NOTICE: Bill Drummond’s last performance of The17
Jen Allanson swallows her nerves and puts her trust in artist and musician Bill Drummond. What exactly is The17, and what has she got herself into? On Saturday I became a lifetime member...
Sound City 2013: Itinerary
With more than 360 artists playing myriad venues at Sound City, we narrow the field down as best we can… With the first bands getting underway a little later today for 2013’s incarnation...
The Big Interview:
Antony Hudek
Heard about the great new gallery space dedicated to the research of exhibitions? ERC curator Antony Hudek shows us round … The Exhibition Research Centre (ERC), nestled within Liverpool School of Art and...
Culture Diary w/c 29-04-13
Monday – Nigel Kennedy presents Bach plus Fats Waller 7.30pm @ the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall £22.50-£39.50 Once the enfant terrible of British classical music Nigel Kennedy, now fast approaching 60 (he’s 57 in...
Let’s Talk About Sex:
Keywords Lecture at Tate Liverpool
For 2014′s Keywords exhibition, Tate Liverpool and Iniva have programmed a year long series of accompanying lectures… In 1976, Raymond Williams’ book, Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, was published. In it,...
Literature in Pop!
Inspired by last week’s World Book Night, Nathan Richardson takes us through some of his best-loved literary songs… Last Tuesday (23rd April) was World Book Night. In cities across the U.K. a series...
New Almodóvar film? I’m So Excited!
Ahead of the release of Pedro Almodóvar’s new film I’m So Excited!, Nathan Richardson ponders whether the Spanish director has his head in the clouds, or rooted in reality… When it comes to...
Liverpool Art Prize 2013: Laurence Payot
Ahead of the Liverpool Art Prize 2013 opening tonight at the Albert Dock, we speak to shortlisted artist Laurence Payot … Laurence Payot is an artist who works with installation, intervention and performance. She...
Liverpool Art Prize 2013: Tabitha Moses
Ahead of the Liverpool Art Prize 2013 opening this Thursday, we speak to shortlisted artist and Bridewell Studios member Tabitha Moses … An artist best described as a “collector, a rag and bone...