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Curiosity is the ultimate ‘Ask Us Anything.’

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What Is The Role Of An HGV Tanker Driver?

Steve is a tanker driver for Rix and here is is explaining what his job entails and why he loves it.

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November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
What Are My Top 5 Chocolate Bars?

From the Big Malarkey with a question guaranteed to cause a row, author @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social selects his hits from the selection box.

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November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Is There A Tunnel Under The Humber?

A question resulting from a recent BBC TV programme is tackled by our esturium underpass correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social

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November 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What’s On My Cultural Radar?

Actress @alyceliburd.bsky.social – soon to be seen at Hull Truck in Oliver Twist – takes us through some of her current cultural picks.

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November 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
What Are My Top 5 Ways To Join In With Music?

We bumped into musician and child whisperer Sarah at a recent Mini-Malarkey and she let us into her secrets for awakening the musician in kids.

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November 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
What Is The Best Modern Day Alternative To Enid Blyton Books?

For those who find Enid a bit old hat these days, Caitlin and Ally-mai have some options for new hats.

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November 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
What’s Going On With Iron Lilies?

The ‘luxurious escape’ restaurant in Princes Quay opened thanks to a council grant and shut soon after. But what – our ephemeral eatery correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social asks – happens next?

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November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Is There A Crater On The Moon Named After A Man From Hessle?

Massive bridge, bit of the moon – @robb51.bsky.social of the @uniofhull.bsky.social explains Hessle’s ongoing plans for interplanetary domination.

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November 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
What Are My Top 5 Favourite Outdoor Activities To Do With Young People?

Jaz, from Rewilding Youth outlines the best ways to get kids out in nature and doing stuff.

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November 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Where Can You P-P-P-Pick Up A Penguin In Hull?

No, not The Deep, as our swapping stuff correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social reports, it’s in a little box of joy up Bev Road.

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November 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
What Is My Favourite Building In Hull?

Chair of VHEY and former top fire fighter @chrisblacksell.bsky.social outlines his love of a much-admired edifice.

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November 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Who Was Stevie Smith?

Poet and lighthouse botherer Dean Wilson is not waving but drowning as he runs down the life of one of Hull’s celebrated exports.

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November 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
What Are My Top 5 Female -Owned Businesses In Hull?

Artist Lucy Brooke, of The Feminine Urge, talks us through her picks of the lass-led organisations in the city.

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November 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
When Was (Ex-Prince) Andrew Windsor Last Seen Round Here?

Our disgraced royalty corespondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social pulls out his old state visit diaries to uncover the dates Mr Never-Sweat visited East Yorkshire.

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November 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Where Did King Billy’s Statue Get Evacuated During WW2?

King Billy once hopped off his plinth and trotted away, apparently. So @hulltourguide.bsky.social Paul Schofield discovers where he went and why.

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November 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Who, What, Where, When, Why & How?

@typicallymai.bsky.social corners Big Malarkey-goers Jess and Megan and coerces them into attempting our quiz. Inevitably, they do better than most adults.

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November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
On the latest CuriosityCast:

The Viola Trust’s Norman Court talks Burnsy through the next era for a Hull trawler with links to the Boxing Fleet, WW1, the Falklands War and, apparently, Van Morrison.

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November 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
What Is My Favourite Building In Hull?

Actor Matt Sutton picks the biggest demolition site in the city in order to outline his love for a true icon.

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November 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
What Are My Top 5 Humber Street Sesh Acts?

Boss of the Sesh Mak gives us his view on the most interesting bands at the 2025 Humber Street bash.

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November 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
What Is The Role Of A Solicitor In A Law Firm?

You may think you have a handle on this job role but Lucy, of Wilkin Chapman Rollits, lays out exactly what’s involved.

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November 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Why Did A Weeping Woman In White Get Hounded Out Of Hull In 1417?

This is exactly the sort of mystery our lachrymose female correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social loves to get his teeth into.

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November 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
How Was Hull Responsible For Take That?

So, apparently it was all our fault. Writer and boy band aficionado @nickquantrill.bsky.social outlines where and why this travesty took place.

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November 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
What Are My Top 5 Comic Book Characters?

We caught up with comic book artist and author Nathan Hawthorne at the Big Malarkey and he outlined his pick of the superheroes.

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November 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
On the latest CuriosityCast, get your laughing gear around this chat between Burnsy and Gary Jennison for all the detail surrounding Hull Comedy Festival 2025.

Available on our website or your favoured podcast supplier: curiosityhull.co.uk/curiositycast-…

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November 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
What Happened To The Hull Museum Which Never Opened?

Well, this looks like it would have been ace. Our lost attractions correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social reports on the museum that never was.

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November 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM