ISSUE 113 EDITORIAL
As the commissioners come in, we should look to the alternative leaders and decision makers, says Elliot Ryder
LIVERPOOL DIGITAL MUSIC FESTIVAL RISE
Online festival to bring Liverpool's music scene kicking into the future.
DON MCCULLIN
The esteemed photographer talks social conflicts ahead of a new retrospective showing at Tate Liverpool
AS CLOSE TO FLYING AS YOU’RE GONNA GET
Stuart O’Hara looks local and makes the case for finding our two feet on two wheels in the age of the new normal
FURLOUGH THE BREADLINE
Cath Holland takes a second look at the effects of the pandemic on those living on the breadline.
THE POLITICS OF PAVEMENTS
Laura Brown questions the equality and egalitarian credentials of Liverpool’s pavements and shared spaces.
ELI SMART VIDEO PREMIERE
Exclusive first look at the Scott Pilgrim inspired video for No Destination
ISSUE 108 EDITORIAL
“The danger with dancing to your own tune is that you need regular outside input to know if that tune is any good”
ISSUE 100 EDITORIAL
Our 100th issue asks how we affect change now to shape a better creative future for Liverpool's musicians, artists and doers
PRESENT TENSE
The Double Negative's new collection of essays looking at the still unfolding impact of 2008 And All That.
SHARDS
The dreamy quartet are making huge strides as one of the leading lights of the Jacaranda Records roster
ISSUE 97 FINAL SAY
As the clock ticks down to the UK’s divorce date with the EU, Wirral South MP Alison McGovern considers how much value we place on all members of society
SOUND CITY 2019 LINE-UP ADDITIONS
Find out who's been added to the line-up for this year's Sound City
Order The 2018 Bido Lito! Journal
Collating and celebrating 12 months in Liverpool’s creative and cultural endeavours, bringing together the story of 2018 in a deluxe, coffee table book format.
GIANT STEPS?
As our city evaluates the impact of 2008, Craig G Pennington asks whether we need to rethink the way we invest in culture.
THE BIDO LITO! NYE GUIDE 2018
Avoid the guff and let us help you pick the best NYE parties in Liverpool this year
6 OF THE BEST
6 Of The Best brings you highlights from the week ahead in new music and creative culture
ISSUE 94 EDITORIAL
Live Editor Elliot Ryder ponders the long-lasting effects of 2008's giant footsteps
ALL YOU NEED IS LSD
Playwright Leo Butler talks about his new play coming to the Unity exploring the psychedelic revolution
KET WIG CARTOGRAPHY
Drugs and Scouse fashion. Niloo Sharifi broaches the topic to find out whether the city feels itself guilty of drug-induced fashion solipsism.
ISSUE 90 EDITORIAL
Editor Christopher Torpey sees the city as the perfect canvas for great art and great artists to be showcased
JACQUI MCASSEY
A new wave of documenters are giving female football supporters visibility and a sense of belonging in football culture.
FACT AT 15
Maya Jones considers how FACT sparked a generation of experimentation in film, art and media.
WHERE IS THE UK’S LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL?
Songkick and Expedia’s latest research throws up some fascinating trends about live music across the world - Craig G Pennington chisels away at the data compiled for 2017.
OPEN 3: AFFECTING CHANGE
Yetunde Adebiyi and Danny Ryder talk about their work in Open 3: Affecting Change and radical politics in Liverpool.
ISSUE 80 EDITORIAL
Editor Christopher Torpey discusses how places shape their inhabitants (and vice versa), as well as the impending return of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu
SOUND CITY 2017
BIDO LITO! COMMENT | For Sound City to reignite its flame, it must be embedded back within the city itself
ISSUE 78 EDITORIAL
Editor-in-Chief Craig G Pennington digs deep into the findings from our Liverpool, Music City? consultation to find plenty of civic pride
RECORD STORE DAY IN LIVERPOOL GUIDE 2017
Live music, giveaways and rarities - where to get yours on Record Store Day 2017
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