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Articles from 20th Jan 2009

  • Mr Brocklebank: Doom and gloom?

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    MR BROCKLEBANK was deeply distressed by the Capital of Culture’s closing ceremony video depicting Liver Birds laying eggs and flying away to deliver them to spread Liverpool’s cultural message. Read

  • David Charters: I fear that I am succumbing to a chill

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    DOWN the platform of evangelical hope, beneath the slow orange glow of the weary lamps, we waited on the coldest morning of the year for the coming of the 8.27 train – some, like me, muffled as graveyard tramps in hats, trench-coats and gloves; while others paraded in fur-lined boots and expensively cut, Alpine cardigans with slinky belts designed to look cool in a blizzard. Read