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Feature: The Great Bus Lane Experiment

Two transport deals got underway in Manchester this month. Work to deliver a major bus priority route between Salford and Manchester, and a deal with China to build a £650 million ‘Airport City’ transport hub…..

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Liverpool’s first healthy takeaway opens in the city

An endless array of gross chippy takeaways are making us fat, unhealthy and rubbish. A new independent Liverpool venture aims to reverse that trend.

Review: Mak?ng Sense at Fallout Factory

More akin to a ‘happening’ than a conventional art show, ‘Mak?ng Sense’ immediately confronts expectations and boundaries. The first encounter on entering the gallery is a giant purple seed pod made from various textiles -….

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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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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?

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….

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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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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.

Radar: Peter Hook and The Light

Peter Hook returns to Liverpool to play New Order’s Movement and Power, Corruption and Lies albums.

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 / 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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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….

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….