![Drawing of Mary E. Webb](/media/livacuk/irish-studies/LHWI,-,Mary,E.,Webb,684x355.jpg)
Let Her Witness It
Reimagining the celebrated performances of Mary E. Webb, the African American actor whose tour of Britain in the 1850s also saw her voyage through literature, exploring questions of identity, power and representation which remain vital in our own time.
![Image of the Irish Famine Trail plaque on Mulberry Street](/media/livacuk/irish-studies/Locating,History.jpg)
2600
Hundreds of people pass up and down Mulberry Street every year. Thousands once lay beneath their feet. This living memorial remembers 2600 people, victims of the Irish Famine in the 1840s who managed to make the journey from their homes in Ireland to Liverpool, but no further.
![A striking view of one of the XJTLU campus buildings](/media/livacuk/irish-studies/Imagining,'Home',In,The,Global,City,(2).jpg)
eJoy of Cooking
Every meal tells a story. A meal can bring us home when we’re away, or transport us to new places with every bite. Visit the kitchen, the supermarket and the restaurant with Richard and Sherry, as they reflect on the food cultures of China and the UK. It’s a chance, as Sherry says, to see a different world…
![The memorial to Black merchant seamen in Falkner Square Gardens](/media/livacuk/irish-studies/Acts,of,Recognition.jpg)
Hey Joe
To feel that history belongs to you, first you have to know that it recognises you. Joe’s always understood that – and he’s spent his life in Liverpool 8 making sure people know the same is true of the here and now. In Falkner Square Gardens, he’ll explain why.