Student dancers are taking part in pop-up street performances across Liverpool city centre to mark Valentine’s Day. The flash-mob style routines will be carried out at prominent tourist spots by a new intern dance company created by Merseyside Dance Initiative (MDI) and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). The group is due to ... Read More...
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More student housing could be built in the city centre under new plans submitted to Liverpool City Council. Proposals to demolish Hardman House on Hardman Street and replace it with a seven-storey residential complex have been revealed. If given the go-ahead the new building would include 90 student accommodation cluster apartments offering a range ... Read More...
The Liverpool co-founder of a property firm behind homes and communities across the UK has been appointed as a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA). Jonathan Falkingham, who set up regeneration company Urban Splash alongside Tom Bloxham and is also its creative director, is just one of 30 ... 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...
Liverpool families researching relatives who served in the First World War can access expert help during a special event this weekend. The Museum of Liverpool will host a family history day on Saturday (3 September) and representatives from numerous societies and organisations will be on hand to speak to visitors. The event, ... Read More...
Construction work is now underway on 94 new student homes in Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter. Developer Yu Property Group has confirmed the £6.5 million project has started to transform the city’s Salters Building into Pembroke Studios. The mixed-use scheme, which is being built by the company’s commercial arm YPG Developments Ltd, will feature ... Read More...
Liverpool's students are celebrating today after positive A-level results were reported across the city yesterday (18 August). According to provisional figures, the results have exceeded the overall national average by 0.7%. Grades achieved by students at the city’s schools indicate they have improved. While the national pass rate remained static at 98.1%, ... Read More...
A week-long Festival of Archaeology will kick off in Liverpool tomorrow (20 July) bringing live experiments and activities for all ages. The Museum of Liverpool celebration will run in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University and will span “centuries of this region’s history”. Facial reconstruction specialists from Face Lab will be on ... Read More...
Phil Redmond will stay on as chair of National Museums Liverpool (NML) until January 2017, it has been announced. The Brookside creator, who took up the role in 2008, heads up a board of trustees which rules on major issues relating to the city’s museums and art galleries. Phil succeeded television presenter ... Read More...
Morning Gloryville teamed up with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) this week for a special event that brought the worlds of fashion and rave together. The Fashion RAVEolution! took place yesterday morning (20 April) at Constellations in the Baltic Triangle. Attendees were encouraged to join LJMU students in designing and customising their own ... Read More...