May 2010
23 posts
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May 28th
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Are You Being Served? (No.) →
See, here’s the thing: I never got the fondness for Lewis’s. I accept this is because I’m a foreigner to Liverpool. This is one of those things about Scouseland that I will never understand, like…
May 27th
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May 27th
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Rocket Cottage →
I was off out yesterday, heading to Manchester for a Eurovision meet up. Yes, a Eurovision meet up. WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OF IT? It was basically an excuse for a bunch of fans to gather together…
May 24th
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May 21st
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“It’s not easy, selecting a cellmate. Generally speaking, the ones you...”
– Charlie Brooker, The Hell of it All
May 20th
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May 18th
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Blondie →
I hate to deal in stereotypes. No, really, I do. But sometimes you’re confronted with a humanoid who is the living embodiment of a cliche, and all you can do is sit back, mouth agape, and take it…
May 18th
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May 17th
Steptacular →
While I was in Liverpool pressing up against the artworks I took the opportunity to check out the nearly completed works at Lime Street Station. For a couple of years now, Lime Street has been…
May 15th
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May 13th
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Facts and Fancies →
How did I miss this? Back in April last year, I blogged about the Art on the Network, Merseytravel’s laudable attempt to bring more artwork into the region. It was a competition looking for…
May 13th
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May 12th
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May 11th
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Quiztastic →
This is something to play with on your tea break: can you name every Merseyrail station in ten minutes? I did my best, but I only managed 64 out of 67. I have a mental block about the top of the…
May 10th
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alt.map →
OK, the Merseyrail map can’t, and never will, compete with the Underground map for icon status. It’s never going to reach those dizzy heights. It has none the less achieved a level of fame and…
May 8th
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May 6th
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May 5th
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May 3rd
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May 2nd
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In London, April is a Spring Month →
Best laid plans, and all that. This should have been a deeply thoughtful, carefully considered treatise on the significance of past and future. Mentions of the passing of time, the fragile beauty…
May 1st