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Palestinian Storytelling, World-Building, and Time Travel: Our Preview of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) 2025 The latest Liverpool Arab Arts Festival arrives this Friday. Here, Mike Pinnington ...
Pavements – Reviewed Biopic, mock-doc, juke box musical, exhibition? Mike Pinnington considers director Alex Ross Perry’s documentary, Pavements… Ambivalent, ironic, alienating. There is a prolonged ...
Culture Diary w/c 30-06-2025 Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from across Liverpool and beyond… Monday – Exhibitions Continue: @ The Atkinson, Southport – FREE A trio of ...
Simulacra and the City: Stephen Clarke’s New York 1995–1996 Askance tales of a storied city, New York 1995–1996 is photographer Stephen Clarke’s record of a “brief moment” that nevertheless offers up ...
Liverpool Biennial 2025: BEDROCK – Reviewed Tracking a philosophical line across the city, Mike Pinnington reports on drifting purposefully through the 13th edition of Liverpool Biennial… Liverpool ...
Caroline Gorick: After Hours – Reviewed “As the midday sunshine streams through gallery windows, there is an almost tangible dread.” Mike Pinnington on finding the uncanny in the everyday subjects of ...
Culture Diary w/c 16-06-2025 Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from across Liverpool and beyond… Monday – Continuing: Liverpool Biennial 2025: BEDROCK – FREE The 13th edition ...
ALL THAT REMAINS: A Curator’s Choice – Reviewed How often do we really examine curatorial contributions – not simply to an exhibition, but to the care and display of collections? Mike Pinnington ...
Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the North of England and the rest of the UK – and loads of it’s free! Tuesday – Being Frank:... What histories, memories and ...