Articles...
Sep 17 2008
JUST a few weeks ago, the Liberal Democrats unveiled a “Hit The North” campaign to pour staff and money into dozens of vulnerable Labour seats from the Mersey to the Tyne....
Sep 16 2008
"YOUR laughter does not deafen me,” I said, in a peevish tone, as my latest joke seemed to lose its bearings in the humid air humming around my friend and colleague, who was sitting in the desk opposite mine, watching a skin form over the tea cooling in his stained mug. ...
Sep 16 2008
RELAXING in his luxurious Virgin Trains carriage, Mr Brocklebank’s eyes strayed to the glossy in-train magazine, Hotline. Turning to Page 57, his attention was caught by the “Eat, shop and sleep” in Liverpool and London feature. ...
Sep 15 2008
WITH time not dispelling the ever- growing worldwide interest in the sinking of the White Star Line’s RMS Titanic, it is reassuring to know that Liverpool is already planning to commemorate the centenary of the tragic loss of this superliner, which was owned and registered in the city....
Sep 15 2008
SHOULD fans be allowed to stand to watch football matches? The question is a poignant one here on Merseyside, for reasons we are all familiar with....
Sep 10 2008
FILLING in an internet survey is the modern equivalent of rubbing Hammerite into your suit of armour and pointing a trusty steed in the direction of a faraway land....
Sep 2 2008
"TRULY, it is not possible,” invoked the French logician in the sharp navy shorts and thick-lensed spectacles, designed for the magnification of every human foible, as he joined the meandering queue to the ferry’s ticket-office – his frustration and indignation borne on severely white legs, carpeted by priest-black hairs, which stopped abruptly one and a half inches above his ankles. ...
Aug 29 2008
A FRIEND recently bemoaned the fact her mother didn't let her grow up gradually, or let her “find herself” in the modern parlance....
Aug 21 2008
"MOST places becoming dry on Friday with decent sunny spells developing, then, after a dry start, rain will arrive on Saturday."...
Aug 20 2008
DAMN those interfering scientists. First they announce they’ve found the cure for bad hair days, meaning the loss of the universal excuse for looking like you’ve been forced to crawl buttocks-first though a hydrangea, when the real reason for your appearance is that you didn’t dare use your straighteners in case you accidentally left them on all day – again....
