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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Which Detective Novelist Managed Hull City? With City back in the Premiership today, our soccer scribes correspondent Phil Ascough looks at the moonlighting gig of a previous top flight manager. curiosityhull.co.uk/which-detect... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social

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Politics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Masterminded primarily by Tory Chancellor Osborne and welfare secretary IDS, they included the benefit cap, the bedroom tax, the two-child benefit limit, cuts to the generosity of universal credit, and years of benefit rate freezes.

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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 13/04/2026

Former banker Crispin Odey has dropped his libel case against the FT as he has been “forced to accept” that the publication was “likely to succeed in establishing” its public interest defence. The case related to reporting of sexual assault allegations against him pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/ba...

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Banker Crispin Odey drops £79m Financial Times libel case

Crispin Odey has dropped his £79m libel claim against the Financial Times, acknowledging the paper would successfully defend the case.

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Steve Parks @steveparks.me · 10/04/2026

Yes, Americans who voted for it are just easy marks in a long con — but unfortunately everyone is a victim

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Andrew Knight (Fella) 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @andrewknightfella.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Holy shit.... 😮 This is coming from the #Telegraph?? They've certainly come a long way. This paper was one of the most frothing, rabid, Brexiter rags post-2016.... #Brexit #BrexitHasFailed #RejoinEU #Starmer

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Who Is Hull’s Most Famous Chess Player? Amos Burn should be as well known as Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer, according to our bygone woodpusher correspondent Phil Ascough. curiosityhull.co.uk/who-is-hulls... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

If this were happening in a Latin American country, ICE would simply be described as a death squad

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

How Did A Witch Knock Hull City Out Of The Cup? Our sporting necromancy correspondent Phil Ascough recounts a 50-year old tale of sorcery, spells and spoiled seasons. curiosityhull.co.uk/how-did-a-wi... @hulllibraries.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Reform told you reducing council tax was easy. They just had to slash Woke policies, and a billion or two would be saved. They wouldn't even need to close care services. They promise you that. And then every single Reform-led council cut care services and increased council tax.

All Reform councils to raise taxes despite campaign pledges

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

How Do You Say ‘Happy New Year’ Around The World? Our international languages correspondent @philascough.bsky.social presents a handy cut-out-and-keep guide to seeing in the new year wherever you may be. curiosityhull.co.uk/how-do-you-s... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

What Do Footballers Have For Christmas Dinner? With matches on Boxing Day, what can Johnny Shinpad scoff on the big day, asks our festive gustation correspondent @philascough.bsky.social curiosityhull.co.uk/what-do-foot... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

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Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Why Is There A Danish Church In Hull? We all recognise the unique architecture of Nordic House, but why is it there in the first place? Our Scandinavian tabernacle correspondent @philascough.bsky.social has a skeg. curiosityhull.co.uk/why-is-there... @hulllibraries.bsky.social

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

63% of people think net migration rose in the last 12 months 8% of people think it fell Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023 [It is falling further in 2025] Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

"Asylum seekers should not be allowed to work!" "Asylum workers should not be subsidised at the public expense!" - and loop.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

This is REFORM

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I particularly enjoyed the addition of the baby alligator!

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Phil Ascough @philascough.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

In Hull and East Yorkshire today vote Ross or you’l get Reform. Simple as that.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The Trump effect would be the Farage effect. Swagger and prejudice that are isolating and ruinous. The Brexit shitshow and America’s humiliation should be sounding very loud alarm bells. Not encouraging more stupidity. #localelections liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/366...

History will not be kind to all those pandering to this flip-flopping political huckster. Already his support is waning, a string of polls released to mark the 100 days showing voter approval has plummeted to historic lows at this point in a presidency. The US economy is shrinking.
Tourism is crashing alongside the country's global reputation. And Canada's election has shown that foreign politicians who fight for liberal values and put their country's interests first by standing up to Trump's bullying can thrive - while those that get too close to him can crash.

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Phil Ascough @philascough.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I’m not telling people who to vote for but I’d certainly urge them to have faith in the candidates who turn up and face the public rather than run and hide behind a tarnished gold medal.

