A FLIPPANT remark on Twitter while I was traveling into work on the bus the other week caught the attention of Irkafirka and they produced this great cartoon about it.

If you haven't heard of them before, they are a group of artists with the catchphrase "anything you say may be taken down and coloured in". Their website is curated by Chris Bell and features one picture per day, based on something they've read on Twitter.

In case you are interested, I have seen a tortoise run faster than that particular bus.

THIS is a new blog that will complement the Daily Post's in print LDP Arts pages and our online arts and entertainment section.

While I believe we do a good job of covering Merseyside's cultural venues and events - and in fact the Daily Post dedicates more pages to the arts than any other regional paper in the country outside London - there are always too many shows to write about and too many exhibitions to fit in the paper.

I'm not certainly not complaining about the wealth of culture in the city. It just means that we have to find other ways of covering it, and this blog is one of them.

As well as widening the geographical area of our coverage to events readers will be interested in across the North West and further afield, I will be sharing behind the scenes gossip and giving you a chance to share your views too.

Don't forget you can also follow us on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.

Hope you enjoy reading...

Title "red curtains" image by KRO-Media