The City That Carved a Name for Itself ; Sculptor Stephen Broadbent Reveals to Lew Baxter Why Liverpool Could Be the Flashpoint for Revolution
Daily Post › February 13, 2008
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IT WILL surely be with an outwardly relaxed assurance forged by experience, and an informed grasp of his theme, that sculptor Stephen Broadbent will launch into his forthcoming talk in the sumptuous surroundings of St George's Hall about Liverpool as "City of Sculpture". Yet he quietly confides that perhaps, privately, he will be swept by twinges of trepidation.
He is, after all, following in the wake of an elite corps of often supremely intellectual predecessors who over the past decade, have explored, as part of the respected Roscoe Lecture series in Liverpool, what it is to be a good citizen in today's mainly secular society, where many live in a state of isolation and anxiety.See the full content of this document
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The City That Carved a Name for Itself ; Sculptor Stephen Broadbent Reveals to Lew Baxter Why Liverpool Could Be the Flashpoint for Revolution
We are reflecting here on such distinguished folk as Dr Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi; Mary McAleese, the former President of Ireland; His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Sheikh Dr Zaki Badawi, Head of the Muslim College; Lech Walesa, former President of Poland and leader of the Solidarity Movement; HRH the Prince of Wales; and - if he'll pardon the unintended slight - among the more "populist" brigade, Gerard Houllier, French-born former manager of Liverpool Football Cl...
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