Jay Roach’s new film about Dalton Trumbo, says Adrian Challis, is a chance to shed light on a period of American anti-Communist history that we would rather forget… Perhaps unlike most people, I...
What makes a pop culture icon? Mike Pinnington on the serendipity of Robert Longo’s most influential – and most imitated – work… Walking past Untitled (Joe) 1981 as it was being installed on the second floor of Tate Liverpool,...
Emma Sumner appreciates sauerkraut, the human body and dystopian fiction during a recent trip to Prague… The beautifully preserved city of Prague has a complex history; it has witnessed declarations of independence, Nazi control,...
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the arts listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday — Vinyl Station: Blackstar By David Bowie 6.30-8pm @Metal Culture, Liverpool – FREE Listen...
On display as part of Tate Liverpool’s current exhibition An Imagined Museum, C. James Fagan analyses the dreamlike, uneasy quality of Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Still #48… The 20th century was one of...
Lesley Taker is led to a secret location to encounter live surveillance, George Orwell and an exploration of our mediated existence… A Friday afternoon, straight from the office with a very busy brain, seems to...
Watch artists, activists, designers, filmmakers, writers and cultural instigators – including our editor — talk about their work, origins and motivations… Our editor Laura Robertson recently travelled to Hull to reflect on her own experiences...
Watch the Royal Academy director discuss key art movements that have shaped his personal view of — and dedication to — the arts… “The spiritual dimension in art is much broader, more nebulous,...
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the arts listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday — The Rocky Horror Show 8pm @ Empire Theatre, Liverpool — £10-48 It’s rude,...