Live Liverpool June 2010

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This Month’s special features

‘Strictly’ comes to Liverpool - Read our EXCLUSIVE interview with the star of the show Flavia Cacace

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists “A master piece of wit and political passion” – Our Preview

16 Cook Street one of Liverpool‘s most outstanding buildings and how it may have inspired the first skyscraper

Justine Mills tell us why she just can’t live without her Louboutins

Liverpool legend John Cotton talks to Live Liverpool

Check out the coolest new bars and restaurants

And much more

JUNE 2010

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Editor’s Letter

The Team

Welcome to this month’s edition of Live Liverpool, Liverpool’s first independent city entertainment

guide. With the summer, finally here up it’s a good time to get out and about.

‘Strictly’, arrives in the city this month and the show promises to be a star-studded sequinned extravaganza. Read Live Liver-pool’s interview with Dancing queen Flavia Cacace. Page 6 – The Professionals is on at the Liverpool Empire from June 21 to 26. If you thought Clayton Square was just for shopping you would be wrong discover Liverpool’s “Best Kept Secret”, a city gallery (Page 14)

Written ByVicky AndersonTom ByrneWayne ColquhounMaria ToolanBourne Van GelloFootie ManCraig Brake

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My favourite this month is The Ragged Trousered Philanthopists showing at The Everyman, one of the most endeared works of working class fiction in the world – and its author is buried here in Liverpool. Read our preview on Page 8

Street Level is a very good read this month - Peter Ellis, one of Liverpool’s greatest ar-chitects and why we need to preserve Arthur Dooley’s studio in Seel Street.

Footie man – last season’s round-up and The World Cup

Justine Mills tell us why she can’t live with-out her Louboutins

Check out our top places to eat in the city “Out For A Bite” Page 16

And the latest places to hang out… Venue of the Month

And much more…

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ContentsLuvvies line-UP 6. Strictly Come Dancing 8. The Ragged Trousered PhilanthopistsStreet Level 10. 16 Cook Street 12. Arthur DooleyArt 14. Madalainartz

Out For A Bite 16. Venue Of The Month 18. MalMasion LiverpoolDowntown Drinks 19. San Carlo

20. City’s Top Restaurants

Live Vibe 24. D.J. John Cotton

Celebrity Interview 26. Justine Mills

Sport 28. Football 29. Tennis 30. Petrol HeadCompetition 31. Odeon Tickets to see ‘Tooth Fairy’

Luvvies Line-up

Strictly Come Dancing TourBy Vicky Anderson

Dancing queen Flavia Cacace is a busy woman. The Italian-born, Surrey-raised ballroom champ is coming to Liverpool

alongside her television peers for the show Strictly Come Dancing – the Professionals this month, as part of a lengthy national tour.

It’s the latest project in a hectic schedule since com-ing to fame on the hit show in 2006.

Joined by dance partner Vincent Simone and other familiar faces from the show including James and Ola Jordan, Matthew Cutler and Kristina Rihanoff, Brian Fortuna and Ian Waite along with this season’s new faces Aliona Vilani and Natalie Lowe, Strictly Come Dancing – the Professionals takes away the celebrity element and celebrates pure dance.

“It’s something completely different” - Flavia told Live Liverpool.

“When people come they’re not quite sure what to expect. It’s just performance after performance of good dancing. We use clips from Strictly and the link is strong, but we have worked as a team to put on this show. It has a bit of everything. There is less chat, it is much more intimate and intense.”

Each of the dancers takes part in around 10 different dances, including two solo pieces. It’s been hard work turning it around in time, she says, but she’s loving it.

Strictly has made her a household name – and this tour is the chance to get back to what’s really important.

She says: “When you are a professional dancer,

your aim is to be the best, it’s not to be a celebrity or anything like that at all. What has happened has all been part of the package of Strictly and is really quite bizarre. It has opened more doors and given us new opportunities and done incredible things for us.”

“We knew people with small dance school who were struggling, now they are choc-a-bloc with people, it is amazing, what it has done for dance.

“But it is dance that we want to be recognized for, I have never wanted to be famous.”

Flavia’s Strictly debut was short lived. She joined forces with Liverpool comic Jimmy Tarbuck for her first series in 2006, but ill health forced him to pull out of the show very early on. She says she hopes to invite him to the Empire to see the show.

