Why 'Brookie' matters The bleeding-edge Scouse soap broke hearts and set records. The Post’s Laurence Thompson asks if it can it still be relevant in 2025 I’m six years old, sitting on the couch at our home in Wallasey, vaguely aware we’re watching Brookside – or ‘Brookie’, as everyone calls it. On ... Read More...
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Liverpool-born star of stage and screen Claire Sweeney will return to host the YM Liverpool Property & Business Awards in November, marking her fourth consecutive year at the helm of the renowned industry event. Familiar to audiences nationwide, Claire first rose to fame as Lindsey Corkhill in Channel 4’s Brookside and ... Read More...
Barry Sloane Interview Garston-born, LA-based actor Barry Sloane is known for bringing raw, emotionally charged characters to life across stage, screen and video games. Here, he reflects on the choices that have shaped a career which includes voicing Captain Price in the blockbuster Call of Duty franchise, a blistering turn as ... Read More...
Liverpool Made the Radio Star Claire Sweeney is back on the airwaves with a brand new series for BBC Radio Merseyside. The star of stage and screen chats to some of the most famous names in music, TV, film, theatre, entertainment and sport, all of who are from Liverpool or have ... Read More...
Liverpool-born 'Corrie' writer talks to YM Liverpool - Jan McVerry interview As a long-time writer on ITV’s ‘Coronation Street’, Orrell Park-born Jan McVerry has been behind more than 200 episodes of the nation’s best loved soap. We caught up with the storyliner putting a scouse stamp on Manchester’s greatest export to discover ... Read More...
Phil Redmond will stay on as chair of National Museums Liverpool (NML) until January 2017, it has been announced. The Brookside creator, who took up the role in 2008, heads up a board of trustees which rules on major issues relating to the city’s museums and art galleries. Phil succeeded television presenter ... Read More...