Angus Young
@angusyoung61.bsky.social
Freelance Geordie journalist based in Hull. All views are my own.
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Weekend long read on moors fires and Whitby goths
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Darkness on the edge of town
An eco-disaster on our doorstep you might never have heard about
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November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Weekend long read on moors fires and Whitby goths
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Weekend long read on the eco-catastrophe on our doorstep you’ve probably never heard of.
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Darkness on the edge of town
An eco-disaster on our doorstep you might never have heard about
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November 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Weekend long read on the eco-catastrophe on our doorstep you’ve probably never heard of.
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RIP Don Robinson.
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Farewell Don, the East Coast entertainer
Former Hull City chairman was a colourful character
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November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
RIP Don Robinson.
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Medieval Tripadvisor
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.
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This is exactly the sort of mystery our lachrymose female correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social loves to get his teeth into.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Medieval Tripadvisor
End of an era as Ernest Whitely & Co. closes in Bridlington. Cash only since 1901.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
End of an era as Ernest Whitely & Co. closes in Bridlington. Cash only since 1901.
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New extra bit from me.
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Trust shelves plans to bring historic steam trawler back to Hull from the South Atlantic
Virtual reality film will tell Viola's story
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November 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New extra bit from me.
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Weekend long read is out.
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Big energy arrives in the land that time forgot
Domesday Book hamlet braces for infrastructure development
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November 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Weekend long read is out.
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Weekend long read is out.
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Big energy arrives in the land that time forgot
Domesday Book hamlet braces for infrastructure development
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November 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Weekend long read is out.
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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.
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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.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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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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.
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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.
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Our police history correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social is an enthusiastic graveyard rambler and often finds fascinating tales of local folk long past.
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October 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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
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
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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.
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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.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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
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.
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Exclusive: Lifting the lid on an eight-year police cover-up
Force ordered to pay damages to elderly man
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October 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Weekly long read is out and it’s an exclusive. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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Excellent stuff from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @bylinetimes.bsky.social on Nathan Gill. You can read my background story on his cash-only hustles in Hull here.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Excellent stuff from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and @bylinetimes.bsky.social on Nathan Gill. You can read my background story on his cash-only hustles in Hull here.
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New from me on pioneering Passivhaus design in East Yorkshire and how it could soon feature in a major proposed housing development in Hull city centre.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
New from me on pioneering Passivhaus design in East Yorkshire and how it could soon feature in a major proposed housing development in Hull city centre.
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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!
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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!
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October 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
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!
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@hulllibraries.bsky.social
Extra Monday long read on Hull Fair. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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How green is Hull Fair?
The missing carbon footprint of Europe’s largest travelling funfair
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October 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Extra Monday long read on Hull Fair. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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Why Is A Hull Creative Company Featuring In Bradford’s City of Culture Programme?
Our cultural exchange correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social reports on an outfit from over here doing very well over there.
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Our cultural exchange correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social reports on an outfit from over here doing very well over there.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Why Is A Hull Creative Company Featuring In Bradford’s City of Culture Programme?
Our cultural exchange correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social reports on an outfit from over here doing very well over there.
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@hulllibraries.bsky.social
Our cultural exchange correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social reports on an outfit from over here doing very well over there.
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New weekend long read is out. A bit more on Nathan Gill. New subscribers- free or paid - always welcome.
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Exclusive: Nathan Gill's passage to India courtesy of a global fake news network
The globe-trotting Hull-born former MEP is facing jail
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October 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
New weekend long read is out. A bit more on Nathan Gill. New subscribers- free or paid - always welcome.
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Exclusive: Nathan Gill's passage to India courtesy of a global fake news network
The globe-trotting Hull-born former MEP is facing jail
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October 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
New weekend long read is out. A bit more on Nathan Gill. New subscribers- free or paid - always welcome.
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Weekend long read is out. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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Plot twists and an inconvenient truth
The 20-second Agatha Christie moment
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October 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Weekend long read is out. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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Which Hull Street Is Associated With England’s Fattest Vicar?
Our stout clergyman correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social gets perilously close to fat-shaming in this cautionary tale of street names and scale busting.
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Our stout clergyman correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social gets perilously close to fat-shaming in this cautionary tale of street names and scale busting.
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October 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Which Hull Street Is Associated With England’s Fattest Vicar?
Our stout clergyman correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social gets perilously close to fat-shaming in this cautionary tale of street names and scale busting.
curiosityhull.co.uk/which-hull-s...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
Our stout clergyman correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social gets perilously close to fat-shaming in this cautionary tale of street names and scale busting.
curiosityhull.co.uk/which-hull-s...
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
New weekend read is out. Subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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A mystery fire, migrant bunkhouses and the money-loving Mormon
Bribe-taking former MEP's journey from Hull to Moscow
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September 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
New weekend read is out. Subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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New weekend long read is out on how the idea of having a modern day ambassador for Hull didn’t quite end up like the Ferrero Rocher advert. New subscribers- free or paid - always welcome.
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How Hull got caught up in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal
Lord Mandelson is stripped of two ambassadorial roles in a week
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September 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New weekend long read is out on how the idea of having a modern day ambassador for Hull didn’t quite end up like the Ferrero Rocher advert. New subscribers- free or paid - always welcome.
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