Judges' comments

Charles Nevin: "This is me from elsewhere: ‘I’ve always liked Scousers, with the admiration of the timid for the daring, of the man below for the high-wire artist; in this case, high-wire artists of the over-dramatic, the anarchic and the riskily sentimental.’ The competition entries were like that, even from the non-Scousers: some pulled it off, as you can see; others didn’t."

Jane Davis: "Some pieces stood out because they were both well done and had something to say. Others were included because – after all this was Liverpool – they just had great stories. Still others were irresistible because they recorded lost Liverpool, or shared memories."