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Hull Libraries @hulllibraries.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Back from our Spring Break with a lot of catching up to do, here's a little musical tale for you...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

A reminder for these times.

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Phil Ascough @philascough.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Picking through some of the music on BBC and loving Piano Room. Travelling in time from newcomer Myles Smith all the way back to 10cc, who I saw at Sheffield City Hall 49 years ago this month. Weird.

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Mags @deadbloke.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The 2026 World Cup is gonna be interesting. Host nations - USA, Canada & Mexico

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A Funny Old Game @sidlambert.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

It’s five years since Robbie Keane’s little lad decided to bin off mascot duty… and grab the glory instead. The celebration lasts a full 17 seconds. Sensational stuff.

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Phil Ascough @philascough.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Seen a few wonderful sunsets lately and here’s another one tonight.

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Joe Sargieson @joejayjay.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Day 4279 of the Christmas Holidays. Bins are all full and yesterday I ate a croissant filled with Brie.

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Phil Ascough @philascough.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Our Amber’s first Christmas Eve in her very own house and she’s invited us round for tea. East Hull. Hence the red sky.

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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 16/12/2024

Labour spokesperson responds to Kemi Badenoch calling a flat tax rate an “attractive idea”:

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The rest of the UK calls on everyone who actually cares about democracy - and the economic recovery of this country - to demand our govt clears up the epic Brexit mess made by this lying piece of shit. And to never allow him and his brand of populist garbage anywhere near power again.

Johnson posts:

I call on everyone who cares about democracy
- and the economic salvation of this country - to fight, fight and fight again for the freedoms the people voted for in 2016, and which they believed were secure

(Picture of Starmer in earlier data holding up an EU flag)

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Jacqueline F Baron @jacqueline-f-baron.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

A fantastical sky across The Humber Estuary tonight! Amazing colours. 💜 #Hull

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Graeme Bandeira @graemebandeira.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

REMINDER! Order before weekend is out to guarantee Christmas arrival 🎅🏻

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Phil Ascough @philascough.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Well done to the Christmas lights crew in Cottingham. Another fantastic job.

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Phil Ascough @philascough.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

We’ve got missiles can tear the world apart. Brutal.

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Phil Ascough @philascough.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

A reminder that the Scandinavian Christmas market is back on Saturday. An array of food, drink and the most stylish Scandi gifts on sale from 10am-4pm at Hull Danish Church. Also a superb lunch and great day all round!

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Phil Ascough @philascough.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Here’s Pickle, our Amber’s new kitten. Have to say she looks more like a Pickford to me.

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Iain Moore @iainmoore.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Sad to hear about John Prescott - and lovely quote from Al Gore here - I’d not realised how much of a part of Kyoto and climate action Prescott had been.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Props to @pressgazette.co.uk for the ace piece of publishers and journalists ditching X for Bluesky pressgazette.co.uk/social_media...

Journalists sign open letter declaring X/Twitter ‘no longer a useful tool’ for reporting
In the past week a group of more than 30 journalists ut their names to an open letter declaring X to be “no longer a useful tool” for reporting.

The signatories include Guardian North of England correspondent Robyn Vinter, investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan, Foreign Press Association London director Deborah Bonetti and former Guardian special correspondent Nick Davies.

The letter, organised by Byline Times chief reporter Josiah Mortimer, said Twitter “played an important role in shaping many of our careers” and that “it was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics”.

But, it added, “we believe that time is over now”.

The Elon Musk-owned platform has long been a useful way for journalists to find stories, verify information and contact sources, as well as to distribute their work and meet peers.

However the signatories argued that under Musk “feeds have become less useful. Engagement has plummeted, except for those who will pay. Replies gain traction not through merit, but through the corrupted blue-tick system.

“We have seen hate speech and abuse deliberately dialled up and amplified, boosted not just by the algorithm, but by the owner himself… It is no longer a useful tool for objective reporting, but a weapon being wielded by a narrowing ideological set.”

The letter adds that in lieu of X, “we are all putting the majority of our efforts into building more constructive online spaces elsewhere”, in particular Bluesky.

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