Tag Archives: Waterloo

Eleanor Nelly, Gig Review. Write Blend, Waterloo.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There are moments in a young musician’s life when the sound they create is not only stunning, it can make the die-hards and the cynical weep behind closed eyes and have them mutter that whilst music may have changed, it remains intact and an endearing presence in some.

In Eleanor Nelly, one of Liverpool’s bright young things, that presence is keenly felt and to admired, even when she is supporting someone different in a book shop in Waterloo. Being able to watch this fine musician up close and personal in amongst the books and rampaging taste of coffee and stirring tea was not only a singular pleasure but one that encapsulated the point of encouraging the young to strive for all they can; for dreams are soon too easily dashed if not nurtured and held on to.

Eleanor Nelly, Gig Review. Write Blend, Waterloo. full post

(378 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Big Names Including Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Tim Quinn And Jane Costello To Join New Merseyside Writing Festival.

Merseyside authors including Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Tim Quinn, Jane Costello, David Ebsworth, Jude Lennon, and Rory O’Keefe will be taking part in a new Festival which aims to get the Merseyside community writing.

The event, led by Waterloo-based bookshop Write Blend, includes a free children’s competition offering a chance for the winner’s story to be illustrated by local artist Holly Bushnell, framed and displayed in the bookshop and read out on television and radio.

Big Names Including Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Tim Quinn And Jane Costello To Join New Merseyside Writing Festival. full post

(457 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

The Southbound Attic Band, Gig Review. Write Blend, Waterloo.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

An evening with one of Liverpool’s favourite set of performers has arguably never been so laid back, filled with sensational imagery and the wonderful harking back to childhood reminisce as the sound of The Southbound Attic Band gently resonated though the pages of abundant books and the visibly moved audience at Waterloo’s cultural oasis of Write Blend.

The Southbound Attic Band, Gig Review. Write Blend, Waterloo. full post

(551 words, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

Waterloo Illuminations.

It is a grace of Waterloo

and one that the Iron Men

and seagulls hold no dominion

as they squabble over sunlight

and the quiet rage of the ships

that cut through the Mersey sound

on their way down stream.

 

The other end of South Road,

the bottom stop and between

the Liver and X2 stops

of Southport and Preston

stands firm the Plaza, resplendent

since the outbreak of war

and since “Peace in our Time”

was declared over cold eggs and copious tea

Waterloo Illuminations. full post

(227 words, estimated 54 secs reading time)

The Man From U.N.C.L.E, Film Review. Plaza Cinema, Waterloo.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Luca Calvani, Hugh Grant, Sylvester Groth, Jared Harris, Christian Berkel, Misha Kuznetsov, Guy Williams, Marianna Di Matino, Simona Caparrini.

It’s almost impossible to dislike what Guy Ritchie brings to the world of film, he is at times the epitome of what great British cinema should be viewed as and his latest venture, a suave and sophisticated remake of the classic 1960s television programme The Man From U.N.C.L.E, is up there with RockNRolla, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and the excellent Robert Downey Jnr. versions of Sherlock Holmes in terms of high pace, intelligent, creative independence and stylish cinema.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E, Film Review. Plaza Cinema, Waterloo. full post

(485 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Silently Out To Sea.

Still they stand,

wedged hard and rusting in the glow of

sunrise… sunset

and the tides that cover them in between,

these men of unblinking perspective

and who show their contempt

for Humanity by turning their back

ever away from the shore line

and the gaze of seagulls,

punished for their insane chattering

and their dogged resistance to change.

 

Though blind from birth, they see all

and in the whispered delusions that reach

their ears from screams of children

and the agony of parenthood,

Silently Out To Sea. full post

(164 words, estimated 39 secs reading time)