The latest news and comment on UK city of culture 2017, Hull
July 2024
Tributes paid to historian lauded for work on Atlantic slavery
Former IOPC head Michael Lockwood cleared of raping two girls in 1980s
June 2024
‘We’re taxing non-doms, not condoms!’: Labour strives to reconnect with disengaged voters
Dramas in a crisis: England’s theatres commit to new plays at perilous time for arts
May 2024
The last gasp: Hull life during the fishing industry’s death – in pictures
In 1971, photographer Alec Gill began documenting the lives of Hull’s Hessle Road fishing community, as the city witnessed the downturn of its main trade
March 2024
Other lives
Patrick Boylan obituary
‘Hull is inspirational’: Mariupol academics look to Yorkshire as they plan for rebuilding of city
February 2024
A familiar ring: Hull’s 1960s cream telephone boxes – in pictures
Artist and Hull native Esther Johnson has catalogued the city’s distinctive cream kiosks
December 2023
‘Lovely to hear Timothée is charmed’: Hull basks in actor’s review of accent
Share your reaction to Timothée Chalamet on Hull’s accent
October 2023
Hull set to allow ‘right to grow’ on unused council land in UK first
Green spaces in poorer parts of England more likely to be built on, study finds
July 2023
Peas corp: how a UK co-op gets peas from field to freezer in 150 minutes
‘We are at 50% of the quota we had’: boss of UK’s last long-range trawler rues ‘squandered’ Brexit hopes
June 2023
The big picture
The big picture: humour and hot dogs in 1970s Hull
Sean Plunkett’s recently rediscovered pictures exemplify his character and charm. Sadly he didn’t live to see his work published
May 2023
How Humberside police’s pioneering policy on mental health calls paid off
The force is attending fewer incidents and has the best arrest rates in the country – and now the Met is copying its approach
March 2023
Other lives
Ann Pinnington obituary
From the Guardian archive
Philip Larkin: ‘writing in the language of ordinary people’ – archive, 1973
Mumsy review – brilliant bittersweet comedy about the family way
Hull’s cream-coloured phone boxes given Grade II-listed status
