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“The Big Lebowski” (1998)

“The Banshees of Inisherin” (2022)

“Amsterdam” (2022)

Foxes come bearing Christmas gifts for a below par Reds

“28 Days Later” (2002)

“Enemy” (2013)

“Barton Fink” (1991)

“The Prestige” (2006)

“The Hunger” (1983)

“Memento” (2000)

Here’s a Christmas idea I can get behind

“Fight Club” (1999)

Game of 2 halves but Reds grab all 3 Christmas points at Villa Park

“Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)

“Steve Jobs” (2015)

“Red State” (2011)

“Drive” (2011)

“Dogma” (1999)

“Beetlejuice” (1988)

“The Proposition” (2005)

“Death Proof” (2007)

“Top Gun” (1986)

De Bruyne masterclass dumps Reds out of the Carabao Cup

“Edward Scissorhands” (1990)

Has Stanford University banned any more words today?

“Down Terrace” (2009)

“Biutiful” (2010)

“Her” (2013)

“True Romance” (1993)

Stokes and McCullum — Viva la revolution!

Teenager spins England to the brink of another historic victory

Brook century edges England ahead in another thriller in Pakistan

Argentina Campeones del Mundo!

“Fargo” (1996)

Croatia triumph over Moroccan pride before tomorrow’s main event

England on top as wickets tumble in Karachi

“Kill Bill: Volume 1” (2003)

3rd Place Play-Offs and other pointless ramblings from the World Cup

Heartbreak for the Atlas Lions as Les Bleus find a way to win. Again.

“Michael Clayton” (2007)

Messi leads Albicelestes into another World Cup Final

“Children of Men” (2006)

“Rushmore” (1998)

“The Dark Arts” and other tall tales from the World Cup

England make history once more and Test Match cricket is alive and well

“Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)

England are coming home as Morocco shock the world. Again!

Cricket

Brook and Duckett lead England into a strong position in the 2nd Test

Argentina and Croatia in a shoot-out for the World Cup Final

“Jackie Brown” (1997)

World Cup quarter-finals, and the “Hand of God”

Full Moon Fever at the World Cup

Morocco shake up the world and who needs Ronaldo anyway?

“Shallow Grave” (1994)

Brazil dance into the quarter-finals as Croatia break Japanese hearts

Stokes leads England to an era defining win in Rawalpindi

Mbappe and Bellingham with the world at their feet

Another extraordinary day’s Test Match cricket sets up a final day shoot-out in Rawalpindi

Vamos Messi! Netherlands next after they expose the naivety of the USA

“Sightseers” (2012)

Babar Azam with a majestic century but England end Day 3 on top

The Indomitable Lions and a World Cup win for the ages

Kill List (2011)

Belgium and Germany depart on yet another day of VAR inspired madness

Pakistan fight back in a slowly developing stalemate in Rawalpindi

Record tumble in Rawalpindi as England put Pakistan to the sword

Magnificent Mac Allister steers Argentina into the Last 16

Conversations with “The Father”

Two captains performances see the “Lions of Teranga” and the USA through to the last 16

Portugal’s progress is made in Manchester as Uruguay’s demise is a relic to a footballing past

Allez Les Rouge! Viva Espana! And is this Auf Wiedersehen for Die Mannschaft?

Whatever happened to Gauchito?

Messi to the rescue, Mbappe at the double and Australia threaten to advance at the world’s fair

Heartbreak for Wales as the “Evil Empire” serve up a snooze fest

Ronaldo announces his arrival as Brazil dance to Richarlison’s tune

Pedri dazzles as Germany are humbled and politics returns to the World Cup once more

Saudi Arabia shake up the world as the holders skip past the Socceroos

Bellingham shines for 6 goal England as Gareth bales out Wales

The World Cup is underway, and under the spectre of the all seeing eye

“the Myth of Normal”

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” — A retrospective

Is this the last post for Twitter?

“Moon” revisited from the dark side of Sam Rockwell

Local boy in the photograph

The madness of solipsism

Reds edge closer to their 13th League title with vital win at St Andrews

Has the free bird flown over the cuckoo’s nest?

Sunday night report from the Sports Desk

Ramblings from within The Matrix

World Cup Countdown — Allez Les Bleus!

Nunez at the double but Becker the unsung hero as the Reds sign off for the World Cup with a win

A Radiohead t-shirt. A Sword of Damocles. And an unwanted hat-trick

I’m NOT a celebrity. Where’s the Midazolam?

