What’s on my mind? This. After several delays I was today able to view Nahem Shoa’s ”Black Presence” exhibition at The Atkinson in Southport. This is monumentally fine art. Even the best reproductions didn’t prepare…
13 November 2019
Jeremiah Horrocks
Amongst the many historic Liverpool “firsts” listed on the towering wall in the city’s Central Library are the words “Transit of Venus”. Behind these three words lies the story of a young…
25 October 2019
Flight Lieutenant Henry Falls-Hand – A Local Hero
Local man Henry Falls Hand owned Nursery Products a fruit and vegetable shop based in Ainsdale. How many of his customers knew of the extraordinary life Henry had led? Henry was an…
9 October 2019
Nahem Shoa: Black Presence by Stephen Whittle
Most British museums and art galleries have very few paintings of black people and even fewer by black artists. The recent donation of Nahem Shoa’s portraits of black and mixed-race sitters to…
15 July 2019
