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Nov 19 2007
AS OUR spectacular culture year looms large on the horizon, Liverpool, almost to order, is embroiled in recriminations and controversy. It reminds me of that saying, why make things easy when you can just as easily make things difficult?...
Nov 17 2007
LIVERPOOL council leader Warren Bradley last night severely criticised the leadership qualities of Culture Company chief executive Jason Harborow....
Nov 16 2007
A long-awaited report into the Mathew Street fiasco today lifted the lid on what went wrong in the months leading up to the event’s shock cancellation on safety grounds just weeks before it was due to take place....
Nov 16 2007
COUNCIL opposition leader Joe Anderson today dismissed the Mathew Street festival report as a “political cover-up”....
Oct 29 2007
THERE are just 64 days to go before Liverpool becomes European Capital of Culture. Good cue for Ringo Starr to sing his catchy ballad When I’m Sixty Four, but more reason for a new investigation to be demanded by our political masters and mistresses....
Oct 18 2007
LIVERPOOL’S Labour leader last night called for the official report into the Mathew Street Festival fiasco to be scrutinised by the chief executives of two neighbouring authorities and the head of the North West Regional Development Agency....
Oct 12 2007
LIVERPOOL’S Capital of Culture was today rocked by another top resignation....
Oct 11 2007
IT’S not very often that I use my column for having a rant, but this week I seriously need to get this one off my chest....
Sep 17 2007
THE probe into the mess made of the Mathew Street festival continues – in secret. But we know one thing for certain: the board of the Liverpool Culture Company is in no way to blame....
Sep 12 2007
BROOKSIDE creator Phil Redmond was last night chosen to spearhead delivery of Liverpool's ambitious 08 cultural programme....
