Editorials
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Barnacle Sunday Roast
The city’s Scouse brasserie, Barnacle, launches their brand new Sunday roast option this weekend. Life at Barnacle has been busy. Fresh from its opening month through December, Liverpool’s Scouse brasserie has already set a new tone for dining in the city. Now the team are very proud to announce from Sunday 16th January their 2 and 3-course menus will feature a Sunday roast option available as a main choice. The new Sunday roast menu options are…
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Discover What’s Happening During Knowsley Borough of Culture 2022
This year there will be a huge range of arts and cultural events to celebrate Knowsley Borough of Culture. Knowsley’s theme for its year as Liverpool City Region’s Borough of Culture is Storytelling and central to the theme is the opportunity to capture and bring to life the stories of the borough’s people and places. The storytelling will include everything from local folk tales, traditions and heritage that are unique to Knowsley to exploring people’s…
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An Immersive Art Installation ‘Space The Universe and Everything’ Coming To Liverpool Cathedral
Immerse yourself in the art installation Space, The Universe and Everything at Liverpool Cathedral in 2022. Space, The Universe and Everything is a light and sound show like no other. In just one night, travel through space, light and time – from the first step on the Moon to the edge of the Universe then back again, without leaving the inside of Liverpool Cathedral. While you ponder our relationship with planet Earth and beyond, artwork…
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Tate Liverpool Re-Evaluates The Art of Landscape With Major Exhibition ‘Radical Landscapes’ Coming Summer 2022
In summer 2022 Tate Liverpool will present Radical Landscapes, a major exhibition showing a century of landscape art revealing a never-before told social and cultural history of Britain through the themes of trespass, land use and the climate emergency. The exhibition will include over 150 works and a special highlight will be Ruth Ewan’s Back to the Fields 2015-22, an immersive installation that will bring the gallery to life though a living installation of plants, farming tools and…
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Jacaranda Records Launches Prize Draw To Win Rare John Lennon Vinyl
Jacaranda Records has launched an amazing prize draw where you can win their rare and collectible John Lennon Happy Xmas vinyl, hand pressed at Abbey Rd and gifted to us by Sean Ono Lennon and Yoko, 1 of only 50 in the world. They have limited the number of entrants to 5000, to make this an opportunity for anyone entering to have a real chance of winning this coveted item. Click on the link or…
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Winter Arts Market Returns To Liverpool Cathedral 3 & 4 Dec 2021
Enjoy festive shopping from local, independent traders this December when the Open Culture Winter Arts Markets returns to the Grade I listed Liverpool Cathedral. With over 60 stalls each day from independent artists, designers, crafters and makers, the Winter Arts Markets will return on Friday the 3 and Saturday the 4 December, where you’ll find new stallholders each day between 10am – 5pm. The Winter Arts Markets arrive with plenty of time for shoppers to…
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Liverpool ONE Kicks Off Christmas With A Huge Tree Giveaway
Visitors to Liverpool ONE this festive season will have the chance to pick up a very special tree – for free! The retail and leisure destination has partnered with The Mersey Forest and Liverpool City Council on this important initiative which is aimed at encouraging more green spaces as well as helping to tackle climate change and create more habitats for wildlife to thrive. The Big Tree Give Away launches at Liverpool ONE on Friday,…
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dot-art Gallery Announces Festive Exhibition
Independent art gallery dot-art have announced their annual festive exhibition, The Liverpool Collection. This exhibition, running from 12 November 2021 – 20 January 2022, brings together portrayals and celebrations of Liverpool by 17 dot-art Member artists. Visitors will find original works and limited edition prints in an array of media from collage to watercolour to ceramics, with the common theme of portraying Liverpool in all its glory. This winter they look positively to the community…
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24 Kitchen Street Exhibit Selection of Panels From UK AIDS Memorial Quilt for World AIDS Day
From World AIDS Day 1 December – 5 December 2021, 24 Kitchen Street in Liverpool will exhibit handmade panels from the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt. This is the first time in UK History UK AIDS Memorial Quilt has been exhibited inside a nightclub. The Nobel Peace Prize nominated AIDS Quilt commemorates lives lost to the AIDS pandemic during the 1980s and 90s. Traditionally nightclubs were, and still are, a space where most Queer people feel safe…
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Discover Convenience Gallery’s ‘In Cahoots’ 2021/22 Arts Programme
Convenience Gallery CIC, a community focused arts organisation, have announced their In Cahoots 2021/22 programme. It features a unique schedule of events, with exhibitions, art workshops and a film festival. In Cahoots is an amalgamation of Convenience Gallery’s work to date. Working with the local community in around them to shape what arts and culture can look like in Birkenhead. They want to celebrate and champion local arts, artists, heritage and culture whilst also bringing…
