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thisisUll.com Home Page Pictures for 2006.
Gallery 2 By Mo
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This is a 2 page picture gallery of thisisUll.com home page pictrues
for January to December 2006 for you to enjoy.
Happy Holidays from Cilla and Mo and a big thank you to every single contributor for participating in
the thisisUll.com adventure.
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Opinions - Hands On Our Arts By Fiona Carr
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ThisisUll has good arts coverage and a clear interest in the vibrancy of the cultural scene,
even if it seems a bit indie/ethnic leaning.
It may well be that nobody is interested in the Art galleries and museums, or the
City Hall/New Theatre though there was a time events were featured on these pages around 2004.
However it is astonishing not one
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Opinions - In support of Jack 'Last' Straw By Pablo Luis Gonzàlez
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I watched in disbelief as people walked around dressed in a most shameful and
obscene diversity of clothes:
A young woman in faded blue jeans, brown boots and low cut yellow top.
A man in a dark blue suit and tie.
A woman wearing the niqab.
A young woman in dark blue jeans, green jacket and sporting a disdainful smile.
A man in a dark suit and red tie.
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Opinions - Response to Michelle Dee's Gigging in Hull By Darren Bunting Music HQ
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I enjoyed your article on thisisull about the local bands / promoters / scene at the moment and as a musician and promoter I agreed with 99% of what you said. The only thing I would argue/add would be that there are some promoters and venues who do try and make the effort for the artists (my gigs being one I hope LOL)
where acts get
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Opinions - Response to Michelle Dee's Gigging in Hull By Dj Mak
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In response to my good friend Michelle Dee's
Gigging In Hull
piece on ThisisUll.com
I thought it be right for me to explain the stance and ethos of The Sesh at
The Linnet & Lark on Princes Ave.
The night was started nearly four years ago - 4th Birthday Celebrations in
October -and was set up by myself with the help of Martin Knight of
The Favours
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Opinions - Gigging in Hull By Michelle Dee
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First up, I think that bands should limit themselves as to how many local gigs they play.
Who is going to pay pounds to see a band at Adelphi or Piper when you can see them at the
Sesh for free?
Some of the bands are limiting themselves to only playing two or three local gigs a month which makes sense.
Don't forget the old adage; absence
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Opinions - Response To Michelle Dee's Review Of Phonic Voices At Urban Artz Festival By Paul Rush
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I just read your review of Phonic Voices at the Urban Arts Festival:
'Today it came in the form of Nicky a didgeridoo player from Phonic Voices
music collective, with a uniquely special sound.
It was a moment not to dissimilar to the one in the town of Hamlyn when a
certain piper enticed all the rodents away, from the town.
Nicky began to play her instrument
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Opinions - Things Can Only Get Bitter By David Sloan
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I'm sick to death of listening to people moaning about New Labour. They've only recently been voted in for a third term in office with a large credible majority. So just what do people want? Yes, things have got better under New Labour. If you're a burglar, mugger, paedophile, illegal immigrant, rapist or terrorist, things have definitely got better.
Under New Labour,
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Opinions - It's Only A Game By Dave F
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Question - What do you call an Englishman in a World Cup Final???
Answer - Referee.
Like most people in the country, I'm asking myself why...
Why didn't we get through to the final?
Why didn't Sven take better strikers?
Why???
Actually, I'm asking myself why the England team turn to jelly at the mention of the word
Penalty, and why we have to listen to excuses like
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Opinions - Save Our Free School Meals By The Mental Alchemist
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Q. What do you get if you cross neo-liberal economic policy with a liberal party city council?
A. No bloody change and the end of free school meals in Hull.
I sat in stunned belief whilst watching Look North today, as it was announced that Hull City Council have put a price on the health and wellbeing of all our children, and it's less than £4 million.
It actually cost the council a
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Opinions - Response To The Grim Reaper's Article
By Chris Wolds
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Hello thisisull team,
I have just finished reading the piece written by the Grim Reaper titled
Response To Arts Council Article.
I read with interest what was there, just as I did the original article and the follow-ups.
It puzzles me that these other comments have been published and those persons responsible for
them have had their opinions aired.
I have always seen this site as
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Opinions - Money, School and Red-Tape: Education for Kids in Hull By Gregory Anderson
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Education in Hull is changing. Almost a third of our secondary schools are being demolished.
Nearly £200m is to be invested in new schools.
So let us not mince our words - the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) project proclaims that
this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to drive reform of the secondary system and improvements in educational
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Opinions - Response To Arts Council Article By The Grim Reaper
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We can guess it's a guy that wrote the anonymous letter regarding Lou Duffy Howard receiving
money from the Arts Council for the Grassroots festival.
As a matter of fact Duffy Howard and 'Full Flava' David Okwesia set up the Grassroots
thing and we all work together in making it happen to benefit the local community.
So to whoever wrote the letter I would just like to say
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Opinions - Fickle Voters By Mark Pollard
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I watched a TV programme the other night about the seemingly endless, unaccounted and under-investigated murder of scores of young women by street gangs in Guatemala. As a father of three girls myself it was heart-breaking stuff that made me thankful to live in the UK; the 'scandal' of John Prescott shagging his secretary hardly seems to matter by comparison.
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Opinions - If The Council Won't Sort This Out, We Will
By Pete Stitt
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I felt it was only fair to give the readers of thisisull an update of non-events since the issue of
Arts Council grants, Council and other funding for multicultural events was raised by one anonymous writer and half of the Kurdish community in Hull.
I think we have waited long enough for 'stage two' of this saga.
I sent several emails to Ken Branson, who I know to be an
honourable man, and he
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Opinions - Blair Is No Churchillian Statesman By David Sloan
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Every day now we read more and more New Labour sleaze stories.
Cash for knighthoods, offshore accounts for ministers, weapons of mass destruction
which never existed to name but a few.
I could go on with tough on crime, and the causes of crime.
When magistrates have now been told not to even jail offenders.
You can rob, rape or kill by dangerous driving and expect no
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Opinions - Hull City Council 2006 - Changing Or Caging Us?
By Gregory Anderson
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Hull City Council is changing. Having recently improved its rating infinity percent -from zero
stars to one star - a new council seems to be evolving. Into what, you may ask?
An aggressive political powerhouse to empower the people? Or an experiment of existential dustbin policy?
Whatever this nameless Hullian perceives the council's policies to be, recent history
says one thing is
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Opinions - Wanadoo Offers Schadenfreude at 10p a minute
By Greg Anderson
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Do you find junk mail bellicose nonsense? Same here. Amusing? At times, yes. Annoying? Always, I agree. So are you yet to experience the silent delight of receiving Wanadoo's broadband advertisement through your letterbox? Do you want to know how junk mail could make you smile? Read on.
An established internet company, Wanadoo proclaim
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