http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/ Read the views of our Liverpool Daily Post columnists. Liverpool - European Capital of Culture 2008. en-gb Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk no Read the views of our Liverpool Daily Post columnists. Liverpool - European Capital of Culture 2008. liverpool daily post columnists, views, European Capital of Culture 2008 http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/10/10/phil-redmond-same-old-same-old-64375-22004871/ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/10/10/phil-redmond-same-old-same-old-64375-22004871/ REGURGITATION. Bureaucracies, like birds, seem to feed their young by it. Over my years in television, I must have taken part in over a thousand conferences called to look at the future of the broadcasting. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/10/03/phil-redmond-meet-expectations-64375-21955391/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/10/03/phil-redmond-meet-expectations-64375-21955391/ ASK. And so you shall receive, the Scriptures are supposed to have said. It didn’t seem to work in our house, though. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/09/26/phil-redmond-a-worthy-legacy-64375-21905058/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/09/26/phil-redmond-a-worthy-legacy-64375-21905058/ TREASURES. Part of our inheritance. Part of our legacy. Too often in life, things are taken for granted. Their value not realised until passed on to someone else. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/08/08/phil-redmond-cultural-revolution-64375-21490147/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/08/08/phil-redmond-cultural-revolution-64375-21490147/ CALLS. On telephones. Probably mobiles, as they now outnumber the people in the UK. By about 20m. And about 100m text messages are sent every day! http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/07/11/building-on-success-64375-21323295/ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/07/11/building-on-success-64375-21323295/ CONSOLIDATION. Often the boring bit that follows all the excitement.Whether it’s a football league title, a company takeover, tennis final or something more serious such as a battle, once the fighting is over, the need is for consolidation. To make sure that all the hard-won gains are not lost. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/07/04/cultural-gems-64375-21226574/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/07/04/cultural-gems-64375-21226574/ JEWELS. Some obvious, some hidden. There are many in the region’s cultural crown. With the half-term reports delivered, some of the more obvious jewels have box offices up between 20-50% with record numbers being recorded by the Maritime Museum and the Tate. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/06/20/phil-redmond-plan-for-the-future-64375-21109603/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/06/20/phil-redmond-plan-for-the-future-64375-21109603/ STRATEGY. Something generals love, while Napoleon favoured luck. As he discovered, the strategy was to conquer Russia; the tactics were to capture Moscow; the luck was in the weather. Or, as he found out, not. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/06/13/superlambanana-a-firm-favourite-64375-21067373/ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/06/13/superlambanana-a-firm-favourite-64375-21067373/ SUPERLAMBANANA. If art is meant to stimulate a reaction, then there can be no doubt that the half-fruit half-animal creation of artist Taro Chiezo has certainly ticked that box. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/06/06/phil-redmond-the-spice-of-life-64375-21032513/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/06/06/phil-redmond-the-spice-of-life-64375-21032513/ VARIETY. And what a week this was. From the opening of Garston’s Cultural Republic, Klimt, Yankel Feather at the Liverpool Academy of Arts, Macca, the Irish President’s visit, The Big Hope, The Stand Out Comedy and the Community Foundation Awards – at which the Liverpool Academy of Arts took top prize – to the Biennial’s Transport and Parks Visible Virals strand, at Croxteth Park, it was another week when there was almost too much going on! http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/05/30/phil-redmond-being-more-open-64375-20999171/ Fri, 30 May 2008 14:43:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/05/30/phil-redmond-being-more-open-64375-20999171/ OPENNESS. Isn’t it interesting, way from it? The Labour politician Tony Benn often talks, and gives talks, about how he personally records every interview he gives after long ago getting fed up with being misquoted and, more often than not, misrepresented. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/05/23/phil-redmond-a-fitting-tribute-64375-20963036/ Thu, 22 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/05/23/phil-redmond-a-fitting-tribute-64375-20963036/ ROSCOE. The only son of the city to attract silverware this week. While a banner in the Moscow stadium declared it a Scouse free zone, conveniently overlooking that ex-Blue Rooney is still a Scouser, it seemed somehow fitting that Liverpool picked up a silver medal in Chelsea, of all places. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/05/16/phil-redmond-lifting-spirits-64375-20919241/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/05/16/phil-redmond-lifting-spirits-64375-20919241/ WAITING. How much of our life is spent doing just that? A few weeks ago, I was writing in praise of the art programme at Fazakerley Hospital, not suspecting that this week I would find myself in another of the region’s hospitals with plenty of waiting time in which to examine their artwork. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/05/02/phil-redmond-learning-from-life-64375-20851379/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/05/02/phil-redmond-learning-from-life-64375-20851379/ CONDITIONING. Something that life does to us all. Good or bad, our life experiences form our conditioning. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/04/25/phil-redmond-too-much-to-do-64375-20817731/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/04/25/phil-redmond-too-much-to-do-64375-20817731/ EVENTS. So many are now going on that people are starting to complain that they can’t get to everything. That in itself is a positive event. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/04/18/phil-redmond-dealing-with-leaks-64375-20782300/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/04/18/phil-redmond-dealing-with-leaks-64375-20782300/ LEAKS. Well, what else would I write about this week? Once again, too much time has been taken up by mischief making and trying to calm people down in the regional and national media over things that are, as they should know, typical everyday events in medialand. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/04/11/phil-redmond-living-in-the-city-64375-20749723/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/04/11/phil-redmond-living-in-the-city-64375-20749723/ CITIES. 50% of the planet apparently now lives in them, yet over the Easter break, I spent two weeks in the UK without actually entering one. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/03/07/phil-redmond-what-s-it-all-about-64375-20574819/ Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:47:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/03/07/phil-redmond-what-s-it-all-about-64375-20574819/ ANSWERS. More often than not, they depend on the questions. I’ve been asked to go on one of those BBC TV shows that claims to seek answers to life’s big questions and while it will, no doubt, make interesting "telly", I doubt it will tackle the really big question: what’s it all about anyway? http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/02/22/phil-redmond-steps-to-progress-64375-20508899/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/02/22/phil-redmond-steps-to-progress-64375-20508899/ PROGRESS. Often hard to separate from process. Hi-viz jackets, those luminous yellow jackets or vests now in danger of becoming a fashion accessory, may be indicative of process overpowering progress. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/02/15/phil-redmond-the-global-game-64375-20478619/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/02/15/phil-redmond-the-global-game-64375-20478619/ PLANS. Whether best laid or not. We all love them, don’t we? Especially other people’s. So we can pick holes in them. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/02/08/exclusive-phil-redmond-on-how-the-bbc-killed-off-grange-hill-64375-20450778/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:39:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/phil-redmond/2008/02/08/exclusive-phil-redmond-on-how-the-bbc-killed-off-grange-hill-64375-20450778/ Grange Hill creator Phil Redmond, a Daily Post columnist, reveals his feelings about the decision to axe the high school drama