National Museums Liverpool Podcast

Homotopia: Creating a Queer Utopia

This episode explores Homotopia, the UK’s longest-running LGBTQIA arts and cultural festival, which champions queer visibility, creativity, and community.

Guests include Bev Ayre, Danny Kilbride, Joan Burnett and Kolade T Lapido.

Frank Hornby: A revolutionary toy inventor

The story of a local man behind some of the world's most famous toys including Meccano, Hornby Trains and Dinky Toys.

We Absolutely Kept Dancing: Impact of HIV and AIDS on LGBTQ+ Liverpool

This podcast is the second of a two part special. In this episode we find out about the emergence and impact of HIV and AIDS on the Liverpool LGBTQ+ community.

We hear more about this horrendous disease from five people who saw its impact first hand - Carl, Nick, Maria, Gerry, Martin and James.

Alive and High Kicking: LGBTQ+ Culture in 1980s Liverpool

In this episode we go back 40 years to find out more about the creative explosion going on in the city. 

We hear about this culturally vibrant moment in our local history from five people who lived it - Carl, Nick, Maria, Gerry and James.

Delado: Drumming to the beat of cultural revival

In this episode, we explore the importance of cultural identity and how music and dance serve as powerful forces for uplifting communities.

 

We speak with former Delado dancer Maxine Brown and Project Facilitator Eliss Eyo-Thompson about Delado's emergence as a community dance project in the aftermath of the Toxteth riots, its growth into one of Liverpool's leading exponents of African culture during the 1980s, and the legacy it has left behind.

Liverpool Roller Birds: You'll never skate alone

In this episode we find out that there is more to the city's sport scene than football.

We speak to Liverpool Roller Birds Ruckus and Daria about the best sport you may never have heard of - roller derby.

The Royal Court: Theatre by the people, for the people

In this episode we get a potted history of Liverpool's Royal Court's 200 year history in just over half an hour.

We speak to Iain Christie about the past, present and future of this beloved Liverpool institution.

Scouse Flowerhouse: A blossoming movement to beautify the city

How a group of radical gardeners are rejuvenating neglected urban areas through wildflowers.

We speak to Richard Scott and Polly Moseley about their mission to breathe new life into the city through creative ecology. We also hear from Laurence Westgaph and Peter Carney who have worked on Scouse Flowerhouse projects.

John Moores Painting Prize: Award winning art since 1957

When creativity gets competitive. We take a look back at one of art's oldest and most prestigious prizes.

We're joined by a couple of John Moores Painting Prize experts in curator Ann Bukantas and academic Dr Hana Leaper.

 

Ron's Place: an extraordinary world in an ordinary home

How, and why did Birkenhead-native Ron Gittins turn his home into a living work of art.

We talk to TV director Martin Wallace, about the story behind (and ahead of) Ron's Place.