Since then, she has partnered Matt Di Angelo (com-ing second in 2007), actor Phil Daniels, and former Corrie star Craig Kelly.

The passion of the dance floor famously spilled over into real life, when she split with long term partner Vincent Simone and began a relationship with for-mer Eastenders and Hustle actor Di Angelo.

It can’t have been easy, but Flavia and Simone’s commitment to dancing together has been so serious that the couple remained professional partners.

We are the best of friends,” she says. “It’s something people find quite bizarre, but to us, it’s normality. We have worked together since we were teenagers and we have such a strong friendship and relation-ship – we have had struggles and successes that have made us very strong.”

Strictly Come Dancing – The Professionals is on at the Liverpool Empire from June 21 to 26. For more information see www.strictlycomedancingprotour.com

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Luvvies Line-up

The Ragged Trousered PhilanthopistsBy Vicky Anderson

The Ragged Trousered Philanthopists is one of the most endeared works of working class fiction in the world – and its author is

buried here in Liverpool .

The novel was penned by Robert Tressell, a painter and decorator, and was published posthumously in 1914.

A brand new production of the classic story comes to the Everyman theatre this month, a perfect spiritual home for such an important socialist work – also known as “the trade unionist’s bible”.

Tressell – born Robert Noone – ended up in Liver-pool at the end of a somewhat nomadic life that saw him living in South Africa and Sussex .

He was en route to Canada , where he was planning to move with his daughter Kathleen in the hopes of a better life for her, when he fell ill in 1911.

He was buried in an unmarked mass paupers’ grave, the site of which is now recognised on Rice Lane in Walton.

The former Liverpool Royal Infirmary, the hospital where he died, aged 40, is now the Brownlow Centre on Pembroke Place in the city centre, and is marked with a blue plaque in his memory.

In turns enlightening, moving and funny, The Ragged Trousered Philan-thropists is considered a story with the power to change lives, and remains as vivid and as relevant as when it was written almost a century ago.

It is a tale that has inspired for generations, and counts among its devotees everyone from George Orwell to John Prescott and Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson.

It tells the story of a group of working men who are joined one day by Owen, a journeyman-prophet with a vision of a just society. A masterpiece of wit and political passion, it is considered one of the most authentic novels of English working class life ever written.

It has been adapted for the stage by celebrated play-wright Howard Brenton, in a new production for the Everyman which runs from June 17 to July 10.

Christopher Morahan returns after the success of last year’s The Caretaker (starring Jonathan Pryce) to direct a large ensemble cast in a production promis-ing energy, humor, passion and music.

For tickets and more information, visit www.everymanplayhouse.com

Street Level

16 Cook StreetBy Tom Byrne16 Cook Street, Liverpool L2 9RF

Liverpool has produced some fine architects down the years. Alfred Waterhouse, Walter Aubrey Thomas, Herbert Rowse, but one

name soars above even these eminent practioners, Peter Ellis. Ellis was born in Liverpool in 1808 and lived until he was 80. It would not therefore be pre-sumptive to expect to find a substantial body of work to appraise, either through written or photographic records but unfortunately, only two buildings were ever commissioned.

This is in part the tragedy of Peter Ellis the architect. It appears, because there is no documentary evidence to support it that he was so affected by peer review of the two buildings he completed, that he discontin-ued his work as an architect, or, that his professional reputation was so damaged by the reviews that no further work was commissioned from him. Either circumstance is tragic, because Peter Ellis was the architect of Oriel Chambers, the now deservedly internationally renowned building on Water Street

but also his only other commission 16 Cook Street. Tucked away on a side street 16 Cook Street is a delight to behold.

Almost a wall of plate glass separated by slender stone mullions like a huge Venetian window a beautifully elegant façade. However, it is to the rear of the building that the genius of Ellis is to be savoured. The courtyard with virtually an entire wall of glass and then a glass cantilevered, spiral stair-case, a conical roof which light floods through.

If Ellis‘s buildings were to be judged on aesthetics alone, he would be venerated as one of Liverpool’s great architects but the significance of these buildings on a world stage lie in their structural innovation. Prefabricated iron frames and very early use of curtain walling.