Kid Kelleher the Kop hero in the Carabao Cup once again!

“The Captain” (2022)

The telephone call I no longer have to make

Me and my beautiful shadow

Salah at the double to defeat a woeful Spurs. Reds climb to 8th.

Baseball season is over Bubba!

“See How They Run” (2022)

Stranger in a strange land

Rookie breaks Phillies hearts in a thriller. Astros a game away from World Series glory

“The Reptile” leads the Astros to historic no hitter in Philadelphia. World Series is tied 2–2

Blowout in Game 3 as the Phillies shut out the Astros

VAR to the rescue as the Reds await the cream of Europe in the New Year

A rainy night in the Evil Empire

Framber Valdez spins a gem as the Astros level up the World Series at 1–1

Birthday boy Summerville stuns The Kop as an energetic Leeds are far too good for a woeful Reds

“The Bird is Freed”

Phillies take Game 1 on a wild night in Houston

“Don’t Worry Darling” (2022)

VAR and the deliberate dumbing down of the “Beautiful Game”

Hey Elon! Give us a job!

Reds ease into the last 16 of the Champions League with an imperious victory in Amsterdam

Whelan at the double as the Reds edge closer to their 13th League Title

Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)

My love affair with Ironbridge, then and now

“Flight” (2012)

“The Walk” (2015)

Ex Red Awoniyi cuts down a ragged and out of sorts Liverpool

It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel perturbed)

My love affair with Ironbridge, then and now

Nunez goal enough to see off powder puff Hammers at Anfield

My love affair with Ironbridge, then and now

Five star Reds stretch their lead at the top of the 1st Division

Cancelo cancelled as City capitulate at a white hot Anfield

Rookie delight on a crazy night of baseball as the Dodgers plummet through the trapdoor

“Cherry” (2021)

Padres one game away as the Dodgers “best record in baseball” looks in tatters

“Halloween Ends” (2022)

Padres level the series in a humdinger of a game at Dodger Stadium

Salah’s six minute hat-trick steals Firmino’s thunder as the Reds rout the Blues

Urias sets the table for the Bullpen to secure Game One win for the Dodgers

A tale of two penalties and a whole heap of madness at The Emirates

“Skippy” settles the Derby as the Reds close in on top spot

“The Forever Prisoner” (2021)

“The Greatest Beer Run Ever” (2022)

“tick, tick…BOOM!” (2021)

Living in Limbo

Reds take great leap forward in Europe after easy win in the “Battle of Britain”

“A Small Fortune” (2021)

“Resurrection” (2022)

“Nobody” (2021)

“Nomadland” (2020)

Trossard the hat-trick hero as the Reds stumble again

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

“Limbo” (2020).

“Dune” (2021)

“Gold” (2022)

A sneak peek at the Ironbridge Festival

“The Seventh Day” (2021)

“The Tender Bar” (2021)

Wembley is wonderful for Whelan!

“Aftersun” (2022)

A beautiful return to Chirk Castle

“The Lighthouse” (2019)

Two noble fools return to Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon

“Prisoners” (2013)

A return to a “Stream in the Sky”

“Pinocchio” (2022)

Reds up to 4th after comprehensive victory at Elland Road

Llangollen and “Horseshoe Falls”

“My Son Hunter” (2022)

Caergwrle Castle

Bumble Hole and Delph Locks

“All My Friends Hate Me” (2022)

Reds close the gap in the race for the Division 1 Title

Droitwich Spa

“Where the Crawdads Sing” (2022)

“Into the Deep” (2022)

Joel Matip’s late winner kickstarts the Reds European campaign at last

A loving appreciation of Philip Seymour Hoffman

Reds dumped out of the FA Cup at a “bubbling” Stamford Bridge

Django Unchained through the eyes of a new Quentin Tarantino fan

“Requiem For A Dream” — Revisited

A Sunday stroll around Worcester

Neapolitan nightmare symptomatic of Reds “Sword of Damocles” season

Kidderminster to Wolverley

“Fall” (2022)

