INDEPENDENT VENUE WEEK 2021
A weekend of live activity to celebrate Independent Venue week is coming to a screen near you.
EDITORIAL: RIP IT UP, START AGAIN
Following a year of adaptation, and setbacks in the new year, how fluid should we be with plans in 2021?
IMAGINING THE FUTURE
Children’s author Frank Cottrell-Boyce discusses imagination and creativity when we begin to rebuild.
NIKKI CHONG
The DJ and bar-queen of 24 Kitchen Street talks about the magnetism of techno
STAY CREATIVE
Tips on keeping productive over a difficult time for creatives from the team at SAE Institute
OUTSIDE INSPIRATION
Cath Holland explores how classic pastoral themes may come to punctuate the inner-city creativity of lockdown.
MUSIC CITY, WHERE NOW?
Elliot Ryder asks whether the dream of Liverpool as a contemporary music city is still intact
ISOLATION DISPATCHES: BERLIN
A regular feature exploring the effects of Covid-19 on culture scenes around the world
ALBUMS OF 2020
The pick of album releases from the last 12 months as chosen by Bido Lito! and friends
RETHINK, REMIX, REEVALUATE
How has 2020 affected artists' perceptions of self worth and value in the midst of the pandemic?
A BURIAL AT SEA
Elements of math rock, post rock and jazz stitched together by sincere stabs of trumpet
CREATIVITY AND WELLBEING
The team at the Convenience Gallery gives some tips on how to be creative and happy.
PLAYLIST
ALIZA NISENBAUM
Art exhibition of the portraits of NHS key workers who have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic
A LOVELY WORD
Spoken word collective A Lovely Word has moved from the Everyman Bistro to Zoom!
BEIJA FLO
Cath Holland explores the physicality and form at the forefront of Beija Flo’s artistry.
CHELCEE GRIMES
The Scouse pop star shows that her bouncebackability is as formidable as her skills as she prepares an assault on the upper echelons of the charts.
COME TOGETHER – LIVERPOOL, MUSIC CITY?
Craig G Pennington summarises the key conclusions from a report on the health of our city’s music infrastructure, suggesting some key points for concern.
THE WORLD IN ONE POSTCODE
Niloo Sharifi’s ode to L8 explores how the area is now the envy of top-down civic regeneration schemes the world over.
THERE SHE GOES AGAIN
Simon Hughes looks back at Liverpool’s progression through the last 10 years, and the challenges still to come in the decade before us.