As an Information Assistant, you are responsible for being the ‘face’ of the Bluecoat, the very first point of call for visitors as well as acting as an interface between front of house and staff. Performing these duties means that the majority of your working day is split between either invigilating the Galleries or manning our Tickets & Information, located in the Hub which is the main space when you first enter the building. As you can imagine, a lot of time spent in the Hub allows you to observe the everyday comings and goings...

These last few weeks liverpool has been at its best; the sun has shone, people have been out and there has been so much stuff to do and see.

The upside of not having any offices or meeting rooms due to the fire is that I've made a temporary base looking into the garden and I've held all my meetings in the hub or garden or courtyard.

One man comes into the garden in the morning and sets himself up with a coffee and the newspaper and the smokes a pipe while watching the world go by.

What will we do? Well ‘all I want to do is tell you I love you’.

It is early Wednesday morning and I’ve got Wiley on YouTube  – and I’m already looking forward to the weekend.

Yesterday we agreed to open on Friday and sat down to see how to get the news out. 'Bluecoat burns' is front page but 'We're back' is only page 7. It will take many more positive stories to overcome the negative one that has now set the agenda.

Staying closed for as short a period as possible is the first step in this; to stop the idea that we aren’t open being imbedded in people's minds. So, with a great line up of events already planned for this weekend, we set Friday as our target date and the staff and contractors have done everything they can to achieve it. It has been one hell of a week but we should make it.