Feral Art School sets up first home as former bank becomes creative hub

An art school led by a group of professional creatives has set up its own home for the first time in Hull’s historic Old Town, with support from one of the city’s leading companies. Feral Art School was founded three years ago as a community interest company with cooperative values. Part of a growing network of alternative art schools, it encourages collaborative and individual work, offering...

Hull venues reaffirm commitment to putting city’s music scene on the map

Some of Hull’s biggest and most prestigious venues have met for the first time in almost 18 months to reaffirm their commitment to promote the area as a City of Music. The Hull City of Music group – made up of some of the area’s biggest and best known venues – was formed early in 2020 but was quickly curtailed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was set up to encourage the experience of...

Hull choir to perform with Collabro at Bonus Arena show

Musical theatre group Collabro have announced that local choirs will be joining them on their 23-date Greatest Hits tour this autumn – and Hull’s NAPA choir will join them on stage when they perform at the Bonus Arena in October. All four members of Collabro – Michael Auger, Jamie Lambert, Matt Pagan and Thomas Redgrave – began their journey into the arts as members of youth choirs and youth...

Leading marketing agency strengthens green energy portfolio with new contract win

Yorkshire marketing agency Sowden + Sowden has had another boost to its profile as a green energy marketing leader following a new contract win with the University of Hull’s Aura Innovation Centre (AIC). The agency fought off fierce competition from just under 40 UK-wide agencies to secure the contract, the second it has won with the AIC. It gives them the opportunity to build on their already...

Viola trawler calendar collection on display at Holmpton bunker

Two trawlers built more than a hundred years apart are among the ships featured in an exhibition of maritime paintings that has opened at an ex-Cold War bunker in Holderness. The underground galleries at the former RAF Holmpton are displaying 14 paintings created by Welwick-based artist Larry Malkin, including some from a calendar published in 2020 to raise money for the Viola trawler campaign,...