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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 22h

What Are My Top 5 UK Festivals?

We caught up with Traitors star Jack Marriner-Brown at the Humber Street Sesh and he gave his rundown of his personal best fests.

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 2d

What Is The Role Of A Document Production Specialist?

Catherine, of solicitors Wilkin, Chapman Rollits, outlines what her job entails, and it sounds like the place would collapse without her.

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Hull Noir @hullnoir.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to all who joined us @hulllibraries.bsky.social to hear from the brilliant JJ Connolly and then watch his equally-brilliant film, 'Layer Cake'. Film night returns January '26 🎥

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 3d

Who, What, Where, When, Why & How?

Troublingly bewigged author and cartoonist @mikebarfield.bsky.social attempts our Big Malarkey quiz, with @typicallymai.bsky.social acting as judge and jury.

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 4d

No photos from the stage, but an absolute treat to go deep into the 'Layer Cake' world with JJ Connolly last night at @hulllibraries.bsky.social. The film still crackles and pops on screen 😎

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 5d

What Is My Favourite View In Hull?

Marianne Lewsley-Stier heads to the waterfront to explain the influence of the confluence.

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Hull Libraries @hulllibraries.bsky.social · 6d

Tomorrow night at Hull Central!

Hull Noir @hullnoir.bsky.social · Aug 26

We're thrilled our next film evening at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central) will be a showing of 'Layer Cake', 4th October, 7pm.

We'll be joined by JJ Connolly, who'll talk about his screenplay, his source novel and its journey to the screen.

Tickets - £5 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...

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Hull Noir @hullnoir.bsky.social · 22d

Here's how we're looking for October to December!

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Hull Libraries @hulllibraries.bsky.social · 6d

The long-awaited return of the mythbusters!

Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 6d

Is That Really Mary Pickford At The Top Of The Tower?

Our Urban Mythbuster ‘Storm’ Amy Thompson blows back into @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social to solve the mystery of the identity of the lass atop the tower.

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Robb Robinson @robb51.bsky.social · 7d

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

Reflections on Fish, Fishermen and Sea Fishing — The Critical Fish Trail

‘Reflections on Fish, Fishermen and Sea Fishing’ by Robb Robinson

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Hull Libraries @hulllibraries.bsky.social · 7d

A National Poetry Day post from "the most poetic city in England"

Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 7d

Who Is Douglas Dunn?

Hull poet and bon vivant @deanwilson.bsky.social heads just off Bev Road to outline why Terry Street holds a unique place in the poetic pantheon.

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Goodwin Development Trust @goodwindevtrust.bsky.social · 8d

We'll be joining Humber Field Archaeology this weekend at the Hull and East Riding Museum, and as part of that we'll be showcasing "TimeFort: Blockhouse", the latest game in the TimeFort series that commemorates the South Blockhouse project! Join us on Saturday from 12!

TimeFort: Blockhouse by GoodwinYouthArtsTakeover

Only you can save the future...

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 8d

Fancy a pleasant change from your ordinary drink? We give you “the great nerve and brain strengthener and restorer.”

Yes, celery coffee was a thing in 1892.

This advertisement is from the Young Women’s Christian Association’s ‘Our Own Gazette’.

#InternationalCoffeeDay #WorldVegetarianDay

Advertisement for celery coffee which states that it is a great nerve and brain strengthener and restorer. Prepared solely from celery, guaranteed pure and unmixed. By royal letters patent. Features in 'Our Own Gazette' July 1892.

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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 8d

Good afternoon to everyone, but especially to all the raccoons, for today is their special day!

This woodcut of a raccoon was printed in 1635 in 'Historia Naturae, Maxime Peregrinae' by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg.

📷 Baring-Gould Library 0689 Folio

#InternationalRaccoonAppreciationDay #RareBooks

Cropped image of a page in an opened book. In the centre of the page is a large woodcut illustration of a raccoon. The title in Latin above it is 'Mapach'

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Lambeth Palace Library @lampallib.bsky.social · 8d

Happy October! This woodcut of a cat with a mouse is the printer's device of the Venetian printer Melchior Sessa, and was used by his heirs in this 1598 book of sermons.

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#RareBooks #SionCollege #Cats #Manuscripts

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Nlaglibs @nlaglibs.bsky.social · 8d

Look how thoroughly this beaver washes! They would certainly approve of Clean Hospitals Day 2025 Read more here:

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 8d

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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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 10d

What Are My Top 5 Films?

Bex is the general manager at Artlink and a movie fan. Here are her five favourite flicks.

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Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social · 13d

Discover more about Bransholme Castle with Neil Chadwick, History Centre Archivist/Librarian who spoke up with BBC Radio Humberside's Hidden East Yorkshire team tinyurl.com/yydk4zk7 @hulllibraries.bsky.social

BBC Radio Humberside - Hidden East Yorkshire, Bransholme Castle: A fortress born of civil war

This is the story of survival, ambition, and a forgotten stronghold.

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 9d

Which Punk Anthem Was Written On A Bench On Cottingham Road?

Author and aging Britpopper @nickquantrill.bsky.social goes the Whole Wide World to end up on a (probably) different bench to Eric Goulden.

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Hull Libraries @hulllibraries.bsky.social · 9d

Hello Library Lover!
“For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, and big cups of tea." / Katarina Bivald
Latest newsletter out now: bit.ly/HL-SEPT25

A stock Autumnal image showing a number of trees with golden leaves. The ground around them is covered with a carpet of leaves of golden brown.

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 14d

Why Is There A Splash Boat In East Park?

We’ve all enjoyed a proper soaking and a scare in it, but @hulltourguide.bsky.social Paul Schofield explains why the greatest thrill ride in Hull exists.

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Lou D-H |Undead Guitars formerly Red Guitars | MD ANT 🥇 @loudhailer.bsky.social · 18d

The original Scott Street Bridge plans date from 1900 and show a beautiful attention to detail. You can see them, together with some stunning photos from the 70s and 80s in today's 'Hull's River Bridges' post: openbridgeshull.com/2025/09/21/1...
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Hull’s River Bridges: Scott Street Bridge The original Scott Street Bridge plans date from 1900 and show a beautiful attention to detail. The diagram showing access to the nose bol…

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 17d

What Are My Top 5 Favourite Books This Year?

At the Big Malarkey, author and illustrator Ramzee picks his best reads from 2025 so far.

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 24d

Who, What, Where, When, Why & How?

Ace author Simon James Green chances his arm on our quiz with quizmaster @typicallymai.bsky.social at the Big Malarkey.

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