Some incredible claims have been made about El-lis’s contribution to the advancement of world archi-tecture. Foremost, that his ideas were the inspiration for the skyscraper. Although no written evidence exists, to link Ellis to the work of John Wellborn Root, partner in the Chicago architectural practice of Burnham & Root, pioneers in steel frame construc-tion in the US. J.W Root was one of the founders of ‘The Chicago School’ the body of architects to which the world’s first skyscraper is attributed. Root (1850-1911) was sent to live with relatives in Liv-erpool during the American Civil War and remained there whilst Oriel Chambers and 16 Cook Street were being built. Although just a teenager at the time it seems likely rather than possible than Root saw both buildings and more than speculative that they influenced his own work.

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Here is what Professor Quentin Hughes says on the subject:

“This brilliant architect (J.W. Root) who when he built some of the earliest skyscrapers in Chicago incorporated some of Ellis’s ideas for example ‘The Rookery’, which he designed with his part-ner Daniel Burnham in 1885, he incorporated a glass and iron spiral staircase similar to 16 Cook Street.”Peter Ellis foreshadowed the modern movement by twenty years he influenced the Chicago School of the 1880’s. He is now largely forgotten but is without doubt Liverpool’s greatest architect and is truly of world standing.

Street Level

Arthur DooleyBy Wayne Colquhoun

The highlight of 2008 for me was not a Klimt expo or a giant spider, but an exhibition staged in the Liverpool Academy. This did

not advertise Vienna; it bowed its head with a retro-spective of one of Liverpool’s characters, by people who knew him. Someone who dripped passion, a self taught man, who proclaimed himself as an Irish Liverpudlian and was proud of his tough working class background.

He made the sculpture Four Lads Who Shook The World in Mathew Street.

He was, Arthur Dooley, and how I admire him. I had sold several pieces of his work and I thought some of it was bad. But one was an amazing bronze Bull on a marble base AD75 that I never was able to part with. Sometimes it’s not about money. This was a journey into the thinking man’s mind. An antagonist who took on the establishment and proved he was cleverer than them. For which he was revered, and shunned. Born in Liverpool in 1929, Dooley worked as a welder on the Ark Royal. He was working, tire-lessly, around Liverpool, right up until his death in 1994. He was a boxer and once came to blows in the Everyman with Arthur Ballard an art teacher who had taught Pete Best.

He created numerous religious figures in polished bronze using unorthodox techniques and unusual interpretations. The Black Christ on Princes Avenue being one, that went down like a lead balloon. He buttonholed Hesseltine after the Toxteth Riots and pleaded with him “Don’t let them knock down the Albert Dock”.

His first sculpture was made in an army prison in Egypt where he served a sentence for going AWOL.

Conflicting reports, one saying he tried to join the PLO.

Upon his unceremonious return from the army, he joined a drawing class at the Whitechapel gallery in London.

He was then employed as a janitor. His job included clearing up after the sculptors and setting up materi-als, then he began to make his own work...using scraps of metal left over. His lead cast piece of a crucified Jesus received a good response around the college. From these humble beginnings, in 1962 he exhibited at St Martin’s Gallery, a stones throw from the college where he had worked. Cast a bronze bull for London weekend’s south bank building. He met the great art critic Greenberg and made several appearances on the “Tonight” programme. I saw an interview he made with Bill Shankly.

He dubbed the new Cathedral Paddy’s Wigwam.

He was featured on This is Your Life. When Henry Moore, overworked turned down the Stations of the Cross at the Benedictine Community of Ampleforth Monastery Dooley took up the commission. Later he would say the shipyard was really my art school.

Deeply concerned about social problems of his day he was a member of the communist party. He was always an outspoken and immensely religious letting the materials he worked with speak. His workshop in Seel Street is intact. It needs preserving.

Wayne Colquhoun is a specialist in 20th Century Art and

Antiques. If you have any pictures or questions please get

in touch. Antiques and Fine Art, 11-13 Holts Arcade, India

Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, L2 ORR

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ARt IN tHE CiTY

MadalainArtzBy Vicky Anderson

1st Floor Clayton Square

It’s always a good time to discover Liverpool ’s “Best Kept Secret”, but this month a city gallery has even more than usual to share.

The Gallery, located upstairs in the Clayton Square shopping centre, is an independent art space crammed with goodies from local artists, including director Madelaina Murthwaite.

