http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/ Liverpool views from the Liverpool Daily Post - Letters to the editor, The Debate, Liverpool Forums, Blogs, Liverpool Daily Post Comment and more en-gb http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/17/rongo-s-woe-pars-on-the-jonathan-woss-show-at-the-dawn-of-2008-may-have-made-us-question-our-faith-in-him-and-affection-for-ironic-humour-64375-20924079/ Fri, 16 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/17/rongo-s-woe-pars-on-the-jonathan-woss-show-at-the-dawn-of-2008-may-have-made-us-question-our-faith-in-him-and-affection-for-ironic-humour-64375-20924079/ But this week the Pub Column’s belief in our own home grown worthiness as the Capital of Culture received a major boost. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/05/16/comment-marine-lake-walk-an-asset-for-all-64375-20922657/ Fri, 16 May 2008 14:50:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/05/16/comment-marine-lake-walk-an-asset-for-all-64375-20922657/ A SUNNY summer afternoon on Merseyside is always the perfect excuse for a walk along the historic Marine Lake, at West Kirby. So today’s news that the route is under threat from coastal erosion is a story that will concern many of our readers. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/05/16/oxfam-trades-in-its-hand-me-down-image-64375-20919237/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/valerie-hill/2008/05/16/oxfam-trades-in-its-hand-me-down-image-64375-20919237/ IT’S so much a part of British folk culture that the Oxfam look is shorthand for a complete lifestyle. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/05/16/fred-j-taylor-64375-20919238/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/05/16/fred-j-taylor-64375-20919238/ IN THE long history of their sport, man and pike have never been equally matched, but the chap in the floppy hat with grizzled whiskers, which suggested that he was auditioning for Emmerdale Farm, narrowed the odds with his cunning introduction of deadbaiting. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/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/columns/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/letters-to-editor/2008/05/16/service-is-improving-64375-20922660/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/letters-to-editor/2008/05/16/service-is-improving-64375-20922660/ I READ Mr Bakalarski's letter in Wednesday’s Daily Post. Contrary to his opinion, Merseyrail is highly experienced in dealing with major events, and has been regularly commended by passengers and organisers alike for our role in making these events into a success from a transport point of view. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/the-urbanite/2008/05/15/fashion-victim-there-s-no-summer-loving-with-my-clothes-64375-20915243/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:09:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/the-urbanite/2008/05/15/fashion-victim-there-s-no-summer-loving-with-my-clothes-64375-20915243/ SO SUMMER is here at last. Or at least it is for the time being. And, if you are anything like me, you have not got a thing to wear. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/05/15/comment-parents-have-to-take-action-over-childhood-obesity-64375-20915238/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:06:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/05/15/comment-parents-have-to-take-action-over-childhood-obesity-64375-20915238/ IT SEEMS almost incredible that Merseyside children could soon be undergoing stomach stapling operations in a bid to curb their obesity. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/letters-to-editor/2008/05/15/better-to-be-safe-than-sorry-64375-20912180/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/letters-to-editor/2008/05/15/better-to-be-safe-than-sorry-64375-20912180/ ACCORDING to the press this week, levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are now at their highest for 650,000 years – at least 100ppm higher than before the Industrial Revolution. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/05/15/larry-levine-64375-20912181/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/05/15/larry-levine-64375-20912181/ THERE are always stars, but behind them are the people who make them shine – or, in this case, throb, soar, rumble and then pierce the heavens in glorious layers of music. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/15/sunny-outlook-64375-20912183/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/15/sunny-outlook-64375-20912183/ ANOTHER busy week at the Liverpool Daily Post, and the weather has been dominating the news somewhat this week. First it was the high temperatures, then the floods. Unsurprisingly, it was our coverage of the sunnier times which you seemed to like best. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/laura-davis/2008/05/14/i-never-have-time-on-my-hands-or-even-on-my-wrist-64375-20910286/ Wed, 14 May 2008 14:24:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/laura-davis/2008/05/14/i-never-have-time-on-my-hands-or-even-on-my-wrist-64375-20910286/ "HAVE you got the time?" asked a man on the street before dashing haphazardly away like a bumblebee on speed. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/rob-merrick/2008/05/14/rob-merrick-the-baby-battle-64375-20905774/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/rob-merrick/2008/05/14/rob-merrick-the-baby-battle-64375-20905774/ CASE closed – the two words that sprang to mind on reading the latest research on survival rates for babies born before 24 weeks, ahead of next week’s crunch abortion vote. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/05/14/irena-sendler-64375-20905775/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/05/14/irena-sendler-64375-20905775/ SHE was a Catholic nurse with enough bravery to fill a cathedral, and when the skies were dark and the world was mad, she wore a Star of David on her arm to save thousands of Jewish children from the Nazi death camps. