Angus Young

4 days ago | aqyoung61.substack.com | Angus Young

A few years ago I sat in a cafe in Hull’s Old Town as a brave woman recalled the shocking incident which led her keeping a pair of garden shears under her bed at night. She told me how her life came close to falling apart after becoming the victim of a voyeur. Despite the trauma it brought at the time, she now considered herself fortunate enough to have moved on. Another one of his victims had not been so lucky.

1 week ago | aqyoung61.substack.com | Angus Young

We are where we are. The problem is, no-one really knows where we’re going. As the dust settles after its first ever mayoral election, Hull and East Yorkshire are about to embark on a voyage into the unknown. The will of the people (in reality, around 10% of the region’s electorate) has decided that a man with not a shred of local government experience should lead a new regional combined authority with an initial annual spend of £60m for the next four years. Democracy is a wonderful thing.

2 weeks ago | aqyoung61.substack.com | Angus Young

Should Katy Perry ever be sent on a solo mission to Mars on the strength of spending a couple of minutes on the edge of earth’s orbit inside Jeff Bezos’ celebrity-filled rocket? Probably not. Meanwhile in our part of the galaxy should someone with zero experience of local government be propelled into the job of leading a public body with an annual budget of at least £50m?

3 weeks ago | aqyoung61.substack.com | Angus Young

It’s not every day you get to have a coffee with a “bonking expert”. Who was I to argue with the colourful description given by the Daily Star newspaper to the man sitting opposite me outside a cafe in Princes Avenue on a sunny afternoon last summer? “Ridiculous, isn’t it?,” laughs Tommie McDonald as he leans across the table and shows the me the story and headline in question on his phone.

1 month ago | aqyoung61.substack.com | Angus Young

Life outside the ring continues to lead two of Hull’s most successful boxers in recent years down very different paths. Earlier this week Tommy Coyle was announced as one of the stars of the annual Christmas pantomime at Bridlington Spa, making his acting debut as King Rat in Dick Whittington. Meanwhile, the man who stopped him in the 10th round of the so-called Battle of Hull a decade ago is now taking part in a contest to become Hull and East Yorkshire’s first elected mayor.