John Moores Painting Prize - Shortlist

And so, it’s off. The Biennial kicks off tomorrow. We’re not going to rush things. We’re going to take our time. Because what, exactly, is the rush anyway? In the meantime, the...

Art Book Fair opens at Central Library

Today sees the opening of the Liverpool Art Book exhibition, at Central...

RIBA Nomination for Everyman and Central Library

Congratulations are coming thick and fast for Hope Street’s new Everyman. This...

Liverpool Statues - The Good, The Bad and The Clunky

Liverpool is blessed (and cursed) with more statuary than any city outside...

Henry Moore at Williamson, Birkenhead

At the start of the year Birkenhead’s gem of a museum and...

Boxing Clever - The art of good package design
By David Lloyd on July 10, 2014
You know those Youtube ‘haul’ videos? The bizarre vlogging of shopping purchases? We only watch them for the packages. There, we’ve said it. We’re sort...
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Sunday Shopping for Baltic?
By David Lloyd on June 25, 2014
We were as unhappy as you with the grim death of Cains, but we’re looking forward to the site’s possible new incarnation as a latter-day...
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If You Know Your History: A Sunday Market For Liverpool?
By David Lloyd on May 18, 2014
Much has been written about the plans for a new Sunday market - a ‘Camden’ style heritage market adjacent to the railway arches, on Pall...
Liverpool Calls For Better Sunbed Safety
By Laura Brown on May 14, 2014
Do you look at your pale and freckly limbs at the start of summer and bemoan your Celtic heritage? Is the annual clarion cry for...
Best Butchers in the Land, official: Edge and Son
By David Lloyd on May 6, 2014
Congratulations to Callum Edge and co, of New Ferry’s brilliant Edge and Son Butchers - after their well-deserved triumph last week at the Radio 4...
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Great-Homer-Street-Photography, by Jane McNeil
By David Lloyd on February 28, 2014
Take a long, hard look at the living history in our midst, as brilliant street photographer Jane MacNeil documents the last days of Great Homer...
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Mary Portas: Markets are the High Streets of the future
By David Lloyd on February 5, 2014
Queen of the High Street, Mary Portas knows about retail. She probably knows more than Cllr Malcolm Kennedy (but don’t tell him that). So when...
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Cllr Kennedy and The Great Homer Street Sell Out
By David Lloyd on January 21, 2014
Question: What do you call Great Homer Street Market when it’s not in Great Homer Street? Answer: Another council-approved betrayal of Liverpool’s market traders. And...
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The Beautiful North: How Do We Look?
By David Lloyd on December 9, 2013
It’s easier than ever to buy local in town. Nice bread, cool gifts, rich coffee and sexy screenprints. Clothes, though? You have to hunt a...
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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Can Pop-Ups Really Save Retail?
By David Lloyd on October 28, 2013
The logic of the pop up is a curious one. On the one hand, they can be seen to pump lungfuls of air into a...
Let Them Eat Bread: Emma’s Artisan Bakery
By David Lloyd on October 22, 2013
Wild yeasts and fluffy ciabattas have found a haven in north Liverpool - at the recently opened Emma’s Artisan Bakery, on Walton’s County Road. The...
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Quiggins, Grand Central: Shopping in Full Colour
By Ronnie Hughes on October 18, 2013
It's one of Liverpool's last indie malls standing - and its warren of stalls are a tonic to chain store-weary senses. So when was the...
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Williamson Square Watch
By David Lloyd on July 7, 2013
It’s only when the sun comes out that you realise - we need to talk about Williamson Square. The city’s most central square is currently...