Reviewed: In praise of Asia Minor
HERE-IN follows a joint review of two south Liverpool food gaffs that have benefited from my custom on a recent frequency that goes beyond decency. Turkish barbecue mecca ‘Elif’ on Lark Lane, and ‘Friends Kebab’ on Smithdown Road have seen far too much of me lately. I...
What I Did On My Holidays
I went to the Edinburgh Fringe festival. That's what I did. Three days in the company of my friend Stu. I'm going to tell you about it. But let me make clear, I'm no expert on the old stand-up comedy. I like it when I see it, but I'm not that schooled, not that...
Hillsborough documents e-petition
At the time of writing over 120,000 people have signed the Government e-petition asking for full disclosure of all government documents relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. This means the case must now legally be discussed in the commons. If you haven't already...
NO (CENTRE)-HALF MEASURES: ALEX RAISBECK, LFC LEGEND
DIPPING in to Arsenal's first-leg win over Udinese last week on Five Live, I was struck by a comment from co-commentator Lee Dixon. Praising some intervention or other on the part of Thomas Vermaelen, Dixon referred to the Belgian as a 'centre-half', before...
This Week In ’84
A quick glance at the TV listings for this week in 1984 uncovers a long-forgotten memory that Tom O'Connor actually had his own show on BBC2. This was when Channel 4 soap Brookside was still in its early days with "George determined to track down Tommy McArdle to...
Reviewed: In praise of Asia Minor
HERE-IN follows a joint review of two south Liverpool food gaffs that have benefited from my custom on a recent frequency that goes beyond decency. Turkish barbecue mecca ‘Elif’ on Lark Lane, and ‘Friends Kebab’ on Smithdown Road have seen far too much of me lately. I...
What I Did On My Holidays
I went to the Edinburgh Fringe festival. That's what I did. Three days in the company of my friend Stu. I'm going to tell you about it. But let me make clear, I'm no expert on the old stand-up comedy. I like it when I see it, but I'm not that schooled, not that...
Hillsborough documents e-petition
At the time of writing over 120,000 people have signed the Government e-petition asking for full disclosure of all government documents relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. This means the case must now legally be discussed in the commons. If you haven't already...
NO (CENTRE)-HALF MEASURES: ALEX RAISBECK, LFC LEGEND
DIPPING in to Arsenal's first-leg win over Udinese last week on Five Live, I was struck by a comment from co-commentator Lee Dixon. Praising some intervention or other on the part of Thomas Vermaelen, Dixon referred to the Belgian as a 'centre-half', before...
This Week In ’84
A quick glance at the TV listings for this week in 1984 uncovers a long-forgotten memory that Tom O'Connor actually had his own show on BBC2. This was when Channel 4 soap Brookside was still in its early days with "George determined to track down Tommy McArdle to...









