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Let’s Share a Kebab
They sit outside the kebab take-out propped up on one side of a street bench avoiding the wet patch. Although later in the evening the traffic is still heavy on this major route, into and out of the city centre. They laugh; ‘You have it.’ ‘No you have it.’ Giggling, they have picked up…
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Do we need a Miss Liverpool?
The ritualistic process of crowning a Miss Liverpool is an annual event in the city of Liverpool. Initially, relating to the ancient custom of Marriage, the ball-like gown paraded by the contestants often being the traditional white. The notion of a maiden passing of age is also conjured up by the generation of the contestants,…
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Freshly Cut
Free Fall text from Alison Little as a response to the tree wasted area located adjacent to the entrance to Wavertree Park in Liverpool. Freshly Cut Crisp Pinetree’ Cut freshly, discarded Entry to the park space flanked by the aftermath of festivity Some burnt out Shelled, garotted by flame Others ripe Everlife of the…
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No Sex
No Sex is a 90 second monolouge written for London Theatre Podcasts. No Sex Reviewing my New Year’s resolutions almost two weeks into January, I look at the first one, two very short, one syllable, words: More Sex! Prior to the Christmas break, the new puppy seemed to get the hang of toilet training, Post…
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Remember your Thong Collection
Who was in their late teens, earlier twenties at the turn of the Millennium? Remember your thong collection! The underwear which stamped our generation of alpha females. We lead the way for third wave feminism with our underwear which really did show off our bums. The first wave of feminism lead by Emmeline Pankhurst got…
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Park Benched
Park Benched is a fictional works by Alison Little. Explicit content warning. I stand solid and well positioned overlooking the lake in Stanley Park. A traditional park bench is my primary role. High-quality seating provision for the park dwellers of the North Liverpool district of the famed Anfield. To my front, I have the…
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The Liverpool Mountain
Does the luminosity of the latest contemporary public art form in Liverpool turn you on or off? Ugo Rondinone, the Swiss-born, New York-based artist has gifted his work to the Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool. The multi-coloured stack of rocks finished off with a T section had been sited on the waterfront, nestled beside the…
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Ensigns make a mark at the Museum
Last Saturday saw a line of children and adults, tots and basically those mortal getting involved with the fun of flag making. The last weekend of the Liverpool Irish Festival took the Rags Boutique workshop to the contemporary interior to the Museum of Liverpool. A wonderful day spent with a colourful bag recycling project on…
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Will you be my Bride, McBride
‘Will you be my Bride, McBride’ is an extract from the latest chapter being written from the novel ‘Casual Nexus’ from Alison Little: Will you be my bride, McBride Jack was around his best friends house, Huxley McBride, they have finished school for the day. It was early September and they had just started in…
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Hockney Smokney!
Art carnage at the Abbey! One of the most acclaimed artists of the twenty and twenty-first century has turned his hand to stained glass window design. The early career John Moores painting prize winner has risen to the height of producing a stained panel design for Britain, if not Europe’s most prestigious Cathedrals: Westminster Abbey.…
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