Culture

Welcome to The Yard! 🎉

The Yard at Alcotraz has just relaunched for summer 2026, bringing an open-air prison party experience to Liverpool with cocktails, live actors, games, music and enough mischief to earn you a life sentence.

We caught up with resident troublemakers Squeaks and Haywire to get the inside scoop!

Doing time has never looked this good! 🔒

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13 secondary schools across the Liverpool City Region have taken part in Stop The Bleed Day today, with around 2,200 pupils learning how to recognise and respond to a life‑threatening bleed! ⛑️

The initiative is part of a wider national effort to empower young people with the confidence and knowledge to act quickly in an emergency.

Stop the Bleed Day focuses on simple, practical techniques that can make the difference between life and death following serious injury, accidents or violence.

Injury remains the leading cause of death among children and young adults under 40, and uncontrolled bleeding is the single most preventable cause of death following trauma.

We caught up with Nikhil Misra, Director of the KnifeSavers Campaign, and some of the kids taking part to hear more!

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Liverpool Cathedral really is one of our city’s most breathtaking attractions! 🤩

From exploring the interior of the space & learning about its history, to heading up the tower to take on the panoramic views of our beautiful city region!

Feeling peckish? Well you’re in luck as you can even grab yourself a bite to eat from The Welsford Bistro. We’d recommend their Scouse! 🥘

We sent Rach over to Liverpool’s iconic Anglican Cathedral to find out more!

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This new exhibition is a must-visit! 😍

It’s 40 years since National Museums Liverpool was launched, and to celebrate it’s created an amazing exhibition with display items from each of its seven venues.

Founded in 1986, the formation of National Museums Liverpool marked a historic moment in the city’s history, bringing together its portfolio of internationally applauded Merseyside museums and galleries: Lady Lever Art Gallery, International Slavery Museum, Maritime Museum, Museum of Liverpool, Sudley House, Walker Art Gallery and World Museum.

Now, for the first time ever, it’s brought together incredible pieces from each of the venues under one roof in the must-see National Museums Liverpool at 40 Exhibition which is on at World Museum.

Watch as Jay meets curator Nicola to find out more.

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Bright Mondays on Bold Street 🌞

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Sunsets land that little bit differently in Liverpool 😍

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This time next week the circus will have arrived in Southport as The Big Top Festival launches 🥳🎪

Enjoy some of the best circus performers in the world on 2-3 May.

With incredible acrobatics, spellbinding live shows, the chance to learn your own circus skills and lots of people being very silly, this totally free event builds on Southport’s history as a renowned home for circus and clowning.

With shows happening across five different spaces in the town centre, audiences can pick and choose what they watch while exploring the shops, cafés and restaurants.

You don’t need a ticket — just grab your family and friends, find your funny bone and prepare to be dazzled!

And you can get there and back with @merseyrail for just £2.

Leah from Sefton Council has all the info.

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Well Liverpool, it’s an absolute scorcher! ☀️🍹

The city’s finest outdoor dining & drinking spots are ready for you.

Have a great weekend all! 😎🌞

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Based on North Docks, Make CIC has been a real hub for creativity in the city for ten years now. 🎨

They say they’d like more support to keep that creativity flowing and more recognition of the role that independent businesses have played in establishing Ten Streets as a cultural hub.

We met Kirsten Little to find out more.

Tomorrow (Saturday 25 April) they are hosting an Open Day for anyone interested in a studio space or who wants to know about the great work Make does. 🤩

Follow @make.cic for more!

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Is there any better place to be on a day like today than along Sefton’s beautiful coastline? ☀️🤩

Whether you’re out for a stroll, a dip in the sea or even a few drinks and a bite to eat at @the_bus_yard, it’s the perfect day to get outside and enjoy the sun!

Come with us as we take a trip along the coastline, say hello to the iron men, and take in the beautiful scenery of the city regions beaches! 🏖️

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Ahead of a special headline show at Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club tonight, Enter Shikari are helping out at Paper Cup Coffee at Queen Square! ☕️🎸

The band are hanging up their instruments, and putting on their aprons for the day as they invite their fans down to Paper Cup to grab a drink, and pay one forward!

We caught up with Paper Cup Coffee owner Michelle Langan, and the lads from Enter Shikari to learn more! 🤩

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The Reader’s Open Air Cinema is BACK, and this year they need YOUR help! 🎬🎉

Liverpool’s biggest outdoor cinema experience is returning to Calderstones Park this summer with another series of great films, delicious food, tasty cocktails & more!

But there’s a twist this year… they want YOU to help choose what’s on the big screen!

Comment the name of the film you’d love to watch under the stars below, and The Reader will pick one suggestion to add to the official lineup of screenings.

All film suggestions must be made by midnight this Sunday 26th April, so be quick!

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