Prometheus in Aspic

It seems that the Almighty Festering Lard Barrel has decided to interfere in the World Cup. Well of course he has; what took him so long?  H...

 The European nations football championship starts tomorrow night. It would be undignified to claim that I am excited, but I am certainly lo...

 The other day I went out for lunch with my good friend Jack the Hat, and, inevitably, we got into our interminable old men's discussion...

 Well, well - some real news today. With luck, this will be the last time I mention Hillsborough here. Within a couple of days of the mistri...

 It has been expected for a while, since he has been very ill with cancer for some years, but I am saddened to learn that Ian St John - a re...

High-profile local advertising - Barker & Dobson advert on the Liverpool Overhead Railway, mid 1950s. B&D's factory was just ...

I'm not going to make a meal of this, I always find it very uncomfortable when there is scope for a "me too" tribute to former...

My mother has been having worsening problems with her mobility, and on Saturday I was obliged to call in an emergency doctor, who agreed ...

This follows on from a conversation I had recently with another ageing football (soccer) fan, about the strange tale of Mike Trebilcock...