Beautiful Bewdley on the banks of the River Severn

Postcards from the edge of living

Shakespeare in the Stratford Sunshine — Part 9

Shakespeare in the Stratford Sunshine — Part 8

Lichfield Cathedral basking in the early morning sunshine

A return to Ironbridge in the sunshine

Revisiting The Grand Budapest Hotel

Shakespeare in the Stratford Sunshine — Part 7

Croxden Abbey — alive in the afternoon sunshine

Merseyside Derby stalemate just desserts for Reds and Blues alike

“Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee” (2022)

Wall Roman Site and City Ruins

Last gasp Carvalho breaks Newcastle hearts

Early morning sunshine from Stourport-on-Severn

“Bullet Train” (2022)

Reflections from Bratch Locks

Pulp Fiction through the eyes of an 18 year old

“Thirteen Lives” (2022)

Shakespeare in the Stratford Sunshine — Part 6

Reflections from Stewponey Locks

“Brian and Charles” (2022)

Reds pick apart The Cherries as their season finally takes flight

Shakespeare in the Stratford Sunshine — Part 5

A Field of Dreams in Ironbridge

Shrewsbury in the sunshine

The 16 Locks of Stourbridge

Coalport and Jackfield

The 3 C’s — Coventry, Canal and Cathedral

Shakespeare in the Stratford Sunshine — Part 4

Los Blancos Liverpool beaten at their own game by the Devils in Red

Shakespeare in the Stratford Sunshine — Part 3

Buildwas Abbey

A magical afternoon at RAF Cosford

Is “The Prestige” Christopher Nolan’s unloved masterpiece?

Stokesay Castle

Shakespeare in the Stratford Sunshine — Part 2

St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow

Ellesmere in Bloom

White Ladies Priory

Acton Burnell Castle

Liverpool 1 Crystal Palace 1

“Nope” (2022)

Early morning sunshine at Moreton Corbet Castle

Shakespeare in the Stratford Sunshine — Part 1

“A Stream in the Sky”

Haughmond Abbey

Lilleshall Abbey

“Prey” (2022)

Oswestry in Bloom

“Field of Dreams” 2022

Powis Castle, Wales

Whittington Castle

The medieval ruins of Clun Castle

Fulham 2 Liverpool 2

A stroll in the Welsh sunshine

“King Richard” (2021)

Chirk to St Martin’s

“Snowpiercer” (2013)

Liverpool 3 Manchester City 1

“The Little Things” (2021)

Liverpool 1 Manchester City 3

“Road to Perth” (2021)

“No Man of God (2021)

A lost Englishman in Wales

A canal side stroll into Birmingham

“The Guilty” (2021)

“Morbius” (2022)

“The Gray Man” (2022)

“The Contractor” (2022)

“Umma” (2022)

21 Canal Locks to Wolverhampton

“Deep Water” (2022)

Whistle stop tour of Chester

“The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

Conversations with the Great Beyond

Five watering holes along the waterways

Hurleston Locks to Nantwich

“The Black Phone” (2022)

Whitchurch to Grindley Brook

Nantwich to Hurleston Locks

Liverpool 0 Flamengo 3

Nantwich to Hack Green

Grindley Brook Locks

Knighton to High Offley

“The Phantom of the Open” (2022)

Adderley Locks to Market Drayton

Liverpool 0 Manchester United 1

Hack Green to Nantwich

High Offley to Knighton

Hurleston Locks

High Offley to Norbury Junction

Liverpool 2 Manchester United 2

Audlem to Baddington

Autherley Junction

Market Drayton to Adderley Locks

Wheaton Aston to Brewood

“All The Old Knives” (2022)

“Elvis” (2022)

Norbury Junction to High Offley

Brewood to Wheaton Aston

Baddington to Audlem

Liverpool 3 Everton 1

“Men” (2022)

Wheaton Aston to Little Onn

“Georgetown” (2021)

“Spiderhead” (2022)

High Onn to Gnosall

Letter to the Social Media Editor

Gnosall to High Onn

Wheaton Aston

Sunderland 2 Liverpool 4

About Me — Stephen Blackford

“Crimes of the Future” (2022)

Norbury Junction to Gnosall

Liverpool 4 Ipswich Town 0

Audlem to Adderley via Audlem Locks

Ladyline to Woodseaves Cutting

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 2

Liverpool 1 Manchester United 2

An old man needed to see the sea

Brighton 3 Liverpool 3

Liverpool 2 Swansea City 2

West Ham United 1 Liverpool 1

Liverpool 0 Aston Villa 0

Liverpool 2 Arsenal 0

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

Google Chatbot is “sentient AI”

“Pi” (1998)

“Hustle” (2022)

Letter to the Politics Editor

I’m a leap-year baby!

