Shortly after lockdown I suggested a trip to my girlfriend. One to Green Lane, Enfield. Not the most romantic or picturesque of…
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Book ReviewsFeatured
Danny the Champion of the World review: meet Roald Dahl’s mischievous heroes
by Karl Coppackby Karl CoppackSo far in this series I’ve looked at books which informed my teenage political thought (Nineteen Eighty-Four), made me want to become…
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I was a Teenage Christian: Church Youth Culture in Liverpool is a guest post by Jonathan Walker. His book The Angels of…
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Liverpool’s past and present weaves itself around Jack Byrne’s debut novel Under the Bridge. The first part of his Liverpool Mysteries series,…
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Interviews
My Mummy is a Monster! An interview with author Natalie Reeves Billing
by John Maguireby John MaguireMy Mummy is a Monster, My Children are Monsters, perhaps two phrases that are being used increasingly as we enter the Xth…
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This is about cosy reads. That sounds like a harsh term when viewed in isolation, but it’s one I like to use.…
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There’s a school of thought that The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger’s classic tale of teenage angst, has the shortest of windows.…
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Ideas live in my head for so long: An interview with Jamie Mcloughlin of Lantern Writers
by John Maguireby John MaguireThe underground theatre scene in Liverpool is currently thriving, with lots of weird and wonderful work being produced and tried out. 81…
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Clothes do maketh the person. We are all ourselves, essentially a blank canvas to broadcast to the outside world our beliefs and…
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The Edinburgh Festival is a carnival of creatives. A buzzing experience that I have to undertake every year. I have seen some…