The Florrie Fest Fundraiser & community street party returns this weekend with a huge line-up of bands, artists and activities. Liverpool group Red Rum Club will headline the music festival on Saturday (28 August) with an acoustic set, whilst the likes of Amiee Stevens, Ali Horn, Beyond Average, David Silcock & ... Read More...
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All 14 ‘rent to buy’ homes at a new development in Dingle have been reserved within hours of their launch. Harrington Row, which is being marketed by Redwing Living, is a collection of three-bedroom properties on Park Street, L8. The homes have been made available through ‘rent to buy’ – a concept ... Read More...
Liverpool’s Florence Institute has received a national accolade at the Historic England Angel Awards 2018. The building, affectionately known as ‘The Florrie’, won in the Best Rescue of a Historic Building or Place category during a ceremony last night (27 November). The awards were hosted by historian Bettany Hughes at the Gillian ... Read More...
FACT has submitted plans for a new "immersive" art installation inside the disused Toxteth Reservoir. The Liverpool arts centre was awarded £250,000 last November from Arts Council England for ‘Rewire’. The visitor experience aims to explore the “power and effect of individual agency in the connected digital and physical world” with robotic ... Read More...
The Welsh Connection: How Wales has helped shape Liverpool We take a look at the Welsh influence on Liverpool and its landscape. Words by Christine Toner Liverpool’s links to Wales go far beyond proximity. Often referred to as the capital of Wales, the city has been influenced by the Welsh in more ways than ... Read More...
Detailed plans for a new residential development on green space near the Grade II-listed Turner Home in Dingle have been revealed. The scheme from Liverpool Housing Trust (LHT) includes 20 family homes, four apartments and a ‘wildlife garden’. Initial proposals for a housing development on a former landfill site to the south ... Read More...
A celebration of diversity in Liverpool is taking place at The Florrie in Dingle to mark World Harmony Day. The event, organised by Liverpool Homeless Football Club with funding from LCVS (Liverpool Charity and Voluntary Services) and support from Liverpool City Council, aims to promote racial equality in the city. Taking place from ... Read More...
A series of free Christmas Day dinner parties are to take place this year for some of Liverpool’s most vulnerable people. ‘Yummy Scouse Christmas’ aims to provide a special day for more than 1,000 people who would otherwise have nowhere to go on 25 December. The event will see Neva 2 Latte, ... Read More...
Liverpool's Stuart-era architecture: A lasting legacy The nation burns effigies and colours the sky with fireworks every 5 November to mark the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, an infamous act of Stuart-era treason. Annual explosions in the heavens aren’t the only reminder of this historical period in Liverpool, as several buildings erected during this ... Read More...
Plans for a new housing development on a plot of derelict land on Park Road in Dingle have been unveiled. The proposed scheme from local housing association Plus Dane includes a mix of apartments and two-storey houses. ‘South Grove’ as it is to be known, would include six two-story houses alongside 12 ... Read More...