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City of culture 2017
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What should you look out for on a trip to Hull, once home to Philip Larkin, William Wilberforce and the Housemartins? -
Interactive:
John Venn, the inventor of Venn diagrams, was born in Hull. So what overlap does Mr Venn have with two other finite collections of sets*?
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Video
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Hull city council film celebrating the strengths and diversity of the city in its campaign to be named the UK's city of culture for 2017
Most recent
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22 Oct 2014:
Report from City Growth Commission says ‘devo met’ could be achieved on same timetable as devolved powers for Scotland
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11 Sep 2014: Hull’s twin loss of its fishing and shipping industries consigned it to a future of poverty, isolation and even ridicule. But now all that is about to change, because the city is putting its faith back in the North Sea
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12 Aug 2014:
Other lives: Journalist who worked in print and in broadcasting, and retained his passion for news throughout his life
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31 Jul 2014:
Martin Green says he hopes to correct misconceptions about city through his work as chief executive of Hull 2017
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30 May 2014: Hull voters are the most apathetic in the north of England, while those in South Lakeland went to the polls with most enthusiasm last week, reports Helen Pidd
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21 May 2014:
Three people arrested after officers found two men injured, one fatally, at a Melton Old Road property
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10 May 2014: Poet's fans to take commemorative Hull-to-London trip, complete with readings, jazz and costumed actors
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8 May 2014: Bill Nighy will read poetry as actors fill journey from Hull to London with stories and music, reports Maev Kennedy
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14 Apr 2014:
Dominatrix 'distraught' at being boarded up in 'massage parlour' in Hull's Princes Avenue. It wouldn't happen in London, said Lady Santana
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10 Apr 2014: Novelist David Mark was told by a London bookstore his Hull-set crime tales were 'too Northern'. Here he explains why he hopes attitudes to 2017's City of Culture are changing
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7 Jan 2014: Alex Turner: Previously boarded-up homes on estate provide one-bedroom social housing – but nowhere near enough to meet demand
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5 Jan 2014:
Residents say all hell broke loose when army bomb disposal experts arrived at residential home in early hours of Sunday
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6 Dec 2013: Imam Hafiz Salih may lose sight in one eye after being punched by man who stopped his car
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25 Nov 2013: For a short while, Hull has become artificially bigger and sexier. It's up to the city itself whether this continues
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24 Nov 2013:
Catherine Bennett:The culture minister tells Hull what a financial boon being City of Culture will be. She's missing the point
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