A pictorial stroll along the River Severn

The Blonde and The Big Lebowski

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

“Sundown” (2022)

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Welcome to the Metaverse

I love Stranger Things!

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

Tears and tear gas as Los Blancos triumph in Paris.

UEFA Champions League Final Preview

A pictorial stroll along the River Severn

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

Don’t dream it’s over

“I just miss hearing your voice”

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

Southampton 1 Liverpool 2

“The Staircase” (2022)

Jurgen Klopp’s “Mentality Monsters” triumph again

FA Cup Final Preview

Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 2

Liverpool 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1

Villarreal 2 Liverpool 3

The Genius of Quentin Tarantino Vol 2

“Don’t Look Up” (2021)

Newcastle United 0 Liverpool 1

Liverpool 2 Villarreal 0

“Old” (2021)

Twitter Watch: Vol.10

Liverpool 2 Everton 0

“Uncharted” (2022)

7 European trips following the Mighty Reds of Liverpool

The Genius of Quentin Tarantino

“The Batman” (2022)

“C’mon C’mon” (2021)

Liverpool 4 Manchester United 0

7 European trips following the Mighty Reds of Liverpool

Manchester City 2 Liverpool 3

I’m in love with Elon Musk

“The Outfit” (2022)

Liverpool 3 Benfica 3

7 European trips following the Mighty Reds of Liverpool

Manchester City 2 Liverpool 2

Letter to the Sports Editor

Benfica 1 Liverpool 3

Twitter Watch: Vol.9

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

Liverpool 2 Watford 0

Twitter Watch: Vol.8

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

7 European trips following the Mighty Reds of Liverpool

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Nottingham Forest 0 Liverpool 1

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Arsenal 0 Liverpool 2

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Nine Days (2021)

The Doomsday Clock: Revisited

Twitter Watch: Vol.7

“Nightmare Alley” (2021)

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Brighton 0 Liverpool 2

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Ozark, Radiohead and a Peaky Blinders warning from the Daily Mail

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Liverpool 0 Inter Milan 1

Tea and Biscuits in the West Indies

Licorice Pizza (2021)

Liverpool 1 West Ham United 0

Twitter Watch: Vol.6

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

Liverpool 2 Norwich City 1

The State of the Union

VAR — An unpopular opinion

It was ten years ago today

Kid Kelleher The Kop Hero!

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

House of Gucci (2021)

Carabao League Cup Final Preview

The French Dispatch (2021)

Liverpool 6 Leeds United 0

7 European trips following the Mighty Reds of Liverpool

Mother Should I Trust The Government?

Twitter Watch: Vol.5

Liverpool 3 Norwich City 1

Are you Nigel?

7 European trips following the Mighty Reds of Liverpool

Rhetorical Questions Round a Rectangular Dining Table

Burnley 0 Liverpool 1

Liverpool 2 QPR 1

Twitter Watch: Vol.4

Rhetorical questions round a rectangular dining table

Liverpool 2 Leicester City 0

Tottenham Hotspur 2 Liverpool 0

The Letter

Twitter Watch: Vol.3

Rhetorical questions round a rectangular dining table

Rhetorical questions round a rectangular dining table

Twitter Watch: Vol 2

Twitter Watch: Volume 1

Rhetorical questions round a rectangular dining table

A short tale of 3 random songs

Rhetorical questions round a rectangular dining table

Crystal Palace 1 Liverpool 3

The Doomsday Clock

Arsenal 0 Liverpool 2

A final stroll through Scrapbook Lane and around the Fields of Anfield Road — Part 11

Rhetorical questions round a rectangular dining table

Tea and Biscuits at The Ashes: The Debrief

Liverpool 3 Brentford 0

Tea and Biscuits at The Ashes

Tea and Biscuits at The Ashes

Tea and Biscuits at The Ashes

Rhetorical questions round a rectangular dining table

Everton 0 Liverpool 5 — November 6th 1982

Tea and Biscuits at The Ashes

Tea and Biscuits at The Ashes

Tea and Biscuits at The Ashes

Tea and Biscuits at The Ashes

Tea and Biscuits at The Ashes

Chelsea 2 Liverpool 2

7 European trips following the Mighty Reds of Liverpool