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INTERVIEW: Melvyn Bragg on his new novel Grace and Mary and his In Other Words appearance Apr 18 2013

Melvyn Bragg’s latest novel is a story of memory, imagination and a son’s love for his mother, he tells Laura Davis.Read

INTERVIEW: GIT Award 2013 judge Tom Ravenscroft on John Peel and the Liverpool music scene Apr 18 2013

Liverpool’s music scene is more diverse than Tom Ravenscroft expected, the Radio 6 Music DJ tells Laura Davis.Read

ALBUM REVIEWS: OMD and Electronic Apr 18 2013

Latest CD reviews from Andrew Greenhalgh.Read

REVIEW: Lairds musical Down Our Street is a zesty trawl through history Apr 18 2013

IS IT possible to squeeze over 150 years of history into a single show? Down Our Street has a jolly good try.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: The Ding Dong campaign has put our beloved and bizarre pop charts back on the news agenda Apr 18 2013

IF LIKE me you are of that generation who excitedly kept a finger on the record button while listening to Bruno Brookes run down the Top 40, this week has seen a welcome validation of our good old hit parade.Read

Enter Shikari: We absolutely have to start changing, or it’s game over Apr 18 2013

Enter Shikari are here to change people’s lives, frontman and spokesman Rou Reynolds tells Jade Wright.Read

Laura Davis: Watch out! - the cats are taking over more than the internet Apr 18 2013

I HAVE a confession to make. I do not like cats. No, that’s too strong. I don’t dislike them I just don’t appreciate their finer points nearly as much as cat lovers do.Read

PREVIEW: Concerto for Orchestra at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Apr 18 2013

Concerto for Orchestra/ Philharmonic HallRead

OMD English Electric Apr 18 2013

THERE are two ways to make a successful comeback. The first – the Take That - is to be indisputably better than you were first time around. The second – the David Bowie – requires both national treasure status and an LP on a par with your best work.Read

Liverpool Post round table debate on Merseyside arts funding - follow live from 12pm on Wednesday Apr 17 2013

Join us for a live debate on arts funding for Merseyside from the Epstein Theatre in Liverpool between 12-1pm on Wednesday 17 April.Read

What's on in Liverpool - our picks for April 15 - April 20 Apr 15 2013

Ordinary Women - Extraordinary Lives at the Bluecoat - Monday April 15 - Sunday April 28, 10am-6pm, FREERead

THEATRE REVIEW: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Liverpool Playhouse Apr 11 2013

IT’S an uncomfortable experience watching A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.Read

INTERVIEW: Alexei Sayle on Thatcher, his film and stand-up careers and appearing at Clapperboard Presents at FACT Apr 11 2013

Alexei Sayle talks politics, stand-up and his film career to Laura Davis as he prepares for a Q&A event at FACT.Read

MUSIC INTERVIEW: Ludovico Einaudi ahead of his sell-out concert at the Philharmonic Hall Apr 11 2013

A powerful combination of story, images and sounds attracted Ludovico Einaudi to composing for the screen, he tells Laura Davis.Read

LAURA DAVIS: Were Billy Elliot producers right to go ahead with anti-Thatcher song Apr 11 2013

WITHIN just a few minutes of Margaret Thatcher’s death being officially announced on Monday afternoon there were some serious decisions to be made in theatreland.Read

JAMIE BOWMAN: My early musical education was full of political protest against Thatcher but who’s protesting now? Apr 11 2013

“A TERROR without an atom of humanity” was Morrissey’s florid description of Thatcher following her passing this week. It’s probably the best thing he’s written for years.Read

Kate Nash: I’m only 25, but music on the radio sounds all the same to me these days Apr 11 2013

Kate Nash tells Andy Welch why she has set up her own record label to release her third album.Read

CLASSICAL COLUMN: Petrenko’s Rachmaninov at Philharmonic Hall Apr 11 2013

RACHMANINOV’S 1st Symphony might almost be called a posthumous work. It was given a catastrophic premiere in St Petersburg in 1897, conducted by Glazunov who was said to be drunk.Read

CLASSICAL REVIEW: Gorgeous Gershwin, Philharmonic Hall Apr 11 2013

ALTHOUGH at the time it was written George Gershwin’s music was as dazzlingly new as the world it depicted – the vibrant jazz age of robust rhythms, glitzy costume and high hopes – now it evokes a wave of nostalgia for a period that is in our imaginations at least more dynamic than our own.Read

What's on in Liverpool - our picks for April 8 - April 12 Apr 08 2013

We Came Out Like Tigers at Drop The Dumbbells - Tuesday April 9, 8pmRead

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