Since taking over the unit last year, she has created a welcoming place for everyone to enjoy art, and hosts regular events to keep things a bit different to anywhere else.

And Madelaina has an interesting story all her own. Despite her acclaim as a portrait artist – particularly for her pictures of celebrities such as Fernando Tor-res and Paul Weller, who she gets to sign the work - she discovered her talent by accident only a few years ago, using drawing and painting as therapy in an attempt to combat a debilitating condition known as fibromyalgia.

The chronic pain syndrome leaves sufferers ex-hausted and in Madelaina’s case, was sometimes so

bad she lost the use of her arms. She still lives with the illness now, and campaigns to raise awareness - least of all through the latest addition to the gallery, Fibro, a specially created Mankey Monkey, part of 100 made for a city-wide charity event.

But most of all, the ethos at The Gallery is one of fun and enjoyment over any arty elitism.

It hosts the new How Crafty Are You? family-friend-ly arts and craft fair on the second Saturday of each month (June 12 is the next one), and holds regular themed open exhibitions for all to contribute work, which attracts dozens of local artists. Don’t miss the next one, Mad About Dance, which opens on June 17 and runs until July 4.

The Gallery – Liverpool ’s Best Kept Secret is open Thursday to Sunday.

For more information on the latest from The Gallery, visit www.madelainartz.com.

Venue Of The Month

SakuraBy Maria Toolan

Liverpool’s First Contemporary Japanese Restaurant With A Twist

Housed within Liverpool’s cultural Ex-change Flags, in Liverpool’s Commercial District Sakura is the coolest new restau-

rant to come to the City.

Masamito Morino is the restaurant’s executive chef. Born in Osaka, Japan, Morino has over 30 years ex-perience in Japanese cuisine and has spent the past 2 years preparing Sakura’s mouth-watering menu. He works alongside 18 other highly experienced chefs from all around the world assisting him on his quest to take ultra-fine Japanese dining to a new level. Sakura’s food boasts traditions that date back over 2,000 years, but with a clever contemporary twist.

You can sit in the Teppanyaki area with its 18 teppan hotplates while the chef cooks provide an impressive floorshow cooking your dish to order. In the bar area you can relax in one of the private booths and feast on dishes from the sushi bar and the robatayati grill. A traditional Japanese charcoal grill that makes the tastiest selection of meat and seafood, such as Su-zuki No Shioyaki, a dish of salt grilled sea bass with burnt tomato ginger relish or chilli miso marinated lamb chop. Izakaya small platters of Japanese foods are also served on the robatayaki charcoal grill.

Robatayati grill is a traditional Japanese charcoal grill that makes the tastiest selection of meat and seafood, such as Suzuki No Shioyaki, a dish of salt grilled sea bass with burnt tomato ginger rel-ish or chilli miso marinated lamb chop. Izakaya, small platters of Japanese foods, will be served on the robatayaki charcoal grill.

Sakura caters for every type of guest, with private dining rooms seating up to groups of 20 people with your own chef and dedicated waiting on staff.

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Ideal for outdoor dining, the terrace area ensures this is a destination to be seen at. The decked seating area has revitalised this beautiful piazza which rivals that of many other European cities.

DJs from around the globe play out a mix of tranquil and exotic sounds or if you choose you can to chill out in the cocktail bar area where there is an exten-sive choice of cocktails. The cocktails were created especially for the restaurant by Jean Kleberson and Ferreira Rodriguez, renowned in the mixology world for designing the cocktail lists for Nobu, Jamie Ol-iver’s fifteen and The Ritz. However if champagne and wine are your choice of tipple there’s no need to worry as award-winning sommelier Richard Coulson has constructed the list, which features no less than 150 different wines and over 30 champagnes.

They even have a marine biologist on site looking after their Aquariums, home to dived oysters and scallops, pot caught Langoustines and lobsters hand-

picked and transported down from Scotland’s Loch Gairloch on a weekly basis.

However, there is a wide range of afford-able set menus like Duck Yaki Udon, miso soup and salad for just £9.25 or alternatively Hirame which is char-grilled plaice with ap-ple mustard dressing served on a bed of rice with erungii mushrooms for just £8.50.

Sit back and enjoy the food and the best view in the City.

