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HULL IS THIS editor Jerome Whittingham chats with poet Matt Nicholson, and Matt reads two poems from his latest collection, 'Small Havocs'.

We talk about the flatness of the local landscape, the shape of water, and East Yorkshire placenames that tickle children and childish adults.

His latest poetry collection is published by Yaffle Press.

Full details here: http://www.yafflepress.co.uk/collections

Matt will be holding a launch of his latest collection later in the year, after all this coronavirus stuff is history.

Hull City Council has pledged that the city become carbon neutral by 2030.

In this recorded talk, Martin Budd, Environment and Climate Change Strategic Advisor for the council, presents outlines and elements of the council's draft carbon neutral strategy.

Recorded with permission at a public event at The Guildhall, Hull, on Monday 9th March 2020.

Summary article on HULL IS THIS here: https://hullisthis.news/councils-carbon-neutral-2030-strategy-outlined-at-public-meeting

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Hull Women's Week starts on Friday 6th March, just ahead of International Women's Day on Sunday 8th March.

In this podcast episode HULL IS THIS editor Jerome Whittingham talks with two women about the 'Inspiring a Generation' letter-writing project that they have taken part in, just one of a number of projects for Hull Women's Week. Their letters are written to their younger selves, and provide great insight about their careers and their thoughts about what it is to be a young girl or woman.

What advice do they give to their younger selves? What would they have done differently if they knew then what they know now?

The guests are:

Emma Latimer (pictured right), Chief Officer of NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group, and also Interim Chief Officer of NHS North Lincolnshire CCG and East Riding of Yorkshire CCG.

Hester Bridges (pictured left), Labour Councillor for the Southcoates ward, and Chair of Hull Health & Wellbeing Board.

Podcast produced by Jerome Whittingham, HULL IS THIS.

More at HULL IS THIS: https://hullisthis.news/podcast-hull-womens-week-writing-project-aims-to-inspire-a-generation

Hull's Health and Wellbeing Board are launching a new engagement initiative.

Developed and delivered in partnership with #thehullwewant, the new engagement strand is an ongoing conversation with the people of Hull. Its aim is to give the public an opportunity to feedback their thoughts about all things health and wellbeing, identifying priorities for future work, creating opportunities to reduce inequalities, and helping the population to be healthier and happier.

NHS Hull CCG Engagement Manager Matthew Fawcett and University of Hull Lecturer Gill Hughes (pictured) shed some light on how this initiative has come about, and what it will be doing.

A public launch event, the Meetup in the Market, will take place on Wednesday 11th March, at Trinity Market in Hull's old town.

More on HULL IS THIS:
https://hullisthis.news/meetup-at-the-market-for-a-chat-about-health-and-wellbeing

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The 4-day working week is a dream for many employees, but one Hull business has made it a reality for the people it employs. GB Recruitment has trialled a 4-day working week for its employees for a month, and reports a generous increase in productivity for the period.

In this podcast April MacKenzie, Senior Marketing Executive for the business, talks to HULL IS THIS editor Jerome Whittingham, about the trial and its outcomes.

Read more here: www.hullisthis.news

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Andrew Gibson, conservation officer at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, challenges us to think about how we can 'put nature back into everything we do'.

HULL IS THIS editor Jerome Whittingham joined Andrew on a very wet day in the city to look at some examples of what he means.

Andrew pointed out the mental health benefits of bird-watching and feeding the ducks, showed how architectural design can offer surprising opportunities, and how man-made environments can be managed with nature in mind. Putting nature back into everything we do is beneficial to all of us, not just nature, he argues.

Find out more on HULL IS THIS here:

https://hullisthis.news/podcast-put-nature-back-into-everything

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Shifts is a project by photojournalist and podcaster Jerome Whittingham, in which he works a full shift with an interesting business or organisation, photographing and sound recording as he goes.

This shift is a day of style, and a little bit steamy too.

A gem of a business that maybe you wouldn’t expect to find in Hull, one of just a handful of its kind outside of London in fact.

Based on Grimston Street in Hull, Cock of the Walk is a group of award winning bespoke cutters, tailors, and hand finishers.

Headed by trained coat-maker Gillian Long, their craft is carried out using the time honoured skills found in Savile Row workrooms.

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Full photo essay here: https://hullisthis.news/shifts-cock-of-the-walk-bespoke-tailors

Hull Minster is to host a must-see exhibition of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel masterpiece.

The exhibition displays Michelangelo’s world-famous work up close for the first time, giving visitors unprecedented access to the artist’s magnificent paintings which adorn the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

“Michelangelo – A Different View” is coming to Hull Minster from October 8 to November 18.

Photo: Solent News & Photo Agency.

Article: https://hullisthis.news/hull-minster-to-host-stunning-exhibition-of-michelangelo-masterpiece

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A unique experience is set to tour East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in the form of Hull Urban Opera’s latest creation, Music and Mindfulness.

The production, which is built around Erik Satie’s one-woman opera Socrates, will be performed eight times across five venues in Hull, Beverley and Market Rasen, 22nd to 28th June.

www.hullurbanopera.com

Hull Is This Editor Jerome Whittingham, @photomoments, spoke with Director Russell Plows and singer Poppy Shotts during a rehearsal.

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From challenging backgrounds and humble beginnings, to setting the bar high and settling for nothing less than success – some of Hull’s best known faces have shared their inspirational and positive journeys as they back a powerful social mobility message.

They spoke at an event entitled ‘The Kid Done Good’, which was organised by Sewell Group as part of Humber Business Week 2019 and hosted by the Rt. Hon Alan Johnson at Sewell Studio in Geneva Way, East Hull.

Hull Is This editor & photographer Jerome Whittingham (@photomoments) met some of the icons, and the event's host, ahead of 'The Kid Done Good' presentation.

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