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2009 Articles
- 11/12/2009
Penny the Penguin is a user-friendly, festive art installation,
integrating creative art and human interaction with visual and online
technology, and is part of , a Merseyside-wide cultural art initiative. |
- 25/11/2009
Regeneration zone signs are placed up around most parts of the city
with Anfield, Breckfield, Granby, Bootle, Norris Green and countless
more areas continuing to suffer the scorn of the word ‘regeneration’
which has left most of them looking half derelict and war-torn.
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- 25/11/2009
Fronted by Darren White, ex-vocalist with Liverpool doom metal pioneers
Anathema, Serotonal are one of the few bands playing heavy music
on Merseyside. Matt Ford spoke to four of them on the eve of the
release of their debut full-length album, 'Monumental: Songs Of
Misery And Hope'. |
- 20/11/2009
The Altcross Foot Path in Croxteth is due to be closed, or gated,
with the reason given that it is a focus for crime. Two huge and
permanently locked metal gates will physically divide old Croxteth
from new Croxteth, friends and family from easily visiting one another.
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- 27/5/2009
The remarkable life of Liverpool born George Melly – jazz
musician, writer, art, film and music critic, lecturer on surrealism,
raconteur and party animal – is being celebrated in a self-titled
exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery. A series of paintings and
drawings of Melly is on display, by one of Britain’s most
acclaimed artists, Maggi Hambling. |
- 13/5/2009
I had thought that anyone with any sense would take Joey Owens’
so-called autobiography (Action! Race War to Door Wars) with a very
large pinch of salt. However, some people who should know better
have proved that this is not always the case. So, here’s a
review of sorts. |
- 26/3/2009
An interesting art and social issues event is due to take place
at the Black-E Arts Centre in Liverpool.
The Pax Republic Convention is the first phase of the launch of
a new transnational community building project which aims to unite
Liverpool based artists, academics, faith based groups, students,
filmmakers, poets, musicians, theatre, dance and business people
with communities in Cape Town, Istanbul, Guadalajara and London.
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- 26/3/2009
John Moores Vice Chancellor Michael Brown fled a group of 150 angry
students and their supporters in his BMW (complete with JMU 1 numberplate)
yesterday afternoon. In doing so, he postponed a showdown over his
plans to cut thirty-four courses from September. |
- 21/3/2009
Merseyside Job Centre queues grew by the largest amount in eighteen
years last month, bringing back memories of traumatic times before
the 'regeneration' gold rush and the credit boom.
The number of Jobseekers' Allowance claimants in the region - which
officially includes Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, Halton
and St Helens - increased by 7,532 in February, taking the total
to 52,524. This represents a month on month rise of 7.14%, the most
severe since 1991. |
- 1/2/2009
Graham Holland writes about the Liverpool Acoustic website which
is designed as a central resource for anyone interested in acoustic
music in and around the Liverpool area. Whether they're a musician
looking for an open mic event where they can play for the first
time, or just a lover of acoustic music looking for somewhere to
go for a good night out, they'll find all the information they need
on the site. |
- 7/1/2009
As Liverpool hands the Capital of Culture baton over to Vilnius
and Linz, the city’s economy is in for an extremely tough
year. Top council leaders claim Liverpool is in particularly good
shape to ride out the global economic collapse, but statistics and
analysis show they could not be further from the truth. |
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Every
Penny Counts!
Regeneration
and Cairns Street
Interview
with Serotonal
Altcross
Foot Path - Keep it Open!
Good
Time George
Pax
Republican Convention
John
Moores Students Protest Against Cuts
Liverpool
Acoustic
Liverpool
2009: Capital Of Crisis?