World Cup FeverYou don’t need to miss out on the sunshine this year, as Sakura will be screening The World Cup outside on their large terraced area. 50 inch LCD’s will ensure that, you get the best view and don’t forget to check out their special World Cup Menus.

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Out For A Bite

Malmaison LiverpoolBy Maria Toolan

Malmaison Liverpool is located on the Liverpool Waterfront, although just a few years old it has already

established an excellent reputation. Favoured by locals and visitors alike it has a contempo-rary elegance.

We sampled their “3 Tenners” a set menu which offers a choice of two courses with or without wine. (£10 two courses for one, £20 two courses for two and £30 two courses for two with wine).

Opting for the third option, we decided on a dry crisp white wine, recommended by the Sommelier which worked well. The atmo-sphere was buzzy and light we deliberated over fresh bread and butter before making our final choices. I started with soup of the day which was broccoli. It was tasty and a good start. Both of the courses provide a fish, meat and vegetarian option so I decided to try the onglet steak. It was served to perfection ‘me-dium rare’ with a green salad and homemade

fries. There was a choice of sauces and I chose my favourite, Béarnaise sauce a French clas-sic. My colleague chose the salmon fishcake with fresh spinach which she assured me hit the spot. I could not resist trying the Malmai-son Crème Brulee and it tasted glorious. All of the staff are very attentive, but not intrusive, so you can linger if you wish. Great value for money especially the third option and the menu is changed frequently to take advantage of fresh local produce. (The 3 Tenners is avail-able Monday - Friday lunch or dinner anytime and the weekend between 6.30pm -7pm).

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San Carlo LiverpoolBy Maria Toolan

If you fancy a cocktail in the city get yourself over to San Carlo’s the brightest new thing on the street. It is Liverpool’s new place to ‘hang out and be seen’ already a favourite of the city’s cool and trendy crowd. Crammed at the weekend with the local revellers it is also a great midweek venue. The contemporary styled

bar is perfectly positioned near to the door, ideal for a spot of people watching. The cocktails in San Carlo’s are excellent, Julian one of the mixologists (who formerly worked for Claridges in London) takes great pride in his work and. I highly recommend that you try one of his Cosmopolitans. Sit back and relax or watch the coming and goings of the restaurant diners and should you start to feel a little peckish they even serve pizzas at the bar.

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City’s Top RestaurantsDocklandsElude Bar & Restaurant (Mediterranean)

T: 0151 227 3882E: [email protected]

15 Porter StreetLiverpool

L3 78L

Friday and Saturday evenings only 6pm onwardsOpening Times

Malmaison Liverpool (Brasserie)

T: 0151 229 50017 William Jessop Way

Princes DockLiverpool L3 1QZ

Lunch Sun- Fri 12 -2.30pm Dinner - 6.30pm – 10pm Sunday - 9.30Opening Times

Gusto – (Italian)

T: 0151 708 6969W: [email protected]

Edward PavilionAlbert Dock

Liverpool L3 4AF

Daily 12pm -12am Opening Times

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San Carlo (Italian)

T: Tel: 0151 236 0073Email: [email protected]

41 Castle StreetLiverpool

L2 9SH

Mon-Sun 12pm to 11pmOpening Times

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Blakes Restaurant (Traditional English)

T:0151 243 2121E:[email protected]

Hard day’s night Hotel 41 North John Street

Liverpool L2 6RR

Tue- Sat 12 -2.30pm - lunch 6-10pm - dinnerOpening Times

Ego (Mediterranean)

T: 0151 706 0707 E: [email protected]

Hope Street Liverpool Chinatown

Liverpool L1 9BP

12 till 10.30pmOpening Times

City Centre

Savina (Mexican & Cantina)


East Village 138 Duke StreetLiverpool L1 5AG

Mon-Fri lunch 12pm - 2.30pm Mon-Fri dinner 5pm - 11pm Sat 1pm -11pm Sun 1pm - 10.30pmOpening Times

Christakis Greek Taverna (Greek)

T: 0151 708 7377 E: [email protected]

7 York Street off Duke Street Liverpool L1

Mon- Thurs 4-11pm Fri –Sat 4-12pm Sun 4-11pmOpening Times

The Buddleia (British modern and Mediterranean)T: 0151 708 3636E: kuku.egermeier @contemporaryurbancentre.org

The Contemporary Urban Centre41 – 51 Greenland Street

Liverpool L1 0BS

Mon- Sat: 11am - 9pm Sun: 11am - 6pmOpening Times

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John Cotton Interview

John Cotton: There are fewer words to describe this man, mine being “absolute legend” at 54 years of age, John still has the capability to rock

the crowd of Techno thirsty clubbers until the ungod-ly times of 8am sometimes even 9am. This is me on Mr John Cotton, a true Liverpool legend.

