We hold regular free talks and lectures at our venues, and are making many of these available for either download or to 'listen again' through your computer.
This directory holds mp3 files and transcripts. For information on using these files see 4 ways to listen.
A reading of the story of Ancient Egyptian Adventure - The Secret of The Jewelled Heart by Dorothy Fanshawe-Smythe (Dotty) played by actor Emma Hirons. The story is written by Chris Ball and based on the show devised by Hope Street Limited and directed by Patrick Dineen. Created for the Find Your Talent programme.
18.7MB, 41.54 mins
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Categories: Ancient Egypt, Community and education, Performance
Photographer Stephen Shakeshaft gives a talk about his exhibition of pictures of Liverpool people.
10MB, 22.9 mins
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Categories: Photography, Temporary exhibitions, Urban/social history
Acclaimed artists The Singh Twins talk about their painting in The Rise of Women Artists exhibition and the concept of being 'women artists'.
10.7MB, 6.54 mins
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Categories: Temporary exhibitions, Fine art, Contemporary art
Dr Carolyn Routledge takes a light-hearted look at some of the wisdom of the proverbs and witty sayings from ancient Egyptian society.
11MB, 24.56 mins
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Categories: Ancient Egypt
Paul O'Keeffe, talks about Gainsborough's portrait of Isabella, Viscountess Molyneux
17.6MB, 38.29 mins
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Categories: Fine art
Categories: Temporary exhibitions, Performance
Categories: Fine art, Temporary exhibitions
Dr Benjamin Lawrance from the University of California, Davis talks about the voyage of Amistad's children through the worlds of the illegal slave trade.
19.2MB, 41.1 mins
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Categories: Slavery and human rights
Curator Pauline Rushton and photographer Francesco Mellina talk about the 'Sound and Vision' exhibition of photographs of Liverpool music and fashion, 1978-82
21MB, 46.43 mins
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Categories: Contemporary art, Photography, Temporary exhibitions
Categories: Fine art
Categories: Contemporary art, Temporary exhibitions
Talks about the development of civil rights, as part of the US Black History Month events
23.6MB, 51.22 mins
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Categories: Slavery and human rights, Urban/social history
Dr Julian Stallabrass of the Courtauld Institute of Art discusses the photographs of Philip Jones Griffiths
20.4MB, 44.28 mins
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Categories: Contemporary art, Photography, Temporary exhibitions
Kate Johnson gives a gallery talk on the Walker Art Gallery's portrait of Henry VIII, after Hans Holbein
9.12MB, 20.55 mins
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Categories: Fine art