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View article Hull Maritime project introduces first poet-in-residence

Hull Maritime project introduces first poet-in-residence

The Hull Maritime project is introducing its first poet-in-residence for 2021. Rebecca Drake, a second year PhD candidate in English Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York, will join the project next year. Rebecca’s poetry on the theme of seascapes and cultural memory has been published in The […]

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View article Search on for specialists to conserve paintings at Hull Maritime Museum

Search on for specialists to conserve paintings at Hull Maritime Museum

The search is on to find a specialist company to conserve a number of maritime paintings from the Hull Maritime Museum’s collection. As part of the Hull Maritime project, funded by Hull City Council and the National Lottery Fund, a painting and conservation company will remove, transport and conserve 12 maritime paintings. Following a survey […]

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View article Hull leisure facilities to benefit from multi-million pound investment

Hull leisure facilities to benefit from multi-million pound investment

A £3million investment at Beverley Road Baths is well underway. Scheduled to re-open to the public in summer 2021, the facility will see the construction of a new larger gymnasium and the refurbishment of the existing one, new and improved steam and sauna facilities, internal refurbishment works to the poolside and all changing facilities. Other […]

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View article Hull set to host British Climbing Cup Championships

Hull set to host British Climbing Cup Championships

Hull is hosting the British Climbing Cup Championships this weekend. The national competition will take place at Rockcity on its brand-new competition wall. Councillor Dave Craker, portfolio holder for leisure and culture at Hull City Council, said: “Hull has always been a proud sporting city, so it’s fantastic that we have been able to draw […]

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View article Experts appointed to dismantle skeletons at Hull Maritime Museum

Experts appointed to dismantle skeletons at Hull Maritime Museum

Eight extremely fragile and unusual marine skeletons and specimens are to be removed from the Hull Maritime Museum, as part of a multi-million pound heritage-led regeneration scheme. A decision record published on Friday 18 confirms the appointment of a conservation specialist company to dismantle, pack, conserve and transport the marine animal skeletons. Once removed, they […]

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View article Music project will highlight Covid-19’s effect on the BAME community

Music project will highlight Covid-19’s effect on the BAME community

A new arts project that will use music to raise awareness about the impact of Coronavirus on the Hull BAME community has got the green light, thanks to a Hull City Council arts grant. Hull-based arts organisation, Create and Express Studios will use the £500 Grants to Arts award to launch the project this month, […]

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View article Digital company sought to deliver creative skills programme in Hull

Digital company sought to deliver creative skills programme in Hull

The Hull Maritime project is looking to join forces with a creative digital company to deliver a digital creative skills programme, with a maritime twist, to young people in Hull. Young people will have the opportunity to develop their own creative digital responses to Hull’s maritime stories, buildings, ships and its collections, thanks to the […]

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View article Thousands of people come together online for unforgettable Freedom Festival 2020

Thousands of people come together online for unforgettable Freedom Festival 2020

This weekend, thousands of audience members across the world experienced Hull’s award-winning international outdoor arts festival from afar, with a one-off online programme delivered directly to their homes. The jam-packed online programme featured music, dance, circus, spoken word, talks and debates and international talent alongside local acts. The three-day event included robot selfies, timely debates […]

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View article 5 things not to miss at Freedom Festival 2020

5 things not to miss at Freedom Festival 2020

Freedom Festival returns this weekend with a special online programme that will be broadcast via the BBC. Bringing together internationally renowned artists and local talent, this year’s festival features robot selfies, bikes singing lullabies and artists performing from unique and iconic locations throughout the city. Download the Freedom Festival app or visit the festival’s website […]

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View article Hull Fair brought to life in digital exhibition

Hull Fair brought to life in digital exhibition

The sights and sounds of Hull Fair can still be enjoyed this year thanks to a digital exhibition that launches this weekend. The exhibition, Hull Fair, includes specially commissioned videos of the iconic and historic annual event, interviews with regular fairgoers explaining why the fair means so much to them, as well as pictures and […]

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View article Residents invited to help create new Humber Mouth project

Residents invited to help create new Humber Mouth project

Humber Mouth literature festival has launched a new project in conjunction with the Freedom Festival for 2020. The Hull Story Map is inviting contributions from the city’s residents to create a new digital map complete with their words about Hull. Writer and artist Joanna Walsh was commissioned as Humber Mouth’s Digital Writer-in-Residence and has created […]

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View article £3.8m Pearson Park refurbishment celebrated on special anniversary

£3.8m Pearson Park refurbishment celebrated on special anniversary

A celebration to mark the completion of the £3.8million restoration scheme of Pearson Park has taken place today. On the 160-year anniversary of Zachariah Pearson gifting the land to the people of Hull, a small event saw the Lord Mayor, Councillor Steve Wilson, cutting a ribbon at the new bandstand. The restoration project, funded by […]

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