Photographer Peter Goodbody walks us through his Venice Biennale… starting with Alexandra Pirici and Manuel Pelmuş’ performative celebration of the biennale (above), The Romanian Pavilion Above: Sailing under The Bridge of Sighs Il Palazzo...
Peter Goodbody extols the virtues of tea as the perfect way to enjoy the world’s oldest arts festival… Most things are made better by a nice cup of tea, even riots and invasions...
It is a pleasing truth that there is more at play in the films of George A. Romero than mere blood and guts… Though hardly the first director to tackle Zombies (it is...
What is at play in the mind of the live art critic? C James Fagan explores the realities of reporting on the genre… I’ve been going to and writing about performance and live...
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool, London and Manchester… Monday – Magic Arm 8pm @ Leaf £5 Described by Iron & Wine’s Samuel Beam as a “master...
The current exhibition at the Open Eye Gallery is challenging and insightful in its questioning of war… To an outsider at least, the motivations and intent of a combat photographer can be hard...
Whether entertainment or strictly business, art fairs can present real opportunities. But where to start? We ask the people who know best… If you’ve been living on the moon you might not have noticed...
A lost classic resurfaces at the Liverpool Philharmonic, leaving Andrew Foulds a Bright Phoebus devotee… Written by brother and sister duo Mike and Lal Waterson, the folk album Bright Phoebus was released in...
When somebody mentions Easy Listening, what is your reaction? If it’s to cringe, consider yourself off our Christmas list… For some time now, the only way to properly appreciate the genre we term...