What are your musical influences?I don’t really have any to be honest; I love music, lots of different types from all around the World, not just dance music. You would be shocked by some of the C.Ds I have ! When I am looking for music to play in the clubs I have always had a simple formula, if I like it I buy it and I play it ! Oh and I try to be a bit differ-ent, it would be boring if everybody played the same.

How did you get to be a D.J John?I always loved music even when I was very young I enjoyed playing my favourite records to my family, I suppose all the signs were there from a very young age! I ended up buying some equipment and starting a mobile disco “The Musical Box” mobile disco, usual stuff weddings etc, then I started doing the bars in Liverpool and it just progressed from there and I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.

What clubs are you playing at the minute?I had a break for a few months but am now back play-ing a few regular nights each month. I have my 100% COTTON night at G Bar when I play a 4 hour set from 0300 until 0700, this is the night I use to play lots of newer stuff with a few classics thrown in to liven things up, and The House Of Bounce night on the first Friday of each month, myself and Neil James playing all the classics that have made G Bar Liver-pool’s most successful after-hours. I am also starting

a new residency at Bad Format on the first Saturday of each month commencing 5th June, the night is called “Aliens Have Took My Mum” and I will be playing from 0200 until 0330.

I know that you had been resident down at the GBar for so many years, and last year you stopped doing your weekly res-idency there, but still play your 100% COTTON night once a month, what was it like to leave GBar after so many years. Or is it better now that you only do once a month ?Leaving G Bar was very hard for me after 10 years; I was really touched by the hundreds, seriously hun-dreds of messages I received. The reason I decided to leave was because I needed a break to see how I felt about playing. Peoples clubbing habits have changed over the last few years and most people don’t go out weekly anymore, and it was not happening every week like it had been in the past. People seem chose the night that’s right for them now and by playing monthly at 100% COTTON I hope that anybody who likes the music that I play will choose this as their night out.

I see you’re booked to play the Sunset Festival this summer, are you looking forward to it, and what other events or festivals will we be able to catch you playing over the next few months?Yes Sunset Festival should be really nice, it’s always nice to do something different and this will be a first for me. The promoters of the event hope that this will be the first of a regular annual event, I was thrilled to be asked to play and can always say “I was there at

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the first event” I have a few boat parties to play during the Summer and possibly some other bits which are not confirmed yet.

Which artists do you most admire?I don’t really have a regular favourite; they change all the time just like the music. If I had to choose anybody at this moment in time I suppose it would be Daniel Steinberg.

Have you got any big plans lined up for next year?There have been a few things talked about with vari-ous promoters but I have been around long enough to wait and see what happens. Watch this space !!!

Where is your most favourite place you ever have played at ?That’s a tricky one ! I have played abroad quite a lot, Jerusalem was great experience and Haifa, also Novi Sad in Serbia. But Holland has always impressed me most. I played the very first FFWD (Fast Forward) street parade in Rotterdam where 350,000 people turned out to watch the 40 trucks, that was a great day. But if I had to pick one club and one event it would be Pure U.K at The Escape in Amsterdam, it was always my dream to play there.

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Have you any plans to slow down?I decided to stop playing when I was 30, then 40 then 50. It’s not looking likely to be honest !! Maybe when I am 60….but we will see !

What is your most prized thing in your music collection ?It changes weekly.

Any unfulfilled ambitions?I have done most of the things I have wanted to do. It would have been nice to play Ibiza but I haven’t and won’t lose any sleep over it. I have travelled the world and had a great time. I still have a little bit of playing left in me so maybe I will tick the final box and play Ibiza before I finally call it a day.

What is your biggest extravagance?I am not really an extravagant person to be hon-est.

Are you coming to play Sideshow in the near future, ha? ;)

I have been hearing good things about Sideshow so there is a good possibility that I will be there sometime in the near future.Thanks John.

