All Together Now – the Football Quarter
If you were following the Twitter #banter during Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final between fans of local rivals Everton and Liverpool, you might be forgiven for thinking it was all a little charged:...
View ArticleGazing into the Pool of Life
‘Nothing ever lasts forever,’ sang Echo & the Bunnymen and sometimes that’s fine. Nostalgia for the recent past can stop us enjoying the moment and generate fear for the future. Let your phony...
View ArticleWell Red magazine Issue 8
What a year it has been for Liverpool Football Club. Ditching two managers, one sometimes loved, one universally loathed. Jettisoning two feckless owners with the assistance of unlikely heroes in the...
View ArticleIndependence Day
Liverpool fans gathered at St. George’s Hall in the city yesterday to celebrate their independence from the American owners who have loaded the football club with millions in debt while failing to...
View ArticleMy team is Red
‘It’s all thought out,’ Flavia said. ‘This [music] and the football stadium – they give us two places to scream and curse and stamp our feet. They’re not stupid… they’re evil. They know they have to...
View ArticleWell Red
Feeling a little guilty at the lack of new reading material I have been providing loyal ten minutes hate readers with lately, so instead here is a reminder to get yourself a copy of some of the finest...
View ArticleJapan: the first month
All pictures by Julia Top: an obsession is born, Roppongi Crossing sizzles in the heat, Bento Heaven Middle: downtown platform, Samurai noodles, Tokyo Tower Bottom: You walk into a bar…, Japanese...
View ArticleHicks and Gillett, do one!
Almost three months to the day since we gathered at St George’s Hall to declare our independence from the owners of Liverpool Football Club, it looks as if the gig is finally up for these two...
View ArticleWorld Cup naysayers
The World Cup is here and isn’t it glorious? The sun shines and I manage to fit in an early morning stroll on the beach before heading home to watch three almost back-to-back football matches EACH DAY....
View ArticleIn the Crowd review: Laurent Mauvignier’s powerful Heysel novel
At this time of year, the anniversaries come often for Liverpool fans, the games we love to remember and the ones we will never forget for completely different reasons. One date that should resonate...
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