Category: Birkenhead

• The Man Who

  Dave, my partner died from covid-19 during the pandemics deadliest week in Britain. This poem was written for him and read at his funeral. Due to the circumstances only 10 could attend the service and we were seated 2 metres apart. Now, as we progress towards some kind of pre-coronavirus normality, only without Dave and…

  Alison Little

  June 19, 2020

  Albert Dock, Athletico Madrid, Birkenhead, Britain’s deadliest week, Cammell Laird, coronavirus, Covid-19, death, Family, Funeral, Hurricane Alison, Lock-down, pandemic, Poetry, Public confidence, Relationships, Uncategorized

• Making an old £5 note count again

  Birkenhead based artist Nigel Leslie has been selected as 1 of 100 important artists to decorate an old £5 note for a charity auction. Names already signed up include the Chapman Brothers, Gilbert and George, Gavin Turk, Liverpool’s iconic Peter Blake in addition to Cyrano Denn aka Danny Crone. ‘Fivers for Artistic’ is a bright…

  Alison Little

  February 9, 2018

  Abstract Art, Art, Autism, £5 note, Birkenhead, Currency, Damien Hirst, Damon Albarn, death, Decay, Devil, Evil, Gilbert and Sullivan, Liverpool, Morality, Painting, The Chapman Brothers, Uncategorized

• Glacier Core

  Glacier Core   She was a beauty, shining black hair Radiance glowed from her skin so fair   Tiny but curvaceous figure, a perfect size eight Nights out, dressed like she was putting it on a plate   A push-up bra partnered with a low cut top was her game Her plucked up breasts signalled…

  Alison Little

  August 25, 2017

  Beauty, Birkenhead, Devil, Evil, Frozen, Heart, Liverpool, Poetry, Police, Rape and Sexual Violence, Senior Police Officer, Uncategorized