Celebrity Interview

Justine Mills

Justine Mills is the co-owner of Cricket, the famous fashion boutique frequented by the local fashionistas; it has become one of Liverpool’s most successful exports. Cricket brought the catwalk to Liverpool and it is now a globally acclaimed brand.

I met Justine in her shop on a Saturday afternoon chatting with one of her customers. Although I am from Liverpool, I have never visited her boutique so I was curious to visit the shrine of Liverpool fashion. It is an Aladdin’s Cave, filled with every colour fabric designer brand and size, it’s a Carrie Bradshaw dream come true. I can see why it is so popular, apart from the choice, the atmosphere is relaxed and friendly and as for the clothes Wow Wow…

1. My Blackberry“No matter where I go I can work as long as I have my Blackberry with me A great deal of my business is now international so I can keep in touch despite all the different time zones”

2. My Chanel bagsI asked her how many she actually owned…“Over 10 but under 20” she says, “Let me think 3 black, a patent one big silver one, little silver one a pink one, a red one….”

3. My Louboutins“I need my high heels; she insists, “They just make me tick”

4. Magazines and E! Entertainment”“Monthly ones weekly ones – they are my fix but they also allow me to keep my eye on what‘s new, it’s research really. Sky 151 I never miss out on the world of celebrities.

5. Food and good restaurants“I love eating out” she says my favourites are, Delifonseca, in North John Street 60 Hope Street and The Warehouse in Southport.

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6. Fashion Weeks“I love all of them”. She gets very animated. Which is best I ask? “Well London Fashion Week is edgy, like New York, Milan is classic but Paris is the best. Paris is where I do 70% of my buying. Everyone gets really dressed up; they really push the boat out for Paris Fashion Week. I stay in the same place, Hotel Tremoille on Rue Tremoille which is just next to Avenue Montaigne (Les Champs Elysees). They are great at the hotel they know me now and I really feel at home there. My favourite restaurant is L’Avenue they serve food all day and its great for people watching”.

7. Liverpool – The City“I am proud to be from Liverpool”. The people of the city have shaped my business. Liv-erpool set trends we don’t follow them. I love Liverpool and I wouldn’t live anywhere else I don’t need to that’s why I have developed my brand as Cricket Liverpool.”

8. Family, friends and my staff“My best friend is Sheree Murphy we speak at least twice a day…my Cricket staff are brilliant”

9. Costume jewellery and scarves“Costume jewellery expresses my personality and my Louis Vuitton scarves; they are my signature look ... my comfort blanket.”

10 .Kick boxing“I really switch off when I go… it’s my time out”

“I am proud to be from Liverpool. The people of the city have shaped my business. Liverpool set trends we don’t follow them. I love Liverpool and I wouldn’t live anywhere else I don’t need to that’s why I have developed my brand as Cricket Liverpool.”

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Football

Round Up & World CupBy Footie man

The dust has settled on this season`s perform-ances of both Merseyside`s teams so what of the chances for the upcoming season.

Must clubs spend to get in the top four?

Everton have not the finances therefore they must rely upon Moyes` shrewdness in ascertaining quality bargin basement buys.The transfer rumour mill has begun : Pienaar ,Jagielka and Rodwell fated by the big money clubs.Moyes is interested in signing another Liege player.

The more optimistic Everton fans cite Wenger as a testament that success is not dependant on big mon-ey signing. The coveted fourth place if consolidated over a couple of years will enable clubs to seriously compete for the major honours. Everton fans hope that Moyes will emulate Wenger.

On the other hand with the sacking of Benitez which leaves most Liverpool fans disappointed as the general feeling was they were prepared to give Rafa a last chance .However the owners have exacted revenge.The ultimatum given by both Ger-rard and Torres in respect of the need for four quality signing did not look likely after the Hicks statement which was a response to David Moores.Will King Kenny be coerced into taking the caretaker role.With little spending money available and the owners looking to get out this looks like a poisoned chalice.The players appear to be used as the scapegoat for Rafa`s dismissal .Press reports cited that top players

had threatned to leave if Benitez stayed. The players immediately denied this allegation. Liverpool are on the precipice of mediocrity and if the owners want to protect their investment then they must spend. If they do not invest I can see a repetition of this season`s scenario.