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Turner Prize returns to Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool has announced that it will host the Turner Prize in 2022, marking a return to the city for one of the world’s best-known art prizes for the first time in 15 years. Over the summer of 2022 the gallery will also stage a major exhibition, Radical Landscapes, which will explore our individual and collective connection to the rural landscapes of Britain. Opening in October 2022, the Turner Prize is Tate’s annual celebration of…
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Almost Liverpool 8 Film To Premiere At Liverpool Philharmonic
Shut Out The Light Films, the team behind the Almost Liverpool 8 documentary film will see their work premiered at the Royal Philharmonic Hall this September. In the early 1970s, acclaimed photojournalist Don McCullin photographed the area of Toxteth in Liverpool, capturing the area during an era of transition and decline. Focusing on one photograph from his collection, a group of filmmakers from the area paint a contemporary portrait of the same postcode through the…
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International art event ‘Body Work’ heading to Wirral this July
A brand new multimedia exhibition of artwork by globally-renowned artist INSA is launching in New Brighton next month. The show entitled ‘Body Work’ is a new collection from the UK-based artist. Held in collaboration with New Brighton Street Art and Motobüro, the multi-space show opens on Saturday July 3 at Oakland Gallery in the town’s Victoria Quarter and runs until Sunday September 5. Featuring new original works including prints, paintings and sculptural pieces, at the…
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Tate Liverpool will present first UK retrospective of Lucy McKenzie
This winter, Tate Liverpool will present the first UK retrospective of Glasgow-born, Brussels-based artist Lucy McKenzie (b. 1977). The exhibition brings together approximately 80 works dating from 1997 to the present, including large scale architectural paintings, illusionistic tromp l’oeil works, as well as fashion and design. McKenzie’s body of work defies easy categorisation but has simultaneously established her among the most singular artistic voices of her generation. Over the past two decades, McKenzie has revealed…
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In Conversation – Michelle Marshall
Michelle Marshall is a well known Liverpool photographer who has worked with the likes of Explore Liverpool, Mellowtone Records and the British Music Experience. She has photographed the likes of Mark Radcliffe, Pete Best and Liverpool actress Eithne Brown. We recently caught up with her… Liverpool Noise: What first drew you to the art of photography? Michelle Marshall: I’ve always enjoyed taking photos, capturing moments and memories. However, I’ve only taken it seriously over the…
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In Conversation – Keith Ainsworth
Keith Ainsworth is a Liverpool based photographer specialising in concerts, music festivals and promotional portraits. He has taken images for Bido Lito! Magazine, and has also been published in Mojo, Classic Rock and NME. We recently called up with him…. Liverpool Noise: What first drew you to the art of photography? Keith Ainsworth: I remember a gallery exhibition of black and white photos I saw abroad. It was mostly images of pebbles on a sea…
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In Conversation – Mark McNulty
Pictured above: The original Baa Bar signage is carried down Bold Street to it’s home on Fleet Street. In the first of a series on interviews with local photographers, we start with Mark McNulty, the Walton born photographer who for well over 30 years has been at the forefront of documenting Merseyside’s cultural events… Liverpool Noise: What first drew you to the art of photography? Mark McNulty: It was a hobby at first, from…
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Everton in the Community Blue Family initiative will continue post-pandemic
Everton in the Community has marked more than one year since the launch of its Blue Family scheme, thanking fans, local businesses and volunteers for their unprecedented support, pledging to continue the vital support for local families. The charity, part of Everton Football Club, created the initiative at the beginning of the first lockdown last year to help combat social isolation and give much-needed support to some of society’s most vulnerable people. And, at a…
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4 Tasty Beef-Based Meals That Will Rock Your World
Balancing work with domestic chores can get overwhelming if you are juggling everything on your own. Furthermore, preparing regular meals every day becomes almost near to impossible. Most of us can not afford a live-in chef, so our choices are pretty limited when deciding what to eat. You either have the option to eat out or order something, but this again is an added burden on your wallet. The other option is to make do…
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How to Make the Most of Your Storage Unit
With space getting limited and properties becoming more expensive, many people choose to downsize and rent self-storage units for their excess belongings. However, storage units can also be costly, especially in busy cities where the demand for self-storage facilities is high. Like any other products or services, we know that you want to make the most out of your money. If you want to maximise your storage unit’s use, read on and utilise these tips…
