When the time came to specialise in a particular area of journalism it took me in a direction I would never have expected. I’d had […]
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Phil’s Forty, 30: Hitting the high notes
Record Business rang me at home just a couple of weeks before I was due to join the Hull Daily Mail in 1980. They offered […]
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Phil’s Forty, 29: an explosive story
Phil Ascough writes: That claim from a news editor about never finding good stories in pubs was never better exposed as utter nonsense over a […]
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Much loved Beverley Blackburn is saved from the scrapheap, for now
The last remaining Blackburn Beverley, has been saved from the scrapheap, thanks to an anonymous benefactor and Condor Aviation. First built in 1952 by Blackburn in […]
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Wool, Whales and Wind Turbines – University Historian on transformation of Hull as a port city
The rejuvenation of Hull and its port have been highlighted by Historian Dr Robb Robinson in a new book. Dr Robinson, Honorary Research Fellow at […]
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Phil’s Forty, 28: Journalism
In such a fast-paced world and a media industry which bears hardly any resemblance to the one I entered I cringe inside whenever I’m asked […]
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“One Thousand Words” competition captures the magic of the Viola trawler
A writer and an artist who discovered the stories of the Viola trawler by way of a cultural competition have now been inspired to use […]
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First Maritime Tales Week goes digital from this weekend
Maritime Tales Week, which will take place between Saturday 24 October and Sunday 1 November, is the first of its kind to be delivered by […]
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Brick-by-brick deconstruction and relocation of iconic Hull pub begins
The careful deconstruction of one of Hull’s most historic pubs begins this week, before the listed element is rebuilt brick by brick in a new […]
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110-year-old whale skeleton to move for first time in four decades
Work to carefully dismantle and move the skeleton of a juvenile North Atlantic right whale, the largest item at Hull’s Maritime Museum, is now underway. […]
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