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Mike Chapple

The Irby Mill, Irby, Greasby

THE Pub Column and Lady Penelope had been looking for a cosy pub where you can be tucked away with a perfect pint or a wee dram feeling safe and secure while outside the wind is howling through the trees and the rain battering the windowpanes. Read

Musical history at the Cavern – but Sir Paul can’t get a babysitter

SIR PAUL McCartney was going to come – but he said he had to baby-sit toddler daughter Beatrice! Read

Comedy: John Cooper Clarke/ Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead

THE last time this reviewer saw the human stick insect was when he was reinventing himself, transforming from rapid-fire rhyming machine to combined stand-up comic/poet. Read

The Musical Box, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Music Review: The Musical Box, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

THERE are not many tribute bands who elicit such a devoted following as The Musical Box – and it’s one that is entirely deserved. Read

The Lake, West Kirby

TO QUOTE an old pop star pervert: Hallo, hallo it’s good to be back, it’s good to be back. Read

band, Shack, Iain Templeton, John Head, Mick Head

Shack: It’s a story of love, hate and inspiration

Mike Chapple looks at the career of one of Liverpool’s most misunderstood bands Read

Liverpool comedian and writer, Keith Carter

Scally Nige heading for small screen stardom

LIVERPOOL’S Keith Carter is on the verge of superstardom with his host of comic characters spearheaded by Scouse scally creation Nige. Read

Lost Soul writer Dave Kirby with the

Lost Soul’s music to the ears of city theatre goers

LIVERPOOL’S Royal Court theatre has another grass roots record breaker on its hands. The comedy, Lost Soul, has proved an even bigger hit for writer Dave Kirby than his first stage outing, Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels, which he co-created with Nicky Allt. Read

Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood in the film, Across The Universe

Film Review: Across The Universe


THE concept of building the foundation of a film around Beatles classics performed by other artists has been tried before – to spectacularly disastrous effect. Read

The White Horse, Acrefield road, Woolton

WHAT is it about the Childwall Fiveways roundabout that sends Yours Truly into a cold sweat? Read

Musical tale of star-crossed lovers has special screening in Liverpool

ACROSS the Universe, a groundbreaking musical set to the background of 33 classic Beatles’ songs, had a special premiere in Liverpool last night. Read

Pouring the perfect pint, wherever they may be

Pouring the perfect pint, wherever they may be

THE fantasy of having a beer festival which falls off the back of a lorry to instantly furnish your own private party has become a reality, thanks to two Merseyside entrepreneurs. Read

Icons merge as Grange Hill meets The Cavern

GRANGE Hill – like the city where it’s now produced –is a TV series that’s become something of a great survivor as one of the longest-running shows on British TV. Read

new monopoly board has caused offence

Monopoly goes to Jail for getting it wrong

FIRST the good news. Liverpool has earned a place on Here and Now, the latest special edition of the board game Monopoly, in which 22 UK cities and towns replace the traditional London street names, voted for by the general public. Read

Hopes are high for a feast of city’s cultural heritage

THE second Hope Street Feast day takes place tomorrow – and organisers are already giving praise to a triumph of co-ordination between those who live and work in the heart of Liverpool’s traditional cultural quarter. Read

Blockbuster movie has them in stitches

IT’S a romance that will have some Liverpudlians in stitches this weekend, despite the plot not being remotely funny. Read

McGough reads epic charter by 500 poets

McGough reads epic charter by 500 poets

POET Roger McGough is to read a poem by 500 Liverpool people, at a major exhibition celebrating the city’s heritage, today. Read

Doomed park will live on in song for sick children

A DAWN chorus of birds recorded in a doomed public park is destined to provide a therapeutic legacy for thousands of Liverpool hospital and health centre patients. Read

THINGS don’t always go according to plan in the Pub Column.

Friday's Bar, at the Adelphi, Liverpool

THINGS don’t always go according to plan in the Pub Column. Yours Truly had arranged to meet Grantie of the Echo and his girlfriend Tugboat Cath at this week’s initial choice which, for the sake of all concerned, shall remain unnamed. Read

Big In Japan playing at Eric's in Liverpool: Jayne Casey with Holly Johnson and Bill Drummond

You know the Cavern, but there’s also Eric’s

LIVERPOOL nightclub The Cavern has played a central part in the city’s 800th birthday celebrations this week. Read

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Mike Chapple is the Liverpool Daily Post's award winning pub writer. His regular column At The Bar appears every Saturday and he is also a published author - his latest book is the enticingly-named The Great Liverpool Pub Crawl. Tel: 0151 472 2564

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