Christmas shopping - a survivor's tale

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Posted by Mark Thomas on December 22, 2007 4:14 PM

'Twas the Saturday before Christmas, and they were really entering into the spirit of things down at Tesco's in Bidston this morning.
I took on the annual Christmas grocery run, while Penny took our dog out in the pouring rain. I thought she had drawn the short straw, till I got there.

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Liverpool Nativity beamed live to the nation

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Posted by Mark Thomas on December 16, 2007 11:05 PM

I've just finished watching a recording of tonight's BBC Three broadcast of the Liverpool Nativity, a couple of hours after getting home from watching the live performance.
It was a freezing cold night, but I'm pleased to say that a lot of hardy souls defied the icy weather to come out and turn it into a special evening.

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Has 2008 started already?

Posted by Mark Thomas on December 7, 2007 5:46 PM

It has been an exhausting but absolutely exhilarating week for me, with a diary so full of fantastic events that I keep having to glance at my diary to reassure myself we are still in 2007.
I was at Anfield on Sunday to see Liverpool FC breeze past Bolton 4-0 in a premiership romp.
As I mentioned in a previous entry, Monday night was remarkable on any level. I was lucky enough to be at the Royal Variety Performance at the Empire, which was a truly wonderful event.

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Help us make the news

Posted by me on December 4, 2007 8:42 PM

Mark Thomas has kindly let me post on his blog about an exciting project we are working on at the Liverpool Daily Post.

We have launched a survey online which asks people for their opinions on the Big Dig. If you live or work on the city centre, then you are bound to have an opinion on it.

To take part, either copy and paste this url

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZXWD8FXix9uZimlNZQsMkw_3d_3d

or visit the Liverpool Daily Post website and click on the link just below the news headlines.

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Royal Variety Performance and Turner Prize rock Liverpool

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• Jon Bon Jovi
• Paul Potts
• Prince Phillip
• Queen
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• Russell Brand
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Posted by Mark Thomas on December 3, 2007 11:59 PM

There was magic in the air in Liverpool last night, as the Royal Variety Performance and the announcement of the Turner Prize vied to call the nation's attention to the city's imminent emergence as European Capital of Culture.
I was at the Empire Theatre to see some of the greatest stars in showbusiness entertain the Queen and Prince Phillip, and it was a night to remember.

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Teacher Gillian Gibbons released in Sudan

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Posted by Mark Thomas on December 3, 2007 3:20 PM

Fantastic to hear today that Liverpool schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons has been pardoned by the president of Sudan and released.
As the comments we have received on this story clearly demonstrate, the consensus from moderate, sensible people of all faiths was that her conviction and imprisonment for the "offence" of allowing her classroom of seven-years-old children to name their teddy bear Mohammed was a travesty of justice.

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