Transfer news churns up the usual suspects : Torres and Gerrard`s imminent exit.Real Madrid want Gerrard ,will Torres stay?Liverpool fans will be desperately hoping for a rich investor to quickly purchase the club.

The World Cup is nearly upon us and commercial overkill has begun. Capello has been reprimanded by the F.A for trying to cash in on promoting a football computer game. Football will be used during the World Cup to sell almost every conceivable product known to man. Beckham will be there staring into the cameras with that practised vacuous male model look reminiscent of Ben Stiller in Zoolander.....of course it is all about the product.

Of course the real product is the beautiful game and England are in with a real chance.The stage is set Brazil and Spain are the favourites but remember it is a cup competition and whoever hits form over this period can win it .

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Moroccan Younes El Aynaoui and Chil-ean Olympic gold medallist Nicolas Massu will be entertaining the

crowds as they descend on Calderstones Park be-tween June 16th and 20th. Former world number 14, El Aynaoui is best remembered for holding the record for competing in the longest fifth set in Grand Slam history. In 2003 at the Australian Open he lost the deciding set of his quarter final tie 21-19 to American star Andy Roddick. Massu, who is currently ranked inside the world’s top 100, became the first Chilean ever to win an Ol-ympic Gold medal when he won both the singles and doubles events at the Athens games in 2004. Both men will join two former Wimbledon cham-pions John McEnroe, Martina Hingis and the world number one doubles champions the Bryan Brothers. Jeremy Bates, who won the first British

doubles title at Wimbledon in 1987, for the first time in 51 years, and later went on to win the Australian Open in 1991, will also be among the line-up at this year’s event. He won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles dur-ing his career and after retiring from the professional circuit he has continued to be heavily involved in tennis, captaining Britain’s Davis Cup team. Paul-Henri Mathieu, from France, will headline the ATP Players’ singles event in Liverpool. He is currently ranked 41 in the ATP list.

Tickets for the tennis are available from Ticketmaster on 0844 847 2332 or by logging onto: www.liverpooltennis.co.uk

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The Venetian window from the Trueman St façade of a Geor-gian merchant’s house 1790.

Former home of the 18th cen-tury distiller John Houghton. Unfortunately placed at the

corner of Dale St and Trueman St,one of only a handful of

Georgian houses on this scale in the city centre, (four storeys,

five bays) a particularly fine façade to the Trueman St eleva-

tion. Sadly showing signs of wear and tear, some conserva-

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May 2010 saw the Pageant Of Power come to the streets of Liverpool, an annual event usually hosted at Cholmondeley

Castle in Cheshire. This time it was our turn, Liverpool’s Strand was closed to cars from Canning Street Police HQ opposite the Albert Dock to Mann Island.

The 500m stretch of road played host to some of the most exclusive and exciting cars ever made. From Lamborghini LP570-4 Gallardo’s to a £1.5m Bugatti Veyron with 1000bhp. In addition to the

supercars were Le Mans race cars from Jaguar and Bentley. Still not impressed? how about a 24litre W12 Napier-Bentley or a Chevrolette powered JCB GT that can pull wheelies?

As much as the cars are nice to look at and even see accelerating up the track, nothing could have

prepared you for the noise created by James Walkers SuperLeague Formula

race car with a 750BHP V12 simi-lar to the engines found in 1990’s F1 cars. James put on a great show for the 20,000 spectators, with burnouts and donuts.

There has been no word as to whether the event will return

to Liverpool next year but we will keep you posted if we hear

anything.

PetrolHead By Craig Brake

Photography By Gorillainasuit.com


Win a ticket to see the latest blockbuster The Tooth Fairy courtesy of Odeon Liverpool One.

Derek Thompson (Dwayne Johnson) is ‘The Tooth Fairy,’ a hard-charging minor league hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster’s hopes, he’s sentenced to one

week’s hard labour as a real tooth fairy, complete with the requisite tutu, wings and magic wand. At first, Derek “can’t handle the tooth” – bumbling and stumbling as he tries to furtively wing his way through strangers’ homes…doing what tooth fairies do. However, as Derek slowly adapts to his new position, he begins to rediscover his own forgotten dreams.

Derek Thompson is played by which Actor?

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The first correct answer received will win a Family Ticket to see the new blockbuster at Odeon Liverpool One.

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