-
February Digital Sketching Experiments: Process-Led Art, Animation & Creative Growth
February marks a creative shift in Alison’s daily digital sketching practice, moving from finished illustrations to process-led, recorded sketch videos that reveal mark-making, mistakes and creative decision-making through green heart, literary and fruit-based digital artworks.
-
Shrines Through the Lens: Graham Smillie and the Social Impact of Roadside Memorial Photography
Liverpool-based photographer Graham Smillie traces his creative journey from documenting the city’s grassroots music scene to visually exploring roadside shrines and makeshift memorials across Liverpool. This article examines how his socially engaged photographic practice reveals the emotional, political and communal impact of public memorials in both urban and rural environments.
-
Tracey Emin and Billy Childish: a turbulent relationship behind one of British art’s most famous stories
As Tracey Emin returns to Tate Modern, this article looks back at her turbulent early relationship with Billy Childish – a formative and often painful period that shaped both artists, from the legacy of Everyone I Have Ever Slept With to the origins of the Stuckist movement and their sharply contrasting creative paths.
-
What Is My Favourite Drink?
Ale of the ginger variety is my favourite drink – simple, alcohol-free and perfectly suited to slow café mornings and real conversations. Here’s why ginger ale still wins for me, every time.
-
Graffiti on the Liverpool Loop Line: How a Forgotten Railway Became a Battleground for Identity, Protest and the Eternal City
Once a short-lived railway experiment, Liverpool’s Loop Line now survives as a quiet green corridor cutting through the city’s overlooked edges. But along its tunnels and crumbling walls, a different version of Liverpool is being written in spray paint and marker pen. From playful drawings to blunt political slogans and far-right symbols, the graffiti lining…
-
The Eternal I
Discover the ultimate running playlist to help you run faster, stay motivated and enjoy every mile. From upbeat warm-up tracks to powerful mid-run anthems and a calming cool-down, this guide shares the best songs and headphone tips to transform your next run. running playlist
-
The Ultimate Running Playlist: A Motivating, Up-Tempo Guide to Run Faster and Feel Stronger
Discover the ultimate running playlist to help you run faster, stay motivated and enjoy every mile. From upbeat warm-up tracks to powerful mid-run anthems and a calming cool-down, this guide shares the best songs and headphone tips to transform your next run.
-
Deco on Deansgate: The Tower of Light and Manchester’s Modern Architectural Renaissance
Four years after its official unveiling, Manchester’s Tower of Light on Deansgate remains a 40-metre architectural marvel, blending shell-lace-inspired design, laser-cut steel, and sustainable urban technology. From daily LED displays to low-carbon energy systems, this award-winning structure redefines decorative modern architecture while celebrating civic pride and natural forms.
-
Bullet Mark
Bullet Mark is a haunting piece of flash fiction by Alison Little, capturing the quiet violence of a single wound and the lasting shape of survival through spare, lyrical language and unforgettable imagery.
-
What Is the “Mar-a-Lago Face”? The Distinctly American Beauty Trend Emerging From Trump’s Political Circle
The “Mar-a-Lago face” is a highly stylised cosmetic look increasingly associated with Donald Trump’s political circle and American conservative media culture. Marked by obvious facial fillers, frozen brows, dramatic makeup and a deliberately artificial finish, the trend reflects how beauty, status and political identity have become closely intertwined in the Trump era. This article explains…
alisonlittleblog
Arist Writer Creator