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/05/14/comment-liverpool-bluecoat-can-rise-again-64375-20905778/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/05/14/comment-liverpool-bluecoat-can-rise-again-64375-20905778/ THE news that the Bluecoat has been damaged in a fire is devastating for those who have thrown their heart and souls into this project. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/letters-to-editor/2008/05/14/more-train-co-ordination-64375-20905779/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/letters-to-editor/2008/05/14/more-train-co-ordination-64375-20905779/ FOLLOWING the widely- publicised travels by Merseyrail management on Merseyrail trains on April 29, it is a great pity that they failed to travel on day time Chester trains the following week to witness the surge of travellers for Chester Races in excellent weather. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/david-charters/2008/05/13/david-charters-each-human-being-is-sprung-differently-64375-20899791/ Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/david-charters/2008/05/13/david-charters-each-human-being-is-sprung-differently-64375-20899791/ YOU will find after many years sniffing the air of these shores that each human being is sprung differently. Some like to soar to unimaginable heights. Others prefer the rub of solid earth under their brogues. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/05/13/lucy-appleby-64375-20899828/ Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/05/13/lucy-appleby-64375-20899828/ SHE was the old-fashioned English country woman, strong of jowl and a squasher of nonsense, whose kindness and wisdom were always evident in community matters. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/letters-to-editor/2008/05/13/compelling-television-64375-20900315/ Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/letters-to-editor/2008/05/13/compelling-television-64375-20900315/ GIVEN that I have only half a brain (Liverpool solicitor Rex Makin’s definition of anyone who watches BBC’s The Apprentice, Daily Post, Friday, May 9), I doubt I could enjoy it more even if I had the other half as well. I think it is the most compelling television for a long time. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/05/13/bradley-must-use-chance-to-deliver-64375-20900316/ Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/05/13/bradley-must-use-chance-to-deliver-64375-20900316/ LIVERPOOL city council leader Warren Bradley’s victory in last night’s Liberal Democrat leadership contest will, it is hoped, bring a turbulent period in the town hall to an end http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/05/12/comment-town-hall-vote-crucial-for-city-64375-20897675/ Mon, 12 May 2008 14:25:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-daily-post/2008/05/12/comment-town-hall-vote-crucial-for-city-64375-20897675/ THERE could scarcely be a more critical time for Liverpool to become embroiled in a Town Hall leadership election. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/letters-to-editor/2008/05/12/blessed-with-good-fortune-64375-20894258/ Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/letters-to-editor/2008/05/12/blessed-with-good-fortune-64375-20894258/ READING about the Burma cyclone victims in the Daily Post (Friday, May 9) made me realise, not for the first time, how incredibly lucky we in this country are. 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/obituaries/2008/05/12/eddy-arnold-64375-20894330/ Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/05/12/eddy-arnold-64375-20894330/ BORN on a cotton farm in the sultry American south, Eddy Arnold’s background couldn’t have been much further from his legions of listeners in gritty post-war Liverpool. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/10/that-big-yellow-thingy-is-back-in-the-sky-is-it-called-the-sun-64375-20889047/ Fri, 09 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/10/that-big-yellow-thingy-is-back-in-the-sky-is-it-called-the-sun-64375-20889047/ And for it to reappear on a Bank Holiday was a cause for celebration. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/10/rocketing-costs-mean-a-future-of-uncertainty-64375-20889060/ Fri, 09 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/10/rocketing-costs-mean-a-future-of-uncertainty-64375-20889060/ TODAY’S news that Isle of Man airline EuroManx has closed is the latest depressing sign of a tightening economy. EuroManx stopped flying yesterday, blaming increasing fuel prices and low passenger numbers. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/09/a-week-for-icons-64375-20883873/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/09/a-week-for-icons-64375-20883873/ ICONS. This week I learnt a lot about one, had a reminder how useless one is and am looking forward to seeing another over the weekend. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/05/09/diana-barnato-walker-64375-20883874/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2008/05/09/diana-barnato-walker-64375-20883874/ LIKE the Roman goddess she was named after, Diana Barnato Walker was beautiful and enjoyed the freedom of the heavens at the cockpit of her Spitfire. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/letters-to-editor/2008/05/09/stadium-design-stuck-in-60s-64375-20884068/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/letters-to-editor/2008/05/09/stadium-design-stuck-in-60s-64375-20884068/ AS REPORTED in the Daily Post (Wednesday, May 7), Tesco are making changes to the retail plan to overcome objections against the Kirkby Project. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/09/poll-turmoil-may-benefit-residents-64375-20884069/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/05/09/poll-turmoil-may-benefit-residents-64375-20884069/ IT IS a week since the local elections were held, but the reverberations look likely to continue for some time. On Merseyside, the after-shocks of polling day are still taking place.