Words Dept.

I’ve never previously written here about Liverpool FC, since I figure not that many people are interested. But I can’t hold back any longer. I have to get it off my chest. So here goes. At the end of last season I felt it was the right time for Rafael Benitez to go. He seemed [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. The Marple Leaf: Silver linings on dark clouds “There is light at the end of this dark tunnel. These people [the BNP] are nutters. They will now have to face the same level of scrutiny as [...]

There’s a remarkable feature in today’s Observer. It’s a series of testimonials about the impact of Hillsborough, twenty years after the disaster. To spend time absorbing these unglossy, first-person statements from six people whose lives have been irrevocably altered by the events of 15 April 1989 is a desperately upsetting experience. Over the years there have been a number of public rent-a-gobs (the late Brian [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. Sky Fanzone video from the Man U v Liverpool game – "Where's me Rafa goatee?" PR and the Social Web: Labour Draper is at it Again – Labour Party web drone Derek Draper responds angrily (and slightly childishly) over allegations of Twitter spamming. Guardian: Four-goal Liverpool crush United to [...]

I went to see the Le Corbusier exhibition in Liverpool yesterday. It was pretty good, although I found the layout a bit confusing – I prefer a chronological approach rather than a thematic one if it’s not a subject I’m especially familiar with. I’d also have liked a bit more of a focus on the [...]

The Policy Exchange, a “centre right” think tank, has suggested in a new report that people in Liverpool and some other places in the north should abandon their cities, which are “beyond revival”, and move down south. While that is undoubtedly a daft suggestion aimed at stirring up controversy, the fact remains that Liverpool is [...]

To Liverpool, where today’s Daily Post seems to have missed a football story of some minor European importance. EVERTON youngsters are celebrating a fine tournament success after winning the under-13s girls Premier League Schools Tournament. Represented by a six-a-side Broughton Hall High School from West Derby, Everton overcame Liverpool 2-0 in the final at the [...]

Someone predicted on a forum on the Liverpool Echo website at 10.28am yesterday that Arsenal would draw Liverpool, Man Utd would get Roma and Chelsea would play Fenerbahce, leaving Barcelona v Schalke in the quarter finals of the Champions League. The idea of fixing a live cup draw seems initially ridiculous until you consider the [...]

This is a real beauty. Somehow, the Liverpool Daily Post has got hold of an e-mail from Liverpool council leader Warren Bradley to council chief executive Colin Hilton demanding that the chief executive of the Liverpool Culture Company, Jason Harborow, should resign over the fiasco involving this year’s Mathew Street festival. Gleefully, they have printed [...]