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TV Review: Why Coronation Street's whodunnit isn't a killer storyline Mar 15 2012

“I'M GONNA tear him limb from limb,” snarled Coronation Street stalwart Kevin Webster, with his usual understatement. “Nobody does that to you, Sal, no-one. I'm telling ya.”Read

Laura Davis: Celebrities have a way of finding their not-so hidden talents Mar 15 2012

WHAT is it that makes some of the world’s most successful people throw off their comfort blankets and launch themselves into entirely new challenges?Read

INTERVIEW: This Life’s Ramon Tikaram on starring in The King and I at the Liverpool Empire Theatre Mar 15 2012

‘Army brat’ turned King and I star Ramon Tikaram tells Laura Davis why he doesn’t always like his jobRead

INTERVIEW: The not-quite jazz pianist and TV composer Neil Cowley ahead of his trio’s Capstone Theatre gig Mar 15 2012

Mission: Impossible and Get Carter composers ‘were gods in my house’, pianist Neil Cowley tells Paddy HoeyRead

INTERVIEW: Robots and Avatars exhibition at Fact in Liverpool Mar 15 2012

What happens when you let a computer generated version of yourself take over part of your life? Laura Davis investigates in the name of artRead

DANCE REVIEW: Giselle at the Liverpool Empire Mar 15 2012

SINCE the raising of the Iron Curtain several ballet companies from the former Soviet Union have made the trip to Britain.Read

FILM REVIEW: We Bought A Zoo, Contraband, 21 Jump Street Mar 15 2012

GLOSSY Hollywood fiction slathers on the emotional syrup in We Bought A Zoo, a shamelessly sentimental tale of a father's struggle to revitalise an ailing animal sanctuary in the aftermath of his wife's death.Read

MUSIC: Folk musicians unite to celebrate Sandy Denny at the Philharmonic Hall Mar 15 2012

Jade Wright meets the musicians behind a new show which pays homage to 1960s folk revival star Sandy DennyRead

CLASSICAL MUSIC: RLPO preview plus recording reviews Mar 15 2012

THE RLPO is in Shostakovich mode again tonight, but this time it is for the 1st Violin Concerto, which is being played by the Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma. It was written for David Oistrakh in 1948, but its premiere was not until 1955.Read

PREVIEW: Comedian Doug Stanhope comes to Southport Theatre and the Philharmonic Hall Mar 15 2012

COMEDIAN Doug Stanhope has his fingers crossed that he has better luck on his next trip to Liverpool than he did on his last two.Read

Preview: MDI’s Family Dance Day at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton Mar 15 2012

A FAMILY day is being held by Merseyside Dance Initiative at New Brighton’s Floral Pavilion on Saturday.Read

COMPETITION: Chance to meet Howard Jones after his O2 Academy Liverpool gig Mar 15 2012

EIGHTIES chart-topper Howard Jones is bringing his UK tour to the O2 Academy Liverpool on April 13.Read

SAM WALKER: Why Twitter is helping boy bands get big in America Mar 15 2012

SO A few days ago I was asked to do something which I thought, just for a minute may actually impress my children: appear on BBC One’s children’s current affairs show Newsround. (As it was, the four-year-old just wanted to watch Octonauts and the little one just cried; but, hey-ho!).Read

THEATRE REVIEW: Horrible Histories at the Liverpool Empire Mar 15 2012

I KNOW it’s aimed at children but I claim to be Horrible Histories number one fan in our house.Read

THEATRE REVIEW: A Life in the Theatre/ Actors Studio Mar 15 2012

AMERICAN writer David Mamet’s comedy A Life in the Theatre proved a triumph at this small Liverpool theatre, thanks in no measure to the two central performances.Read

THEATRE REVIEW: Spymonkey and Kneehigh present Oedipussy, Liverpool Playhouse Mar 15 2012

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Laura Davis: Grace Brown was just 43 when she died – but she wasn't young Mar 08 2012

“HOW young!” we exclaim when we hear a woman has died in her 40s. Grace Brown was just 43 when she passed away last week – but she wasn’t young.Read

INTERVIEW: Alan Yentob on how The Walker’s John Moores Painting Prize has made Britain’s arts scene bolder Mar 08 2012

The Walker’s John Moores Painting Prize has made Britain’s arts scene bolder, judge Alan Yentob tells Laura Davis.Read

INTERVIEW: Flamboyant opera producer Ellen Kent returns from retirement to bring Madama Butterfly and La Traviata to the Liverpool Empire Mar 08 2012

Flamboyant opera producer Ellen Kent has been tempted out of retirement to return to the Liverpool Empire. Peter Elson finds out why.Read

INTERVIEW: Kneehigh’s Carl Grose on bringing Oedipussy to the Liverpool Playhouse Mar 08 2012

Greek tragedy meets two of Britain’s craziest theatre companies with hilarious consequences, discovers Laura DavisRead

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