Red alert then? Actually yes, but only because the entire world economy has gone to the dogs. If Liverpool is fucked, then so is everywhere else.
Reflecting on Liverpool's Capital of Culture Transition night finale
It was boozy, musical, cultural and fun and it seemed fitting.
Capital of Culture finale – Liverpool's Transition Light Night
Cultural venues across the city centre are throwing open their doors late into the evening as part of a special Transition Light Night, in what will be one of the biggest free events in the Capital of Culture programme.
The Best of Liverpool 2008
I’ve asked a few friends and colleagues to tell me what their best bits of Liverpool’s Capital of Culture year were.
Liverpool gets it right – La Princesse farewell
There was a glorious mechanical giant fucking spider walking around the city amid fire, hoses, fights with diggers and a huge firework display – backed by a superb group of musicians. It cut through class, religion, race, background, attitudes, interests. It moved children to squeals of delight and adults to tears. It was superbly accessible public art.
La Princess giant spider photos
Having returned from being soaked at the Albert Dock I’ve uploaded some photos of La Princess – La Machine’s giant spider that has been ‘terrorising’ Liverpool.
Video: La Machine spider in Liverpool
Undoubtedly a more impressive sight than photos suggest, the La Machine spider looks like pure evil and some have wondered exactly what the mechanical arachnid has to do with the Capital of Culture, especially at a price tag of £2m.
Liverpool on the Box: triumph, tragedy and scousey cops
At the moment there’s a thoroughly excellent documentary about Liverpool and its portrayal on the box throughout the years.
Superlambananarama
In the absence of a Google Maps mash-up I’ve uploaded some photos of a Superlambanana hunt to a Flickr accont, as I’ve recently become a multimedia node.
Sub-editors go superlambananas
Superlambanana started life as some sort of blather from Taro Chiezo about the biotech corridor that runs between Manchester and Liverpool – a corridor I’d suggests 99.9 per cent of Scousers are blissfully unaware of to be honest.