October 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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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...

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October 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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How nice to see the words National Geographic, Best of the World and Hull in the same article.

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October 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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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.

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October 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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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.

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October 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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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.

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October 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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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...

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October 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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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.

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October 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM