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Art installation ‘Liverpool, Love of My Life’ by Chila Kumari Burman, part of the city’s 2021 River of Light trail. Peter Byrne/PA/Alamy

Liverpool’s unsung COVID heroes: how the city’s arts scene became a life support network

Josie Billington, University of Liverpool; Ekaterina Balabanova, University of Liverpool, and Joanne Worsley, University of Liverpool

New research shows the region’s arts organisations were a critical source of support for vulnerable people during lockdown
Make some time. Reading via patpitchaya/Shutterstock

How reading a little each week is a form of life support

Josie Billington, University of Liverpool

One in three adults in the UK – or 16m people – rarely or never read for pleasure. A new survey of 4,164 adults, including both those who read and those who don’t, found that adults who read for just 20…

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