Angus Young

Angus Young

@angusyoung61.bsky.social

Freelance Geordie journalist based in Hull. All views are my own. Email: aqyoung61@gmail.com

733 Followers 71 Following 233 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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All of today’s big talking points in today’s @curiosityhull.bsky.social offering.

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A love letter to Victoria Pier Is it the end for a Hull landmark?

New weekend long read is out on Victoria Pier - a Hull landmark likely to disappear fairly soon. New subscribers- free or paid - always welcome.

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Unique local landmark facing an uncertain future. My latest for @curiosityhull.bsky.social

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Pimp. Blackmailer. Dealer. Grass. Killer? An alternative take on a notorious Hull murder

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2 weeks ago

New one from me for @curiosityhull.bsky.social on Hull’s forgotten annual carnival.

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Steel bars, fast cars, beauty queens and a liquidation A tale of the unexpected

I went down an unexpected rabbit hole when I started looking into the collapse of a Hull firm best known for a series of memorial sculptures.
New weekend long read here:

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Pub quiz question for today’s edition of @curiosityhull.bsky.social

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3 weeks ago

Grim carnage in the First World War and its links to a church in Hull. My latest for @curiosityhull.bsky.social

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Giz a job Redundancies loom over job creation programme

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Correct. Not replaced when his tenure ended. Technically, still held the title until it was removed recently.

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Six of the best (or worst) from the Epstein Files The local angle on the story of the century

Six of the best (or worst) local story angles from the Epstein files.

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1 month ago
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Shiver me timbers The forgotten story of how Robert Maxwell bought a Hull company to cement his links with the Soviet Union

New weekend long read on the Hull company owned by Robert Maxwell and its business links with the Soviet Union.
New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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Let’s talk about sex - and limericks. My latest for @curiosityhull.bsky.social

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How Hull council taxpayers helped swell the coffers of the world's richest man Melania and Trump's tech billionaire pals come to town

Weekend long read is out. New subscribers-free or paid -always welcome.

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How Hull council taxpayers helped swell the coffers of the world's richest man Melania and Trump's tech billionaire pals come to town

How Hull council taxpayers helped swell the coffers of a Trump-supporting tech billionaire
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1 month ago

Forget about AI and robots, the future is all about plumbing.
My latest for @curiosityhull.bsky.social

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A DIY fix for Northern Powerhouse Fail? A city’s electric dream

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Got any links for Joseph Green? I’d like to know more about him.

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Robert Jenrick? “He is a snake”

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New from on plans for hydrogen storage and carbon capture in East Yorkshire. Will it happen? Should it happen?

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Top of the Flops - a curious tale about Hull’s least successful record label.
My latest for @curiosityhull.bsky.social

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Meet the man who heckled Robert Jenrick He’s got a story to tell

Meet the man who heckled Robert Jenrick. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.
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1 month ago

In which we discuss men wearing shorts in January, cannelloni and appearing on page three in the altogether. Oh, and also a bit about Hull.

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The bonkers by-election with side order of nuttiness A month of summer madness in 2008

New weekend long read on a bonkers by-election
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2 months ago
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Greenland? Been there, done that. The forgotten Arctic oil war between Hull and London.

When Hull went to war with London over Arctic oil.
Weekend long read is out. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.

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2 months ago

Ready to dip into some local history with @curiosityhull.bsky.social ? Aye, ready!

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Want to work for Luke Campbell? £1.1m recruitment drive is underway.

New weekend long read is out. Subscribers - free or paid - always welcome.

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2 months ago
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Blue on blue with a plot twist worthy of Line of Duty Trouble at the top of Humberside Police

Weekend long read on a bit of blue on blue.

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2 months ago

Some personal Geordie nostalgia for @northeastbylines.co.uk

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Turning the Hullywood dream into reality Spotlight on big budget Punjabi film

New weekend read on Hullywood dreams. Subscribers- free or paid / always welcome.
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