The Weekly Seven: 22nd April 2013
Big Daddy Kane at East Village Arts Club, 26th April GIG Now more than 25 years in the game, Grammy winning rap legend Big Daddy Kane is heading to the freshly (re)opened East Village Arts Club in Liverpool this Friday for what’s set to be a brilliant, joyous celebration of the golden age of hip [...]
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HMV and Me
Saturday morning, 1st April 1989. Thousands of children have just missed Sarah Greene and Five Star being sworn at on Going Live! because their Mum had been dragging the vacuum cleaner back and forth in front of the telly. For the millions of other mothers who had just bore witness to Eliot Fletcher’s “fucking crap” [...]
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Lights Out For Darker Skies: Is Liverpool Too Illuminated?
My God. It’s full of stars. Well, it is if you get yourself out of the glare of downtown. And, last week, wasn’t the moon looking amazing? It’s on the wane now, but there’s still the perplexing matter of that bright star in the east, beckoning us to follow it. Save your Ugg leather. You’d [...]
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Review: Harvey Nichols Beauty Bazaar
So, Harvey Nichols, then. Welcome. What to make of this new beauty in our midst? Well, on the one hand, it’s hard to see what new-to-Liverpool brands it brings in its glittery wake. But this is a shop that’s far, far more than the sum of its blusher brushes. Walking through this bejewelled polly pocket [...]
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The Weekly Seven: 5th November 2012
Clinic – Static Gallery, 10th November GIG Liverpool’s legendary weirdo-pop gang make a triumphant return this month with great new album ‘Free Reign’ – to celebrate, they’re doing a homecoming show at Static Gallery in the form of a gig-slash-installation. Featuring a production line of cassette recorders, the band’s set is being recorded live to [...]
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Liverpool ONE presents ‘#Icefestival’
Although the idea of going for a bevvy in Liverpool ONE in the freezing cold isn’t everyone’s idea of a great night out, last year’s brilliant Polar Bar took us by surprise. Cosy, cool, and a little bit Scandi, the pop-up bar did a roaring trade over the winter months. This year, Liverpool ONE are [...]
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Biennial: Liverpool ONE
It’s sad when, as is often the case, an artist’s work can be killed off before it’s even had a chance. Take this description of one of Liverpool ONE’s pieces: “Elmgreen & Dragset’s work is a challenge to socio-political conventions, deconstructing and reassembling power structures with a playful twist…Popular culture and social behaviour are questioned [...]
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Sympathy? Don’t Look to Liverpool Lifestyle Magazine
What happens when a major investor in Liverpool ONE is forced to shut up shop and let its staff go – well, if you’re editing a local magazine, it’s time to gloat…
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Home Quarter Closes: Stockton’s Re-opens
Liverpool’s biggest home interiors store, the Home Quarter, closes down. Tough times for high street furnishing stores…
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Keys Court-gate: Liverpool ONE Responds
So what does Liverpool ONE have to say in response to our feature about its desire to replace the quirky corner of retail units in Keys Court? Read on to find out…
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Liverpool ONE: Don’t Make Us Straight
Liverpool ONE is threatening to demolish its best bit. Stop this madness, says David Lloyd!
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The Worst Restaurant In Liverpool?
What’s the chances of finding an Italian restaurant that produces pizza so bad it looks like it’s been boiled. Yes, it’s back to the 80s for this Liverpool ONE horror story…
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Made-Here, Right Now
A pop up shop we’re praying was more permanent, Made-Here is a statement of intent, and a show of strength. David Lloyd talks to Kate Stewart about her mission to promote the best of Liverpool’s arts and crafts scene.
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Radar: Tarnished Earth
Stark, beautiful and terrifying, Tarnished Earth is an outdoor photographic exhibition at Liverpool ONE you’ll find hard to ignore…
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Harvey Nicks for Liverpool ONE
Another major new name for Liverpool, as Harvey Nicks is heading to town.
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Review: Matt Berry at the Kazimier
— Matt Berry comes to the Kazimier with his set of psych-folk and tracks from his new album, Kill The Wolf.
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