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What the Cannes critics say

THE one truly great movie to emerge so far has been Terence Davies’s Of Time and the City; it’s not only this writer who considers it some kind of masterpiece... this film is as personal, as universal in its relevance, and as gloriously cinematic as anything he has done. Read

national escargot day at cafe rouge,in the met quarter. the post,s mike chapple about to eat a snail.........

Snails - a dish best eaten slowly

THERE’S now a National Day for just about everything. But, pun intended, people in this country may be forgiven for being slow on the uptake to celebrate the latest one: the first National Escargot Day. Read

Latest adults-only ghost tour aims to send shivers down fright fans’ spines

Latest adults-only ghost tour aims to send shivers down fright fans’ spines

LIVERPOOL’S Shiverpool Ghost Tour has got under way with what it claims is the scariest and bloodiest tour of the city yet. Read

Tourists dig Capital of Cones souvenirs

Tourists dig Capital of Cones souvenirs

LIVERPOOL’S Big Dig has been immortalised with a new drinking mug which has become a big hit with citizens and tourists alike. Read

RONGO’s woe pars on the Jonathan Woss Show at the dawn of 2008 may have made us question our faith in him and affection for ironic humour.

Around the City in 80 Pubs

RONGO’s woe pars on the Jonathan Woss Show at the dawn of 2008 may have made us question our faith in him and affection for ironic humour. Read

Musician, Steve Earle

Steve Earle: I love Liverpool, so it’ll be a hell of show

MIKE Chapple talks exclusively to the ‘Hardcore Troubadour’ about his new clean life and Liverpool gig Read

Hotels such as the famous Adelphi are predicted to be full for long periods during Culture year in 2008

Academics on the ball at football conference

LIVERPOOL is playing host to the world’s first conference in Science and Soccer, which was been opened by former Scotland manager Craig Brown. Read

Liverpool’s pubs join in Capital of Culture fun

LIVERPOOL’S pubs were cited as a cornerstone to the city’s cultural heritage as a new campaign was launched at a special ceremony at the Lion Tavern, in Tithebarn Street. Read

Steven Kelly

Final whistle for Liverpool FC fanzine "Through The Wind And Rain"

FOR nearly two decades, Steven Kelly has mirrored the title of the groundbreaking Liverpool FC fanzine he founded by standing outside Anfield in all weathers to sell it. Read

Paul Askew, chef patron of The London Carriage Works restaurant, Liverpool

Fish fresh from Mersey could be the new Scouse

THE finalists have been chosen for the new “signature” dish for Liverpool as an alternative to the city’s favourite, Scouse. Top chefs from across Merseyside took up the challenge issued by The Mersey Partnership to choose a dish which they think represents and celebrates a new age for Liverpool in Capital of Culture year. Read

Truncheon

Truncheon awarded after city riots to be auctioned

A POTENT symbol of one of the most violent periods in Liverpool’s history will go under the hammer at auctioneer Bonham’s next month. Read

Sons of Shankly

Shankly supporter group set for Liverpool FC party

LIVERPOOL’S Spirit of Shankly, the world’s first football supporters union, is hosting a sell-out end of season concert party for fans. Read

FOR all the talk of this city’s regeneration you only have to take a journey through the shuttered-up shadows of the streets around Anfield or Goodison to get the wake-up call.

On match days, they may be vibrant but, when the visiting crowds and their wallets go home, those that are left behind have to get by in one of the most deprived areas of western Europe. Read

ballot box

ELECTION 08: Always exercise right to vote, urges university professor

Some people are dying campaigning for the vote, while others – who have that right – treat it with indifference. Mike Chapple reports. Read

'Starstruck' being filmed at house at Sandfied Park, West Derby, with Nichola Burley (centre), who plays Jasmine

Lilies actress joins feature film Starstruck shooting in Liverpool

THE shoot for the third of the Liverpool-based feature films backed by Northwest Vision and Media was being completed in West Derby this week. Read

Liverpool-born film director Terence Davies

Liverpool film chosen for Cannes Festival

AWARD-WINNING Liverpudlian film director Terence Davies’s latest film – a documentary about his home city – has been selected for a prestigious Special Screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Read

LAST week’s foray to Blackpool ended down the chippy.

This week the Pub Column was again by the seaside – well seaside-ish if you think the Deeside marshes at Parkgate fit the bill. And, once again, Lady Penelope and Yours Truly nearly rounded off the trip with fish, chips and mushy peas at another favourite chippy, The Lobster Grill on The Parade. Read

Sandy West as Bill Shankly

THEATRE REVIEW: Liverpool fans purr and roar at Shankly tribute - a football masterclass

IN these days of aloof £100,000-a-week-plus players many of whom look on the fans with a disdain now being reciprocated, there's a need to remember a football icon who personified the expression Man Of The People. Read

Glenn Hughes rock musician and former member of Deep Purple

Glenn Hughes: Liverpool is the place for me

MIKE Chapple talks to Glenn Hughes about life with Deep Purple and his love for this city. Read

Nigezilla

The day the Liver Birds attacked

HE’S the man who, if legend is to be believed, single-handedly swung the Capital of Culture title Liverpool’s way. 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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