Colin Taylor
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
7 March – 26 April 2011

This collection is the first time the Cathedral has hosted an exhibition focused on the building itself and by a single artist. This intuitive work presents the artist, Colin Taylor’s engagement with both the spatial and physical impact of the Cathedral.

The drawings are not intended to be representative of the building or any particular part of it, but are about his experience and contact with the Cathedral built up over time and reinterpreted in this body of work.

Each drawing begins with a single reference point arbitrarily positioned on the
paper from where it is developed outward. The direct and rapid approach
transfers the experience and emotion with immediate effect. Layers of charcoal,
chalk, graphite or iron powder are applied, erased and re-applied and the episodic
process continues, sometime over several months until it is done. Through this
evolution, the history of each drawing is laid bare and the decisions taken during
its production, self evident and autobiographical.

Colin Taylor divides his time between his twin passions of mountaineering and
painting with each activity influencing the other. Currently Manchester based, he
has travelled widely throughout Europe, South America and Asia. He has exhibited throughout the UK and internationally.

More information on the artist can be found at www.coltaylor.co.uk

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Royal Liverpool Hospital are hosting a Summer Ball at St George’s Hall, Liverpool, on the evening of Saturday 18 June 2011.

The Ball will raise funds for urgently needed medical equipment at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Accident and Emergency Trauma Centre (QECH AETC), Blantyre, Malawi.

Corporate sponsors are  being sought to contribute funds or items in-kind. If you would like further details please contact LSTM’s Development Office.

If you are interested in attending the event, the ticket price is £60 per person. Included within this price is a welcome drink and a three course meal with wine.

The evening will also include live music, a casino and a prize raffle.

For further details please visit: www.lstmliverpool.ac.uk/fundraising/malawi-fundraising-ball

Here are the roadworks updates across Liverpool for this week.

There is one new scheme included in the update this week and one march coming up in the city centre. For full details, please read through the update but key points to note include:

There will be off-peak lane restrictions for bus lane markings along the Rice Lane /County Road; Kensington / Prescot Road; and Wavertree Road / Picton Road bus routes from February 28th until the end of April.

On February 25th there will be a march in the city centre with rolling road closures.

As part of the Hall Lane scheme, the new link between Low Hill junction and the new junction at West Derby Street/ Mount Vernon will be open for use on February 28th.

Queensway Tunnel will be closed this week for emergency engineering works.

Hanover Street will be restricted to moving in one direction at a time with stop and go boards on Saturday 5th and Sunday, 6th March outside Gostins Building.

There will be evening lane restrictions on Strand Street next to the Mann Island until March 1st.

Roads Affected by Works
Allerton Road / Baltic Triangle / Bus Lane Works / Castle Street / City Centre March / Commercial District (Dale Street & Old Hall Street) / Edge Lane West / Green Lane / Hall Lane / Hanover Street / Knowledge Quarter (Mount Pleasant area) / London Road / Mill Lane / Oakfield Road / Park Road-Ullet Road / Park Road / Queensway Tunnel / Strand Street / Sir Thomas Street / West Derby Road

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