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The Fall's Mark E Smith

A meeting with The Fall guy

THE Fall’s Ubergruppenfuhrer Mark E Smith has a formidable reputation for being a cantankerous, awkward git especially with journos who light his ire. Read

Quantum Of Solace pictures

Exclusive James Bond screening at city’s newest cinema

THE latest James Bond film Quantum of Solace is to get an exclusive premiere at the city’s newest cinema Odeon Liverpool One nest Thursday, the day before its national release. Read

Merseytravel are to name a train after John Peel

Train on track to honour John Peel

“HE WOULD have been absolutely chuffed to know that an engine running through Liverpool had been named after him. Read

There’s more to American beer than Bud

MANY drinkers here associate American beer with that insipid gnat’s pee of a pint, Budweiser. Much favoured by bottle swigging unsavvy, chavvy, lightweights, its standing among the cognoscenti plummeted to a new low in the 1990s when its Yankee bully boy brewers tried to prevent Czech company Budvar from using the name Budweiser on their own long- established and far superior ale. Read

The Musical Box - A Trick Of The Tail

A new Genesis in Liverpool

LIVERPOOL plays host to what could prove to be a remarkable concert at the Philharmonic Hall tonight. Read

Pub Column: The Lady of Mann, Dale Street, Liverpool

A CLASSIC slice of Aussie pop from 1966 was Friday On Mind, by The Easybeats. A hedonistic paean to breaking free from workplace drudgery and hitting the town with your bird (Sheila, surely? – Sir Les Patterson), the Pub Column occasionally hears its chorus joyously ringing through his own mind after escaping the neon dungeon of Castle Greyskull to celebrate the coming weekend with a beer or three. Read

Made up to be at centre of arts world

IT’S a serious business when a Biennial, one of the biggest international festivals of contemporary art, is held in a city finally revelling in its year as European Capital of Culture. Read

Call for festival to be annual

ORGANISERS of Liverpool’s first festival of Working Classic Music believe it should become an annual event, attracting acclaimed activist artists from all over the world. Read

Pub Column: St Anthony of Egypt, Scotland Road - second annual beer festival

WHO would have thought that so much pleasure could be gained from the land of the dead? Read

Festival proves happy St Helens is game for a laugh

ST HELENS is following up its success as one of the happiest places to live in Britain with a comedy festival. Read

Fine body of pubs earn a place in Good Beer Guide

OUR local pubs are overflowing with fine ales, according to the latest edition of the drinkers’ bible, the Good Beer Guide. Read

Pub Column: Food and Drink Festival

THE Pub Column was listening – by accident, it must be said – to one of those local late night phone-in shows last weekend when a selection of misery-moos rang to say what an eight-legged waste of money La Machine was. Read

Eric’s return promises nostalgia and thrills

LIVERPOOL is set to wallow in a one-night stand of punk nostalgia tonight when the Carling Academy celebrates the city’s legendary Eric’s club with a gig featuring the stars who made their name there. Read

Christine Brindle from Harpers Fish restaurant serves Mike Chapple with their award winning English fish and chips

Southport chip shop named one of the best in Britain

YOU can munch your donners, gnaw your pizzas and tear up your naan breads, but, when it comes to takeaway food, fish and chips is still the nation’s favourite. Read

Stephen Fletcher (left) and Graham Bickley (right) who play Joe in the stage show 'Eric's' at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, with Ken Testi (centre back) and Norman Killon at the Beat Goes On exhibition at the World Museum, Liverpool

Eric's the Musical set to be a smash hit

LIVERPOOL could have another big home grown stage hit on its hands by the end of the month when the much anticipated Eric’s the Musical is expected to have made its mark. Read

ON ITS journey traversing the pubs universe, this Column has stopped off at some wondrous places in lovely locations, especially on the Wirral.

Off hand, there’s The Harp, at Little Neston, with its views across to the misty mountains of Wales, plus The Tap at Eastham and the Egremont Ferry, Wallasey, both blessed with the best vista in the world, if you’re a proud Merseysider – the Liverpool waterfront. Read

A tale of hope and a dingy old cellar

LIVERPOOL could have another big home-grown stage hit on its hands by the end of the month when the much anticipated Eric’s the Musical – based on the legendary Mathew Street punk club of the 70s and early 80s – is expected to have made its mark. Read

Merseyside pubs ignored by national eating guide

MERSEYSIDE may pride itself on the improved quality of its pub grub. Read

Pub of the Year heads a month of beer festivities

THE Turk’s Head in Cooper Street, St Helens, has been voted Pub of the Year at the annual awards of the Liverpool and Districts branch of the Campaign For Real Ale. Read

Ken Campbell

Ken Campbell: Liverpool inspired true eccentric

TRIBUTES have been paid to one of Liverpool’s most loved – and eccentric – adopted sons of the stage, Ken Campbell, who has died suddenly at the age of 66. 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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