Catching up…
Yes, it’s over 10 weeks since I blogged anything about the City of Culture. That’s not because there’s been nothing going on. That’s not because it’s been shit. That’s not because there’s some underhand, devious…
#challengehull week 10…
Week #10 of Challenge Hull is courtesy of Pause Project, who provide a creative solution designed to address the needs of women who have, or are at risk of, multiple children being removed from their care. They urge…
#challengehull week 3…
Hull 2017 have teamed up with 64 Million Artists and community groups and organisations across Hull to set a weekly creative challenge to encourage everyone in the city to try something new. This week’s challenge,…
Blade in Hull…
A massive turbine blade, manufactured by Hull employees at the new Siemens factory in Hull, was transported overnight to Hull’s city centre. As Made in Hull was packed down, the blade was en…
The brilliance of Bowhead…
I sat in front of Louise Dempsey’s brilliant Bowhead – a whale model and animated interaction – for quite a while. But not as long as Louise, a third year student at Hull School of…
Hull before culture…
So Day Five of Hull’s journey in 2017 included me appearing, albeit briefly, on Radio 4 as a contributor to part-one of a two part documentary called Hull Before Culture, produced by Mary Ward-Lowery. John…
Made in Hull 2…
We went back for more. This time to look at the faces on the people looking at Made in Hull. And each and every one of them fucking loved it.
Made in Hull…
A real sense of pride. That’s what we felt, as we followed up our night at the fireworks by taking to the streets to soak up Hull 2017’s Made in Hull trail, the work of…