YP Letters: City of Culture is home to renowned museum collection

A woman looks at Sculpture Mask 11 by Ron Mueck at the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull.

I totally agree with Kirsten Simister’s article (The Yorkshire Post, April 24) when she states that “life without art and museums would be static and sterile with no creative arguments about the past”.

I am glad the Ferens has been refurbished and “Hull has demonstrated a firm commitment to investing in art and culture.” Hull and East Riding Museum “can connect young people to things” not seen in London.

The international reputation of the Mortimer collection of prehistoric, Bronze Age and Iron Age artefacts gathered by local people, collected and recorded by the Mortimer brothers in a scientific manner seems to be forgotten in the North East, and is jealously-eyed by the British Museum in London.

East Yorkshire, alone in Britain, has multiple chariot burials and masses of other finds, which are displayed in Hull and East Riding Museum, and which enrich our understanding of life in early Britain.

They open the opportunity for “creative discussion”, and all of which can be accessed by the public with extremely knowledgeable  staff on hand to explain and elucidate.

The archaeology collections are unique and if Hull is the City of Culture 2017 then the roots of that culture can be found in Hull Museums Quarter.

From: Hilary Andrews, Nursery Lane, Leeds.

Another advert for Hull City of Culture came through my letterbox this morning. I would love to go to the Hull Truck Theatre in the city to see many of the excellent productions they put on there.

The only problem is that I would not be able to get back to Leeds after the performance.

Surely, if the city is spending millions on promoting itself  for this year as the City of Culture, it could provide  some sort of transport for  those wishing to attend its programme of excellent evening events?

From: Terry Palmer, Hoyland, Barnsley.

Now for something totally different.

Six Paralympic gold medals, a seven-times winner of the London marathon and that’s just for starters.

That is 37-year-old Englishman David Weir’s record.

Why not a knighthood then? Many have received such honours for much less.

Is it maybe because his face doesn’t fit in with the ‘establishment luvvies’?