By Simone Richardson “I can’t believe there is no hope.” Boys of the Blackstuff’s George could not have summarised the consensus among Liverpudlians in the 80s any better. Believe it or not, there was a time when Liverpool was a city of social deprivation. Industries were declining, the previously booming docks had been deserted, and…
By Simone Richardson From visiting Roy Litchenstein’s Drowning Girl painting in New York’s MoMA, to tracking down his El Cap de Barcelona sculpture in the heart of the Spanish city’s port, it was only polite to give a visit to the so-called ‘architect of pop art’s’ In Focus Artist Room exhibition at Liverpool’s Tate Gallery….
By Simone Richardson From book to movie to TV series and back to movie again, it’s safe to say I wasn’t going bananas over the news that a sort-of sequel to Jumanji was to be released. However, when I saw the trailer, involving stars Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan playing out…
Adam Keast & Francis Tucker in The Little Mermaid. Photograph by Robert Day By Simone Richardson Pantomimes are a guilty pleasure of mine, and Sarah A Nixon and Mark Chatterton’s latest rendition of the Rock ’n’ Roll Panto of the Little Mermaid did not fail to shrimp-ress. Held at Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre, the annual rock ’n’…
By Simone Richardson Croydon rapper Loyle Carner combines his love of music and football, for a night to remember at a sold out Manchester O2 Ritz arena. Appearing through a thick white smoke, Loyle opened the final show of his UK tour with ‘The Isle of Arran’, setting the energy high with gospel choir vocals…
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