Tag: Liverpool
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Breck Road in Crisis: Local Library Faces Closure Amid Growing Business Decline
Breck Road Library Faces Closure Amid Liverpool Community Decline Once a vibrant artery connecting Liverpool city centre to Anfield Stadium, Breck Road is now marked by shuttered shops and economic decline. Now, Breck Road Library—a vital community hub—is at risk of permanent closure. With a legacy stretching back to the 19th century, this local library…
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Bronte: my Gladiator Queen
Finally, after years of speculation, and a half-hearted comeback on a rarely watched subscriber channel, we did get Gladiator back on our entertainment schedules. The Saturday tea time show of the 90s that got us screaming at our five-channel, blown glass screens. The new show proved every bit as entertaining as the parents program two…
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Foraging Memories
Foraging Memories Rifling further into the depths of the dilapidated bureau, pursuing a drawer to free up for her assortment of USB sticks, files to keep safe from the next cyber typhoon. Contactless tech, the only really secure mode in cyber crime channels swamping the all encompassing virtual world. Buoyant, her finger tips skim over…
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Eggs for Eurovision
Earlier in 2023 Liverpool One put out an open call for painted egg artist commissions to celebrate the Eurovision Song Contest being held in Liverpool due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This was Alison’ proposal: Eurovision Festival Alison Little is a Liverpool based artist who has worked with schools and community groups across the…
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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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125: Everton Library
Last Saturday saw a flurry of events to mark the 125th birthday of Everton library. There were skechers, scribblers, cake, bird making and John Lennon made an appearance on what would have been his 81st Birthday. Gem of Everton Brow Everton library originally opened in 1886, one of the earliest public book hordes in Liverpool.…
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