Mr Brocklebank's World Wide Web Log

LIVERPOOL’S economic upturn was confirmed by the sight of a Bugatti Veron, the world’s fastest production car, parked in Moorfields. Not fast enough, though, to stop our fleet-footed traffic attendants crowning it with a ticket. One for the national parking awards!

THE Manchester-based AEW Architects, chosen by National Museums Liverpool to replace sacked award-winning Danish architects 3XN on the new Museum of Liverpool Mann Island project, lists major clients McDonald’s Restaurants and Total Fitness Centres on its website. Can we look forward to Big Macs, fries and a free top-up tan at the gala opening?

FANCY that! Stung by countless times that English Heritage activities (or lack of them) in Liverpool have been heavily criticised in national satirical magazine Private Eye, the organisation made an official complaint.

APPARENTLY, when the current Private Eye edition featuring Liverpool’s dire redevelopment controversies was shown to Cllr David Irving, Liverpool City planning committee chairman, he replied: “Many thanks for your concern, to put it in the words of Catherine Tate, ‘Am I bovvered?’.”

Is this the same Cllr Irving who was a committee member during the controversial demolition of 6 Sir Thomas Street and the even more controversial Pier Head – Mann Island redevelopment which took Liverpool to the brink of being stripped of World Heritage Site status?

AT LEAST business-friendly Liverpool finally got its act together. A bus in Dale Street carried a message for a city centre autumn business fair.