Archives:
February 2010

Lewis’s to make way for leisure/lifestyle/retail hub/haven/destination thing

Merepark’s Central Village, which will include the Lewis’s building, is set to redress the cash drain towards Liverpool One, but it’s not clear to me whether the city can support so many different retail/leisure/lifestyle hubs – is there genuinely enough cash being spent to go around Liverpool’s various city-centre areas?

Liverpool bans more bars for Lark Lane and Allerton Road

A rare good decision from Liverpool City Council, whose licensing committee has advised that no further licenses be granted for Aigburth’s Lark Lane or Allerton Road.

Ghost Stories at Liverpool Playhouse

Ghost Stories maintained a powerful hold on me throughout. It felt like the product of two people who understood the demands, quirks and rigours of the medium perfectly – and it showed in a brilliantly entertaining, and perfectly terrifying, experience

Terry Pratchett's Nation at FACT

Andrew Beattie reviews Terry Pratchett’s Nation, which was shown at Fact earlier this month. I am well aware of Sir Terry Pratchett’s Work. At any given moment my Dad is likely to recite lines of conversation from some of Discworld’s finest and not so fine characters chuckling to himself and leaving me with a brief [...]