Keeping the memories alive…
As anyone who knows me well will attest to, I absolutely bloody love Freedom Festival. It is the highlight of my year and something I look forward to very much. Started in 2007 to celebrate the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade led by Hull’s very own William Wilberforce, the Festival has just got bigger and better each year. Apart from the first festival which was really just a big all day gig …
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The Knife Angel is a thought provoking and very moving sculpture by Alfie Bradley. Made from more than 100,000 knives surrendered during amnesties throughout the UK, it is a national monument to victims of knife crime. It’s been in Hull for a few weeks as part of a national tour and was situated in The Rose Bowl area of Queen’s Gardens. We visited on a sunny Saturday afternoon. The atmosphere around the sculpture was subdued …
Read moreSorry this post is a bit wordy as I didn’t take any pictures. Note to self ; must do better! Last week I, my son Mason and his housemate Rosie had a night out to Hull New Theatre to see the fantastic Saturday Night Fever. We met early for food in Tanyalak which is a Thai restaurant close to the theatre. The weather was foul, chucking down and bitterly cold but the excellent food we …
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We quite like to go out on Sunday afternoon/early evening. A mooch around wherever, couple of beers and a bite to eat and home by about 7 or 8 o’clock. I’d seen that it was the last day of the Junior Open exhibition at The Ferens so we decided to pop along to see it. I think it’s great to encourage children in art and to give them a chance to enter it for exhibit …
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At the beginning of this year, Hull had a visit from the world famous street artist Banksy. At first there were many doubts as to whether the new graffiti on Hull’s permanently raised Scott Street Bridge really was a Banksy but the artist confirmed on his Instagram account and so all hell broke loose with visitors from far and wide rushing to see it, take selfies next to it etc. Sadly, within hours some cretin …
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