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Review
How To Make The Most Out Your University Experience
There’s plenty to be said about attending university. It includes a great deal and is tough to explain because each student’s experience is unique. While you’re in a university in Leicester to study, you’ll want to make sure you’re combining your academic work with other interests to fill out your university experience. Continue reading for a short review of all the extracurricular activities, clubs, and hobbies you may join in addition to your academics to…
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Liverpool Events
The Good Business Festival Kick-Starts Change For Good With 2022 Programme
Powerful ideas and practical advice to help businesses better address consumer and employee demand are central to the programme at The Good Business Festival, which has confirmed its speaker line-up today. The three-day global summit was commissioned by Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram and will be held in venues across Liverpool city centre from 22 to 24 March. Leaders such as Emilie Stephenson, Force for Good at Innocent Drinks and Hannah Cockcroft MBE, Paralympian…
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Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Let The Song Hold Us – A New Exhibition at FACT
FACT premieres Let the Song Hold Us, an exhibition of new immersive artworks that explore how music and song bring together the family and collective histories we inherit. The exhibition presents work by internationally renowned artist Korakrit Arunanondchai (USA/Thailand) and new commissions by UK-based Zinzi Minott, Tessa Norton, Larissa Sansour with Søren Lind, Ebun Sodipo, and Rae-Yen Song. The artists experiment with storytelling to consider how we might redefine our own identities, shaped by the…
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Activities in Liverpool
Discover Smithdown Social: A Hub of Compassion and Creativity In Supporting The Arts
Smithdown Social Club, now Smithdown Social Arts Hub, has an impressive creative arts project developing on Smithdown Road in support of local artists – and it is growing quickly. Smithdown Social Club closed in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, and they took the opportunity to introduce a new initiative for the Club. Having previously been a largely music industry ‘collective’ of bands, solo artists and all the supporting roles that make a performer survive and prosper, they pivoted to a…
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Music
Rare notebook featuring handwritten ‘Hey Jude’ lyrics to be displayed at The Beatles Story
The Beatles Story, Liverpool, has announced an exciting new addition to its ever-growing exhibition with the inclusion of a previously unseen notebook belonging to The Beatles’ Tour Manager Mal Evans. The rare notebook, compiled between 1967-68, features Paul McCartney’s handwritten draft lyrics for ‘Hey Jude’, a part-lyric for ‘Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band’, recording notes by George Harrison for ‘All You Need Is Love’ as well as lyrics for a number of other songs…
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Liverpool News
PINS & So Lets Talk Share Random Acts of Kindness In Liverpool
So Lets Talk, a profit for purpose platform supporting the hospitality industry, has teamed up with Liverpool’s leading experiential venue PINS Social Club for Random Acts of Kindness Day, to share some kindness across the city. Random Acts of Kindness Day takes place on February 17, a dedicated day to kindness and taking that extra, conscious step to brighten somebody’s day. PINS Social Club and So Lets Talk will mark the occasion with a series…
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Liverpool News
Plant Based Packaging Firm From Liverpool To Appear On Dragons’ Den
A Liverpool based company that creates sustainable plant based packaging and 100% biodegradable & compostable products is set to appear on Dragons’ Den this week. Set to air this Thursday (February 17), the next episode of BBC One’s popular pitching show for businesses will feature Green Bell Packaging, which runs its operations from its Albert Dock HQ and was established back in 2018. Viewers will see founder M Vahid Nagori and Associate Director Thibault Denis…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Half Term Family Fun At The Royal Albert Dock This February
With Half Term in full swing, here’s some ideas of how to spend the time with some family-friendly activities at the Royal Albert Dock. Escape Hunt For children aged eight years and older, visit another world with some help from Escape Hunt. With five different immersive games on offer, families can chose from defeating ancient Japan’s evil warlord in The Fourth Samurai, or escape from a sinking ship with riches aplenty in Blackbeard’s Treasure. The…
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Music
In Conversation – Steve Kinrade (Klee Music)
First founded in 1992 by Steve Kinrade via Polydor Records as a release label for Kill Laura (headed by singer-songwriter and Psyche Queen Jane Weaver), the Klee Music label was resurrected in 2016 to issue Thomas Lang’s The German Alphabet. Since then, the label has grown to release, primarily on physical formats, with another sixteen eclectic musical statements. The label has also moved into publishing, owning the long term publishing rights for all original musical…
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Review
2022 Eyewear Trends About to Hit Liverpool Nights Out
Liverpool’s city centre is ready to rock in 2022 as revellers make up for lost time with everything from live music gigs to huge club nights. Getting ready for such momentous parties can be a serious undertaking, and everything from clothing to VIP lists to hair and makeup is a consideration. One other increasingly important aspect of going out in 2022 is what sort of eyewear to rock. Here are just some of the eyewear…
