http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/ Peter Elson columnist for The Liverpool Daily Post gives her views on the latest news. en-gb Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/09/01/live-in-a-posher-area-and-expect-to-last-longer-64375-21644496/ Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/09/01/live-in-a-posher-area-and-expect-to-last-longer-64375-21644496/ IT ALWAYS astonishes me that in this tiny fogbound island built on a rocky outcrop of coal, there should be such a range of accents. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/08/11/was-there-more-to-it-than-just-a-carry-on-64375-21508083/ Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/08/11/was-there-more-to-it-than-just-a-carry-on-64375-21508083/ HAVING got rid of the children to Scout camps, we practised for empty nest syndrome by watching Carry On Camping on the telly. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/08/04/the-saga-of-a-super-cruise-ship-s-city-visit-64375-21463172/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:53:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/08/04/the-saga-of-a-super-cruise-ship-s-city-visit-64375-21463172/ IS MERSEYSIDE old enough for Saga Cruises? It came as a shock to hear that I now qualify myself, just limboing into the minimum age category of 50 (young at heart condition, natch). http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/07/14/act-now-to-save-our-crumbling-heritage-sites-64375-21334575/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/07/14/act-now-to-save-our-crumbling-heritage-sites-64375-21334575/ IT COMES as a shock, to hear that, as a nation usually criticised for being obsessed with heritage, one in 12 such historic sites are at risk, as revealed in a new English Heritage survey, called – unsurprisingly – Heritage at Risk. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/07/07/a-fitting-tribute-to-the-lives-lost-on-the-arandora-star-64375-21272638/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/07/07/a-fitting-tribute-to-the-lives-lost-on-the-arandora-star-64375-21272638/ IT WAS wartime with all its deprivations, but life in the fine summer of 1940 went on for the 15-year-old girl, with a loving mother and father, who created a happy and cultured home. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/06/30/living-a-long-life-can-have-its-own-downsides-64375-21170845/ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/06/30/living-a-long-life-can-have-its-own-downsides-64375-21170845/ ONE of the reasons that young people seem to want to grow up so fast is that we are tending to live much longer. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/06/23/a-day-trip-on-the-ocean-wave-had-one-hack-all-at-sea-64375-21135857/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/06/23/a-day-trip-on-the-ocean-wave-had-one-hack-all-at-sea-64375-21135857/ I WRITE to you as someone guilty as charged of once sending hundreds of readers and their trusting loved ones on a trip aboard the Scottish paddle steamer Waverley, which became so rough that the old girl had to turn back at Bar. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/06/16/the-fight-to-feed-the-world-and-stop-a-global-crisis-64375-21082842/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:47:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/06/16/the-fight-to-feed-the-world-and-stop-a-global-crisis-64375-21082842/ WHILE gloom and doom envelops the western world as it comes to grips with the credit crunch, the collapse of house prices and recession, it is worth remembering that these are the ills of rich economies. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/06/09/a-corner-of-england-that-is-forever-wales-64375-21042674/ Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/06/09/a-corner-of-england-that-is-forever-wales-64375-21042674/ THERE’S a great saying that “Wales kept Liverpool dry” – thanks to all the slate on the roofs of not only the city, but across Birkenhead and Wirral, too. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/05/19/we-re-on-the-eve-of-destruction-but-it-s-not-too-late-64375-20929336/ Sun, 18 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/05/19/we-re-on-the-eve-of-destruction-but-it-s-not-too-late-64375-20929336/ IT WAS the words “halibut destruction” that caught my eye and I wondered how this caused a major cause of population decline in many species. Then I realised what was wrong – not for the first time I was looking through the wrong quarter of my vari-focals. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/05/12/keep-britain-healthy-protect-our-green-spaces-64375-20894317/ Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/05/12/keep-britain-healthy-protect-our-green-spaces-64375-20894317/ I REALISED the problem as soon as my wife asked why on earth was I muttering and grinding my teeth so vigorously. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/05/05/not-just-looking-but-kicking-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth-64375-20862471/ Sun, 04 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/05/05/not-just-looking-but-kicking-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth-64375-20862471/ IT’S always a surprise when you hear somebody who should be keeping the show on the road start rubbishing the metaphorical vehicle in which they are travelling. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/04/21/it-s-full-steam-ahead-for-the-anorak-artists-64375-20792643/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/04/21/it-s-full-steam-ahead-for-the-anorak-artists-64375-20792643/ MICHAEL PALIN surveyed his audience with approval. He revealed that he knew the gathering at Liverpool’s Walker clashed with another at Goodison Park between Everton and Chelsea. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/04/14/lands-end-to-john-o-groats-that-ll-be-1bn-please-64375-20759268/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/04/14/lands-end-to-john-o-groats-that-ll-be-1bn-please-64375-20759268/ THERE’S no contest that this week’s award for Best Barmy Brit – And Proud of It is awarded to Richard Elloway, who in an epic journey of courage, endurance, perseverance and heroism became the first man to travel by bus from Land’s End to John O’Groats. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/04/07/why-banish-our-own-britannia-from-her-realm-64375-20728592/ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/04/07/why-banish-our-own-britannia-from-her-realm-64375-20728592/ RULE Britannia? Not on our coinage if our Prime Minister has got anything to do with it. Although Scottish-born, Scottish constituency-representing Gordon Brown is keen to emphasise (well, south of the border) that his regime is all for Britain with an extra dose of Britishness, he has done nothing to prevent the removal of the figurative symbol of the British Isles from our coinage, namely Britannia. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/03/17/use-leftovers-or-we-could-soon-be-running-on-empty-64375-20634665/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/03/17/use-leftovers-or-we-could-soon-be-running-on-empty-64375-20634665/ CAN Birkenhead YMCA save the planet with rotten cabbages? Too much pressure, you’d probably cry, but it has an opportunity to take some steps towards a better world for all of us. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/03/10/was-liverpool-s-fate-sealed-in-the-city-itself-64375-20594538/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/03/10/was-liverpool-s-fate-sealed-in-the-city-itself-64375-20594538/ DID globalisation originate on a Liverpool railway station platform bathed in watery sunlight, shortly before 11am on September 15, 1830? http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/03/03/i-didn-t-do-well-in-exams-because-uh-i-can-t-remember-64375-20549002/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/03/03/i-didn-t-do-well-in-exams-because-uh-i-can-t-remember-64375-20549002/ AT LAST I can relax. I know I’ve got an excuse for decades of under-performing in exams. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/02/18/and-the-rich-just-keep-on-getting-richer-64375-20487735/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/02/18/and-the-rich-just-keep-on-getting-richer-64375-20487735/ AS MOST of us busily toil away in the termite hill batting away the next bill, there’s little time to wonder about who really has most of the money. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/02/04/a-royal-boost-for-the-heritage-of-our-beautiful-city-64375-20431376/ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/peter-elson/2008/02/04/a-royal-boost-for-the-heritage-of-our-beautiful-city-64375-20431376/ SAILING into the Mersey or simply crossing the river over the last few years has treated observers to the rapidly changing face of Liverpool.