The Urbanista Writer’s Ledger (TUWL) is back with our first piece of writing for 2019. TUWL is a creative writing series that publishes original pieces from some of Liverpool’s most talented writers. All submissions have be original works and must not have been published anywhere else. If you have a piece of writing that you’d […]
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Jordan Allen 30 November 2018 The Arts club Upstairs in the arts club beer in hand, At 7.30 I was not ready to be as impressed as I was as I left at 11pm with a beaming smile on my face. It may have been the same night the Courteeners were in town but I […]
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When the headliners of a gig are billed as spreading love and dance via the gift of Cosmic Dross, you have a feeling that you are likely in for some tongue in cheek fun. With the amazing talent of Paddy Steer also on the billing, the evening was all set to twist and distort reality […]
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Tea Street Band with support from Beyond Average and Tracky District, Liverpool Friday 16th November 2018 On a rather mild Friday Night for November Local lads The Tea Street Band played their second sold out gig at District, Liverpool as part of their Frequency Tour. Frequency having been recorded at Parr Street studios and their […]
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Continuing our TUWL creative writing series, we have a beautifully rendered short story by Cath Bore. Cath Bore is a writer based on Merseyside. Her fiction and non-fiction is widely published and includes an essay in Know Your Place, an anthology of essays on working class culture, published by Dead Ink Books in Oct 2017. Her short story The […]
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Welcome to the first instalment of our new bi-weekly creative writing series TUWL (The Urbanista Writer’s Ledger). We will be publishing extracts, short stories and poems from some of the best writers in the city. This series is designed to showcase Liverpool’s literary talent and to give a platform to the diversity of voices which […]
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Urbanista talks to Alex Lowe of Hurricane #1 Urbanista: It’s over 20 years since Step Into My World and Only The Strongest Will Survive, these tunes still resonate, looking back were they the highlights for you? Alex: I can’t believe it’s over 20 years unbelievable! But yea they were very big highlights . I think […]
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It’s difficult to know how to begin describing up and coming Welsh band Adwaith. Post-punk fits – sort of – but it doesn’t quite do them justice, somehow. From Carmarthen, South West Wales, the three piece comprise of Hollie Singer (vocals, guitar), Gwenllian Anthony (bass, keyboard, mandolin) and Heledd Owen (drums). After enjoying singles released over the […]
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Protest is a very scouse thing. We use our words to say things how we see ‘em. Not what we’re told in the paper. Not what we’re told by the tele. Definitely not what we’re told by the government. If we’re happy we’ll say nice one. If we’re not, you’ll get a swift jog on. […]
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Red Rum Club at Liverpool 02 Academy Red Rum Club played to a sold out crowd at the Liverpool 02 Academy on Saturday as part of their UK tour. With over 900 in attendance at the long anticipated gig there was something for everyone with lively sets from ‘Ghetto blaster-pop’ rapper Tracky, 90s Rock’n’Roll influenced […]
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