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Art & Creativity / 10 Oct 2013

Review: Tim Hetherington at Open Eye

The front line isn’t modern warfare’s ultimate advance. It’s not some impregnable steel corridor straight out of Call of Duty. The front line is warm, and soft. In its fitful sleep it dreams of wives….

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Style & Retail / 10 Oct 2013 / 2 comments

Feature: Quiggins, Grand Central: Shopping in Full Colour

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 last time you took a look in Quggins, Grand Central?

Art & Creativity / 10 Oct 2013

Williamson Art Gallery Gets Spooky

Birkenhead’s wonderful Williamson Art Gallery & Museum has a secret gallery, possibly a haunted one… There have been strange noises and spooky goings on in Room 6 for the last few weeks and now the….

Performance & Film / 10 Oct 2013

Review: Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar was always a bit of a period piece – the 70s rock opera bringing to mind images of Bee Gees-bouffanted messiahs and tassled leotards. In addition, Andrew Lloyd Webber isn’t usually one….

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Music & Listening / 10 Oct 2013

Feature: Spin Cycle & Rinse: The Sound of Young Liverpool

Matthew Street’s Hopskotch Street Kitchen & Bar, attached to the Hoax Hostel, is showcasing some of Liverpool’s best new music.

Music & Listening / 10 Oct 2013

Glasgow Rocks Liverpool

Glasgow’s Holy Mountain and Rungs Play the Lomax this Thursday - two fine Scottish bands making their Liverpool debut, Holy Mountain and Rungs play their only north-west date in advance of their respective album releases…..

Art & Creativity / 10 Oct 2013 / 2 comments

What’s your Hidden Liverpool?

We love the sound of this new photography competition by the people who’ve taken our empty buildings baton and done something much better with it. Placed, the social enterprise committed to inspiring young people about….

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Bars & Nightlife / 10 Oct 2013

Feature: Checking Out: Why We Love Motel

We’re simple folk here at SevenStreets. We don’t need guest appearances by reality zelebs to coax us into visiting a new bar. When it comes down to it, there are only three ingredients required to….

Events & Attractions / 10 Oct 2013

Poetry, to go, at Ellesmere Port

The Poetry Takeaway Van offers fast food for the soul. For this year’s Chester Literature Festival, the world’s first purpose-built mobile poetry emporium will be in Ellesmere Port on Saturday 19th October. The poetry takeaway….

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Music & Listening / 10 Oct 2013

Radar. Hallows Ritual at the Kazimier

Trick or treat? Well, this one’s a treat. Bird, Lovecraft and loads more all head up a Hallowe’en-tastic evening by local promoters Everisland.

This Week’s Thing: Chester Literary Festival

Yes, we know. It’s Chester. But you can get Merseyrail straight through these days. And this week’s festival offers a fortnight’s worth of excellent talks, workshops and readings. Our highlights include Desmond Olivier Dingle’sThe National….

Food & Drink / 10 Oct 2013 / 2 comments

Feature: Liverpool’s New Artisans: Liverpool Craft Beer Company

Paul Seiffert and Terry Langton created the Liverpool Craft Beer Company in 2010 having ditched their jobs, taken out loans and settled into a railway arch in North Liverpool…

Art & Creativity / 10 Oct 2013

Review: David Hockney, Early Reflections

Pert peaches, plump melons, curvaceous cantaloupes, however you take your bottoms you’ll get your five a day in one sitting at Walker/Homotopia’s David Hockney exhibition. The man, it has to be said, knows his way….