The campaign to save and restore Woolton Picture House - Liverpool's oldest surviving cinema - has taken a huge leap forward thanks to a £100,000 donation from local business Crampton Bros (Coopers) Ltd. The Liverpool-based company has become the first official 'Picture House Founder', a title reserved for major contributors to ... Read More...
Woolton Picture House
The team behind Liverpool's oldest cinema, Woolton Picture House, has announced it is to reopen following an outpouring of public support. On 31 July, it was revealed that after 93 years in business, the cinema was to close due to the "devastating and unforeseen circumstances" brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic. However ... Read More...
Get Ready for the Weekend in Liverpool BBC Radio 6 Music Festival, John the Baptist paintings & more 29-31 February | Curated by Natasha Young BBC brings music festival to Liverpool The BBC Radio 6 Music Festival lands in Liverpool today (29 March) for a long weekend of live music, in conversations, workshops and ... Read More...
Student Guide to Liverpool 2017: City’s best bars, shops, attractions & more A new academic year dawns and the city’s universities prepare to welcome a fresh batch of students eager to sample everything Liverpool has to offer. With this in mind Your Move has put together its own handy guide to ... Read More...
Filming has been underway in Liverpool for a new project forming part of the 'Sgt Pepper at 50' celebrations. Screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Hurricane Films are behind the production, inspired by the song ‘A Day in the Life’ on the iconic Beatles album ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. Legendary Liverpool TV ... 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...