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Bars in Liverpool
Top London Cocktail Bar Stages ‘Takeover’ Night At Liverpool’s Abditory
One of the UK’s top cocktail bars is staging a ‘takeover’ in one of Liverpool’s coolest venues, Abditory. The iconic Homeboy in London is coming to Abditory on Queen Avenue in the city centre, bringing the best of what they call modern Irish hospitality paired with the skill and knowledge that has seen them regularly turning heads since they first opened their doors in 2018. Only this month Homeboy was placed at number 14 in…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Royal Albert Dock Unveils Valentine’s Selfie Spot
With St. Valentine’s favourite day fast approaching, Royal Albert Dock Liverpool has welcomed a Love Tree located outside the Martin Luther King Jr building. The illuminated sculpture is complete with twinkling ruby red love hearts hanging from the branches and beautiful blooms adorning the gates and bench, offering the most romantic selfie spot in the city. Whether you’re looking for a backdrop to pop the question, or a place to make magical memories, the dock’s…
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Bars in Liverpool
‘Alcotraz’ Prison-Themed Immersive Cocktail Experience Is Coming to Liverpool
Alcotraz: Cell Block Three-Six, will be unlocking its doors this March and welcoming inmates looking for a unique immersive theatrical experience and world-class cocktails. Alcotraz is the notorious bar behind bars, where guests – or more appropriately ‘inmates’ – are tasked with smuggling liquor past the Warden and getting it into the hands of some of Alcotraz’s longest-serving inmates, who then transform the contraband liquor into delicious cocktails. Combining world-class cocktails with a theatrical…
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Festivals
bluedot Festival Headliners Announced
Björk, Groove Armada, Mogwai, Metronomy and Hannah Peel to headline bluedot 2022. Award-winning festival reveals music, science and culture line-up featuring a UK Festival Exclusive from Björk Orchestral. bluedot has revealed the first wave of artists for this year with Björk, Groove Armada and Mogwai headlining the fifth instalment of the award-winning music, science and culture event at Cheshire’s iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory taking place 21–24 July 2022. One of the most influential and groundbreaking…
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Music
Tom Walker Announces Intimate Liverpool Arts Club Gig
After a year which saw the release of new music, as well as a truly unforgettable performance with The Duchess Of Cambridge, 2022 sees the first of many new exciting announcements from Brit Award winner Tom Walker as he unveils a special run of UK dates next month. The 8 date tour will see Tom give fans a sneak peak of some brand new music, alongside some of his biggest tracks like Leave A Light…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Riva Blu Brings A Taste of ‘La Dolce Vita’ To Liverpool
Riva Blu, a new Italian restaurant brand that promises to bring style, glamour and sass to modern Italian dining has opened its doors in Liverpool. Located at No.1 Castle Street, the 130-cover restaurant from Individual Restaurants is part of the company’s new vision for 2022 and takes its name from the Italian word for shore ‘riva’, which depicts the beautiful Amalfi Coast with its wonderful restaurants, scattered vineyards and enchanting views of the dramatic coastline. …
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Activities in Liverpool
Forest Bathing In Liverpool with Journeys In Nature
Recently we were invited to try Forest Bathing in Liverpool with Journeys In Nature. Here we’ll tell you more about Forest Bathing and our experience of this traditional Japanese practice that is gaining in popularity in the UK. What is forest bathing? Claire Deeney, is the face behind Journeys In Nature. As a certified forest bathing guide through the Forest Therapy Hub, she expertly leads groups on Forest Bathing journeys in Liverpool. Below is her…
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Music
Mike Blue Releases ‘Battles We Have Won’
Mike Blue is someone who reminds me of a musical comet, in that he regularly drops into our conscious and then seemingly disappears again, having left traces of universal musical magic for us to feast on. And with Battles We Have Won, he again blazes his creativity across the cultural firmament for all to see. And what a vision! I have always considered the mercurial Mr Blue as being somewhat of a song-writing talent, but…
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Food and Drink in Liverpool
Valentine’s Day Set To Make Diners’ Hearts Skip A Beat Thanks To Delifonseca
One of the city’s most loved restaurants and foodhalls, Delifonseca, has got this Valentine’s Day covered with three ways to show you care this February 14. The award-winning team is launching their romantically popular Dine at Home offer once again, as well as a special three course set menu in their newly expanded Brunswick Dock space. They’ll also be stocking their shelves with the perfect selections of locally sourced gifts, including a wide range of…
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Music
Crapfest Returns With Wonk Unit Topping The Bill
Crapfest is curated by Birkenhead’s finest topical punk duo Crapsons and celebrates the amazing DIY underground punk and alternative rock scene, its bands, its followers, and everything in between. The event will pick up from last year and take place once again across Liverpool city centre, primarily from EBGBs and the Jacaranda club. As always, Crapfest will take place on the bank holiday weekend on Sunday 28 August. Each year they finish Crapfest, shattered, exhausted,…
