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24th May 2025 – 15th March 2026
Doughty Gallery, Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
An exhibition of artworks from the museum’s collection featuring local scenes from the 1850s to present day. Accompanied by reflections, including a music video, from local people.
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Another chance to discover the fascinating history the lost town once built on an island at the mouth of the Humber The Ravenser Odd free exhibition returns by popular demand
The exhibition, Ravenser Odd: The Sunken Island of the Humber, delves into the history and folklore of the short-lived medieval town, which rose to wealth before being accused of piracy and stealing trade from its neighbours along the Humber.
The tour kicked off in September 2024 at Spurn Discovery Centre and made its way to Withernsea Library, where it was displayed until December. The response from the public has been overwhelmingly positive, with many visitors calling the exhibition “fascinating and informative.”
In 2025, the exhibition will be on display at Cleethorpes Library from Wednesday, 5 March, to Monday, 31 March, during normal opening hours. Following this, it will move to Grimsby Library, where it will be open from Wednesday, 2 April, to Wednesday, 30 April.
The exhibition is a collaboration between Hull Maritime Museum, The National Archives and the University of Sussex.
Free drop in flag-making workshops also being run in collaboration with Square Peg Hull. These take place at Cleethorpes Library on Wednesday 12th March, 2pm to 4pm and Grimsby Library on Saturday 12th April, 10am to 1pm.
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Poet and Author Hollie McNish is on the paperback tour of her new Sunday Times Bestselling book ‘Lobster and other things I’m learning to love’ and will be stopping off in Grimsby on Wednesday 4th June!
Hollie McNish is a poet whose live readings are not to be missed. After a run of sold out shows up and down the UK, she is back with the paperback tour of Lobster and other things I’m learning to love. A Sunday Times bestselling book, expect strong language and adult content, gift-wrapped in gorgeously crafted poetry as she reads from this collection plus a selection of firm favourites from Slug and Nobody Told Me.
The show will include a book signing after the gig. Support Poet TBA.
Hollie McNish is a poet and author based between Glasgow and Cambridge. She was the first poet to record at Abbey Road Studios, London and won the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry for her poetic parenting memoir – Nobody Told Me – of which The Scotsman stated ‘The World Needs this Book’. She has published four further collections of poetry – Papers, Cherry Pie, Plum and Slug, which was a Sunday Times bestseller and translated into French under the title Je souhaite seulement que tu fasses quelque chose de toi. Her new book is Lobster, and other things I’m learning to love. She loves writing.
“Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest” – Sarah Millican
“Her writing is sublime” – Ellie Taylor
“Makes me cry and howl with laughter” – Paapa Essiedu
“like Pam Ayres on acid” – Lemn Sissay
“One of the best poets we have”. – Matt Haig
“Never have we needed her more” – Stylist
Advance Tickets are now on sale, priced at £13.50 + fees. The age requirement for this event is 14 plus (U18s to be accompanied).
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We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead!
So it’s time to prepare yourselves these two astounding shows with Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and eye-popping 3D special effects, these astounding shows are guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and events will come alive on stage and hover at your fingertips!
Awful Egyptians: From the fascinating Pharaohs to the power of the pyramids, discover the foul facts of death and decay with the meanest mummies in Egypt. Are you ready to rumble with Ramesses the Great? Dare you enter through the Gates of the afterlife?
It’s the history of Egypt with the nasty bits left in!
Show Times
Awful Egyptians is a full length show. Please book Terrible Tudors if you’d like to see the Tudors
Age: Suitable for 5+ and all the family.
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We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead!
So it’s time to prepare yourselves for these two astounding shows with Horrible Histories live on stage! Using actors and eye-popping 3D special effects, these astounding shows are guaranteed to thrill you and your children. Historical figures and events will come alive on stage and hover at your fingertips!
Terrible Tudors: From the horrible Henries to the end of evil Elizabeth, hear the legends (and the lies!) about the torturing Tudors. Find out the fate of Henry’s headless wives and his punch up with the Pope. Meet Bloody Mary and see Ed fall dead in his bed. Survive the Spanish Armada as it sails into the audience!
It’s history with the nasty bits left in!
Show Times
Terrible Tudors is a full length show. Please book Awful Egyptians if you would like to see the Egyptians
Age: Suitable for 5+ and all the family.
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