Libraries gave us power – Manic Street Preachers So far in this occasional series I’ve talked about how George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four …
George Orwell’s pioneering fable – Animal Farm – has been translated into many different formats, including cartoon, radio and theatre. It is …
‘Cheeky bum cheeks’. That was the first thing I remember about the John Moores Painting Prize. It was also the first time …
As the autumn nights drain the colour from the day, I find that dipping into Roald Dahl’s short stories makes for a …
This week my eye was caught by an informative and amusing interview in the Paris Review with Geoff Dyer, ‘The Art of …
For this year’s Biennial, Whistler at the Bluecoat sees the gallery housed in one of the city’s oldest buildings offer an exhibition …
The Citizens Advice Bureau celebrated 75 years of giving assistance this September. Not bad for an agency that was originally only established …
I am reading The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth and it is so fantastic in so many ways that I can’t wait until …
Open Door Bookshop On a recent trip to Roma, I’d planned to visit an English bookstore to pen a review for this …
A rare thing happened this year in Liverpool: we have actually had a summer! For the first time in years, I have …
We love to read writers when they write about writing. Whether it is George Orwell’s Why I Write, Stephen King On Writing, …
