Tackling new challenges: Interview with Rachael Woosey Growing up as part of a rugby-obsessed family in St Helens, Rachael Woosey has been scoring tries and braving scrums since the tender age of six, and has emerged as one of the sport’s brightest prospects in the Liverpool City Region. Since graduating from ... Read More...
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Land of mod A sprawling space in Liverpool’s landmark Cunard Building will soon be transformed into the ultimate exhibition about The Jam. Curated by Nicky Weller - sister of frontman Paul - along with Russell Reader and Den Davis, ‘About the Young Idea’ will delve into the band’s history as well ... Read More...
Going for gold: Interview with Anthony Fowler Five weeks after following a school friend down to his local Toxteth boxing gym, an 11-year-old Anthony Fowler was already celebrating his first victory before owning a proper pair of boots or even a gum shield. Fast forward to 2016 and after successfully qualifying for ... Read More...
Carry that weight: Interview with Peter Hooton As chair of the recently established Beatles Legacy Group, The Farm vocalist Peter Hooton has been entrusted with leading a new think tank to maximise the benefit of the Fab Four’s legacy to Liverpool.This legacy contributes £82 million to the city’s economy every year ... Read More...
Five star city The imagination of internationally renowned crime author Harlan Coben comes to life in Sky One’s latest flagship drama ‘The Five’, an edge-of-your-seat thriller filmed right here in Liverpool. The 10-part series follows a gang of four haunted by a terrible childhood incident that resulted in the disappearance of one ... Read More...
A grand gesture Artistic duo John Campbell and Moira Kenny, better known as The Sound Agents, are no strangers to transforming a city centre building through art. Their ‘Opera for Chinatown’ installation on a derelict Duke Street site utilised photographs collated from an oral history project into Liverpool’s Chinatown district to ... Read More...
Drawing from experience Renowned comic illustrator Dave Gibbons has worked on some of the biggest and best known graphic novels and comic characters of all time. Having created the iconic ‘Watchmen’ with writer Alan Moore to drawing the likes of ‘Batman’, ‘Green Lantern’ and ‘Doctor Who’, it’s no wonder he’s been ... Read More...
Liverpool-based artist, illustrator and designer Charlotte Weatherstone was one of five artists commissioned to create works for the recent VENT! Liverpool Air Quality Festival in the city. The festival, which was managed by city centre and waterfront social enterprise Engage CIC, may have come to an end earlier this month but ... Read More...
Making a splash As a schoolboy John Neild and his friends used to play football on Aintree Racecourse. Now a successful businessman and owner of the racehorse ‘Splash of Ginge’, John talks to Your Move about his lifelong love affair with racing, his ill fated attempts to become a jockey and ... Read More...
Budding musicians could showcase their talents at this year’s LIMF (Liverpool International Music Festival) as the event’s development programme launches. LIMF Academy 2016 is now open for applications from 13 to 25-year-olds, with 20 acts being given a chance to perform at the free Summer Jam event and opportunities for three ... Read More...