Mark Simpson interview: Liverpool-born classical composer Liverpool-born Mark Simpson emerged as a prodigious musical talent when he became the first person to win the BBC Young Musician and Proms Young Composer of the Year awards in the same year. The composer and clarinettist has built on this success over the last decade, bagging numerous other ... Read More...
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What's on in Liverpool: 11 - 24 November November 11-13 November Oliver - The Musical Epstein Theatre LHK Productions brings Charles Dickens’ tale of the loveable orphan to life in this wild adaption of the classic Victorian adventure. 11 November Liverpool Ice Festival Pier Head (until 3 January 2017) With a new waterfront location for 2016, the fun-filled attraction ... Read More...
Liverpool FC legend Jamie Carragher has given his support to a campaign aiming to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for a North Liverpool charity. Based in Anfield, Liverpool Lighthouse is dedicated to helping the area’s disaffected young people and providing skills training for adults. However, services are now at risk because ... Read More...
Liverpool Event Guide: October - November 2016 October 1−15 October The Wirral Arts Festival Various venues The annual family-friendly festival returns, offering live entertainment, workshops, storytelling and art, science and engineering activities. 13−23 October Liverpool Irish Festival Various venues A programme of culture, performances, film and music commemorates the centenary of the Easter Rising. 15−29 October Nina – A Story About Me and ... Read More...
Liverpool Commonwealth bid: Can the city stage the 2026 games? This summer the Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson and Liverpool City Council confirmed the city is planning a bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Although the competition is still more than a decade away, the council thinks an official proposal could ... Read More...
Work on the next phase of a £12 million housing project in Anfield is set to get underway. Housebuilder Keepmoat has confirmed the next stage of construction at ‘The Parks’, which will see 106 homes built by May 2019. The scheme has already delivered 327 houses on earlier phases at the site ... Read More...
Liverpool City Council is today (5 September) seeking residents’ views on a new vision for Walton Breck Road. The plans for the Anfield high street, which runs alongside Liverpool FC’s famous stadium, include new shops, commercial space, houses and apartments. The unveiling comes ahead of the first home match proper to be ... Read More...
An environmental work stage of Anfield’s ongoing £260 million regeneration is helping residents to “have more pride” in the area. Cleaning work and repairs being carried out in rear alleyways of the Rockfield area are being welcomed by members of the community as they form the latest phase of a £2m ... Read More...
Liverpool Football Club fans’ messages could become a permanent part of the Anfield stadium’s concourse under plans for a ‘fan personalisation area’. Liverpool FC & Athletic Grounds Ltd has applied for permission to dedicate an area of public realm to the north west of the ground’s extended Main Stand to supporters ... Read More...
Reel nostalgia Words by Mark Langshaw In an age of gargantuan multiplexes, super-sized popcorn and IMAX technology, it’s easy to forget that a trip to the cinema was once as much about atmosphere as celluloid thrills. The grand old picturehouses that adorned almost every Liverpool neighbourhood were havens of escapism, local treasures we ... Read More...