Paul headed to Tel Aviv to play for 40,000 people and about 5,000 spooks from Mossad and MI6 – despite protests from several Palestinian groups, while the Israeli press veered between raptures and pontificating on ho Jewish the Beatles actually were.
Liverpool in a pint – Cains down the drain?
Next time you’re in your local, consider venturing beyond that gassy, tasteless pint of non-specific. Even if you don’t like it, you can be assured you’ve done your part for your struggling local brewer.
Bread: Liverpool and the new Hovis advert
Hovis’ new advert was filmed in Liverpool, and it’s good fun to spot all the places you recognise while it’s on.
Liverpool gets it right – La Princesse farewell
There was a glorious mechanical giant fucking spider walking around the city amid fire, hoses, fights with diggers and a huge firework display – backed by a superb group of musicians. It cut through class, religion, race, background, attitudes, interests. It moved children to squeals of delight and adults to tears. It was superbly accessible public art.
La Princess giant spider photos
Having returned from being soaked at the Albert Dock I’ve uploaded some photos of La Princess – La Machine’s giant spider that has been ‘terrorising’ Liverpool.
Video: La Machine spider in Liverpool
Undoubtedly a more impressive sight than photos suggest, the La Machine spider looks like pure evil and some have wondered exactly what the mechanical arachnid has to do with the Capital of Culture, especially at a price tag of £2m.