Owoeye Jesuloba GraceKenny from County DIY Thirty-two years on County Road
He started as an intern. Thirty two years later, he owns the place.
A multidisciplinary cultural storyteller whose practice documents contemporary Liverpool through creative non-fiction, filmed portraiture, and community engagement.
I highlight and celebrate the people, places, and stories that make a city its own. Communications strategist by training. Cultural storyteller by calling. Community builder by conviction.
A councillor, a librarian, a stadium, a street, a song heard on Church Street
Fame is not the test. The question is whether something reveals what Liverpool is like to live in now. This is a record of the city in our time, not a history of it, so the archive holds six kinds of entry and every one of them can point at the others.
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When Does a City Become Home? | Walid Bentarcha
What makes you choose a city, and when does that city begin to choose you back? In this Gems conversation, Walid Bentarcha reflects on leaving Algeria, finding his way to Liverpool and the people, places and experiences that gradually turned somewhere new into somewhere he could call home.
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Liverpool Didn't Change. I Did.
How did the girl who couldn't stand Liverpool become the one recommending it?
Five Little Things That Make Me Love Liverpool
Elderly couples holding hands, children twirling, the perfect breeze, the way the city comes around when the sun is out, and conversations with strangers. A little love letter to the ordinary joys of Liverpool.
The Woman Who Wouldn't Let It Slide
A bus driver was unnecessarily rude to me in front of everyone. I was ready to let it go. But an elderly Scouse woman sitting beside me had other plans.