Tag Archives: Liverpool
Tough on clever, tough on the causes of clever
It may not surprise you to learn that I was a voracious reader as a kid, with a book addiction far beyond what my pocket-money and the resources of my relatives could support. The kind of child who reacted with … Continue reading
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All Together Now – the Football Quarter
If you were following the Twitter #banter during Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final between fans of local rivals Everton and Liverpool, you might be forgiven for thinking it was all a little charged: In reality, we manage – despite our allegiances … Continue reading
Filed under The Golden Country
When you walk through a storm
One day soon, within my lifetime I hope, the tone of my annual posts about today’s anniversary of the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster will change from an update on the Hillsborough Justice Campaign to a simple act of remembrance and sympathy … Continue reading
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Never Buy The S*n
I have been reading and enjoying Steven Baxter’s excellent ‘Musings Of A Monkey’ this weekend. In a chapter he describes as hastily cobbled together, but which I would call a very astute summary of the phone hacking scandal of Summer … Continue reading
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Bruise, a drama by John Maguire
Yet another reason for me to be missing Liverpool! If you are fortunate enough to be in my home town at the end of February, don’t miss the latest from brilliant local playwright John Maguire… Love, Lust, Deception, Rejection. BRUISE … Continue reading
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The truth
It is difficult to imagine the emotions that the families of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough Disaster must be feeling today, at the news that all government papers – including uncensored cabinet meeting minutes – are to be made … Continue reading
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‘A journey of decades’ – Matt Ford and Love Mode present The Art Show
One of the hardest things about being so far away is missing out on events like the current exhibition of art work by talented photographer Matt Ford. So I am indebted to Samantha Elmes, student at Liverpool John Moores University, for … Continue reading
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Obon festivities
Often in class I find I am learning as much as the students. While they pick up the essentials of English grammar and usage, along with certain vignettes about British life, I am gaining too. Not merely an insight into … Continue reading
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Well Red magazine Issue 8
What a year it has been for Liverpool Football Club. Ditching two managers, one sometimes loved, one universally loathed. Jettisoning two feckless owners with the assistance of unlikely heroes in the form of investment bankers. In the process beating threats … Continue reading
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