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Art of the Terraces
Art of the Terraces, strategically breaks the silence at the Walker. Chanting crowds, techno and strobe lighting penetrate the exhibition. If you are pursuing a mindful break from the clangour of the Christmas markets to therapeutically peruse a few historic canvasses, surrounded by meditative silence this exhibition is one to bypass in haste! Fashions, fanzines…
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Spinster
Spinster love or hate the term? Spinster is frequently seen as a derogatory term. Use be the most adored Jane Austen painted single women as characters of ridicule through her novels. Helen Fielding presents Spinsterhood as a fate worse than death through the globally cherished Bridget Jones. Often evoking pity, or the stereotype of envious…
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Gold Toothed Skulls
Gold Toothed Skulls at the Museum Rags Boutique returned to the Mersey facing Museum of Liverpool last Saturday for the renowned Irish Festival. Between dance performances, musical melodies and folk themed frollicks the little makers flourished in mask making. Samhain themes of Bats and Pumpkins returned, with the addition of Witches Black Cats and Gold…
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Snow White bar the 7 Dwarfs
Earlier this year it was announced that the new, in production, Snow White would be bar the 7 Dwarfs. Following ongoing controversy, Disney has opted to remove the little men completely and replace them with magical creatures. A justified resolution? Would modernising the parts and avoiding dwarf stereotyping have been a more fluid option? The…
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Turner Prize: Tate Liverpool
The eve of the Turner Prize opening, queues form as the wind lashes salt from the Mersey on Liverpool’s Royal Albert Dock. Returning to Liverpool for the first time it was held outside of London in 2007-8 for the Capital of Culture year. Mucked in with the masses, David Beckham style, we saw a few…
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Awakening the Pen
Alison Little talks us through the influences behind her novel: Causal Nexus and her hopes for the future of the works. The initial motivation to pen Causal Nexus was rapidly prior to reading Nathan Fillers Costa 2013 Book of the year: ‘The shock of the Fall’. Submerged by the vividly pragmatic fiction, Filer bestows an…
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Street Art in North Liverpool: Graffiti, Activism, and a Legacy of Colour
Discover the vibrant street art of North Liverpool in 2025, where murals of political slogans, LGBTQ+ pride, and memorial tributes transform concrete canvases into stories of resilience. From the bold “No More Knives” tribute to Ava White to recurring symbols like bees and spider webs, this urban art captures youth activism, social commentary, and community…
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Policewomen: self-determined Helplessness
We explore the attributes of Policewomen, their deficiencies and inappropriate pleas of helplessness which blight the Force and fail society. Fundamentally, we scrutinise the function of the stay-at-home student situated on degree courses as undercover Policewomen. Confronting this 30 year + UK only policy where weak, feeble girls are actively recruited to undertake on this…
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Rochdale Town Hall
Earlier in 2022 Rochdale Town Hall ran an open call for artists commissions, this proposal was put forward from Alison Little. Rochdale Town Hall Bright Hall Commission Expression of Interest Alison Little is a North-West based Arts Practitioner, her work transcends the creative sector. Her initial arts commissions within the public realm bridges with workshop…
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My Garden My Sanctuary
My Garden My Sanctuary A duo of digital artists have combined their practice to create an immersive experience at Liverpool’s Fact. Yaloo (neigh a miss print of Yahoo), a Korean artist has brought Asian culture to the North West. The Gods of the Temples have been reclaimed as modern day masks of the commetics industry.…
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