Geography Liverpool Tweetup on Thursday (a local Twitter gathering) was a far more relaxed affair than the earlier Twestival ; it's a ...

Ranking Professionals Some of you might remember being a kid. When you’re young there are very few avenues for true comedy. There’s sound ...

Internet Archive: Free Download: I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue About thirty years worth, from 1974 thro...

Film Hitchcock worked as a propagandist during the war working with the UK’s Ministry of Information to produce a couple of shorts as a mo...

Underrated: Sharing the joke: The case for 'Last Action Hero' According to @anattendantlord the only...

Music Exciting news. One of my favourite bands, Bush, The Tree And Me have reformed and have a new album and gigs lined up. Jimi Ashmor...

TV Concluding a television series is an impossible business. Unlike film, which Hitchcock, Welles, Goldman, Bordwell, all kinds of people...

Liverpool Life Though mainly for Annette since it's something we've talked about: Liverpool Penny Lane are to become 'The Beat...

Harris Museum, Preston , originally uploaded by Tony Worrall Foto . Museums Edward Morris’s Public Art Collections in the North of England...

Sadly, my initial viewing of this video was undermined by the irony of YouTube's advertising:

Voices That Care I've always had a soft spot for charity records; most of them are awful, but there's a definite joy to picking over...

What's going on here? Could this be the most existential caption competition ever? ...

Liverpool Life I've received news of the following in the electronic post: Mydeco.com, the UK’s leading interior design and homewares ...

Relationshippy Things I once knew a guy at school (hey Ben) whose entire chat-up line ouvre consisted of ‘Let’s have a dance, I’ll buy you a...

That's how you get Capone. Genius way of getting at the unmentionables by taking advantage of the indefe...

Film As I greet each Hitchcock film, my admiration for his work increases. Everyone talks about the various motifs of the director ( here...

The Polite Umbrella: God-Send, or Annoying Gimmick? God send. BB...

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon - Video Blogs - Zack Attacks Late Night, Signs On For The Reunion! - Jimmy Fallon's Video B...

Much as I love Shakespeare, I do get impatient with him sometimes. Well, not him exactly but the way that he’s being presented in repertory,...

Theatre Much as I love Shakespeare, I do get impatient with him sometimes. Well, not him exactly but the way that he’s being presented in ...