working in schools. In an effort to stimulate debate and in a show of solidarity, Tate Liverpool opened David Hockney's exhibition illustrating C.P. Cavafy's explicitly homosexual poems in 1993. 1990s Stuart Linden Rhodes, former photographer for Gay Times & APN Northern UK gay scene in the 1990s, published a photo-book in 2022 titled 'Out and About with Linden'. The book was created from a collection of negatives accumulated over a 30 year period and is a documentation of the LGBT venues in the big cities of Northern England throughout the 1990s. Stuart Linden Rhodes told the Liverpool Echo that by 1992 there were six LGBT venues in Liverpool City Centre, most of which were based in and around Stanley Street. The venues were Reflections, The Curzon Club, The Lisbon, Sadie's Bar Royal, Paco's Bar and Jody's. In the 1990s, he describes a significant transformation within Liverpool's gay nightlife scene, in which the venues were becoming more socially mixed, mainstream and were competing on a scale of national importance. Large breweries had also began to invest and sponsor gay venues and events. He describes the evolution between 1992 and 1997 from a one time scene dominated by small traditional bars and nightclubs to the superclubs of the late 1990s, such as Garlands. This coincided with the fact that LGBT people had begun to celebrate their identity in a more public and visible way. Pulse Magazine describes a vibrant, expanding gay scene based around Stanley Street during 1994-1995. In the Pulse Magazine 1994 awards, the 'Best New Gay Village' in the United Kingdom joint award went to Liverpool and Edinburgh. The 'Best Real Ale Pub' award went to Time Out bar in Liverpool. The magazine lists The Curzon Club, Garlands, Reflections, Paco's, The Lisbon, Brunswick Vaults and Daley's Dandelion as venues based in the emergent gay neighbourhood. In June 1994, Garlands is described as a cross between a trendy cafe bar and disco attracting many young people for its high energy dance music policy. The large and spacious cafe bar opened from midday and offered food, drink and satellite TV. Reflections was described as down to earth, dark and seedy which had numerous bars including a quieter one. In late 1994, Time Out bar opened on Pownall Square which became popular with the 18 to 25 age group, particularly students. It was described as a laid back 'Berlinesque' bar with polished pine