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Talk & Opinion / 06 Jun 2013 / 4 comments

Column: The Social Network

Is it possible to make money and stay true to your instincts as a self-employed creative in Liverpool?

Talk & Opinion / 06 Jun 2013

A Game For Alex

Last year, Sefton Park CC lost one of its fiercest competitors. Now cricketers from all over Liverpool are turning up to pay tribute to Alex Miller and raise cash for a Liverpool charity.

Talk & Opinion / 04 Apr 2013 / 4 comments

It’s Not Just Political, It’s Personal

There’s an ignored alternative narrative to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral - the quiet rejection of the communities she went to war with.

Talk & Opinion / 04 Apr 2013 / 47 comments

Why Liverpool Won’t Mourn Margaret Thatcher

In Liverpool, Margaret Thatcher made an enemy for life. We shouldn’t be surprised at the response to her death.

Talk & Opinion / 03 Mar 2013 / 3 comments

Targetting The Audience

Talking, texting, chomping and even snoring - is there any depth to which the modern theatre audience won’t stoop?

/ 02 Feb 2013

Scouse Impressions

It’s Global Scouse Day, apparently, so who better than a Liverpool food blogger to explore the city’s favoured dish?

Talk & Opinion / 02 Feb 2013 / 3 comments

Billy The Leak

A leaked series of email between Mayor Anderson and Coun Richard Kemp makes for amusing reading - but there’s nothing funny about party political squabbles in these difficult times.

Talk & Opinion / 11 Nov 2012 / 5 comments

Jane Kennedy: The Seven Per Cent Solution?

Electing unwanted officials on miniscule turnouts is supposed to enhance the democratic process. Instead it’s showing us how broken the whole system is.

Talk & Opinion / 10 Oct 2012 / 3 comments

Liverpool and the Internet Of Things

Liverpool has some of the world’s leading experts in the Internet of Things, but what is the Internet of Things and what’s it got to do with us?

/ 09 Sep 2012 / 7 comments

Proud to be Parochial

There are two words that make me reach for my prescription drugs. One is ‘bump’ (when used as a cutesy name for a foetus), and the other is parochial (when used as a knee jerk….

Talk & Opinion / 08 Aug 2012

Every little helps: crowdfunding for creatives?

Is crowdourcing a legitimate source of funding for creative organisations in Liverpool? Vicky Anderson is optimistic.

/ 07 Jul 2012

Geeks, artists and inventors: Oggcamp comes to Liverpool

Oggcamp returns to Liverpool, with 3D printing, Raspberry Pi and Stephen Fry. Yes really - and you can go and participate, says Dan Lynch.

State Of Independents

What is the Independents Biennial? And, more to the point, who runs it? Vicky Anderson explains who, what, why - and how.