Here’s a couple of photos I took of a Volkswagen Tiguan in Liverpool, hopefully marrying something of the car with the character of the city.
Flashback: Bridget Riley at The Walker
You’ll know Bridget Riley’s work, even if you think you don’t. Light, colours, shapes, lines… all combining to give you a headache or make you fall over.
Liverpool People by Stephen Shakeshaft at the Conservation Centre
I do like the Conservation Centre’s unfussy curation, and its current exhibition of Post and Echo photographer Stephen Shakeshaft’s photography, called Liverpool People, is no different.
Watch Darren Bent's balloon scoring against Liverpool
The excuses coming from the mouths of Reds will actually have some foundation after today’s Liverpool versus Sunderland match against, in which a balloon helped Darren Bent to score an unlikely, and freakish goal.
Poor Pepe Reina looked like he’d just had his Porsche Cayenne stolen as the ball deflected off a balloon on the pitch and hit the back of the net.
Livercool, pyjamas and babies called Tranquility – what is it about Liverpool?
Two things made me think about Liverpool and its cultural place within the country today. The first was seeing several women walking their kids t o school or off down to the shops wearing their pyjamas. The second was reading about the Echo’s Baby of the Year competition and seeing some of the quite extraordinary names of some of the babbies.
It reminded me of a long-running puzzle I’ve had over Liverpool and its unique style and attitude. Defining this peculiar style, this parochial je ne sais qois, has long eluded strangers to the city like me.
Clinic, Mugstar and Married to the Sea at the Kazimier
Married to the Sea, Mugstar and Clinic at the Kazimier as part of Mass Freak-Out
Liverpool's big breasts
Falling squarely into the ‘nice work if you can get it’ line of research, or the ‘headline-grabbing waste of everyone’s time’ line of research if you prefer is the news that Liverpool has the biggest breasts in the country.
Film in Liverpool and Under the Mud
I eventually managed to see The Thing at Picturehouse at FACT last week, despite a crowded social calendar last weekend that involved three consecutive boozy dos.
I was grateful for the opportunity, and it goes to show the value of having FACT in Liverpool. The last four times I’ve been to the flicks there I’ve seen Antichrist, Moon, District 9 and The Thing – and I doubt Liverpool One would have given me the opportunity.