Lucy Worsley Investigates: The Witch Hunts. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The past is not only a foreign country, it is a circus that cannot be easily explained, in which the ringmasters were all of a certain class and nobody else could perform without their express permission, and even then you could not hope to be enlightened because the language used to convey each act was written so that only certain public figures had the means to understand it; and even then they could alter the meaning quickly if it meant keeping what they considered to be the clowns, the lower order, down.

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(595 words, estimated 2:23 mins reading time)

Yvonne Lyon, Gareth Davies-Jones, and David Lyon: Trace The Line. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Allow your fingers to Trace The Line of exploration, let your senses be overwhelmed by the sentiment of others, and accept that the line could lead you to a place of paradise and personal redemption; for by following the line, no matter the curve, no matter the bearing, we are at our best when we allow fortune to have laid out a plotted course in which we can follow, which we can enjoy.

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(372 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Paul Walker & Karen Pfeiffer: Auf Wiedersehen, Me Duck. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Intimacy is not just a physical attribute, it is of the mind as well, the connection shared between two people, perhaps more if the feeling is so intense it requires extra spirit and perspective, is such that the drama and love created inspires art that frames a period of Time, it captures the meaning of a place, of a particular motion and movement, and the impact of the final presentation is something than if produced with honour, becomes overwhelmingly familiar, it becomes tender, an affection that stands out with pleasure.

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(410 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

George Brandon: Plenty More Songs In The Sea. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The ocean is an expanse that we cannot truly comprehend, the river often too small a notion to suggest it is uncrossable, but the sea, the gap between the lands that are so close that on a clear day you could believe you could sail there yourself, those are the waters that fill the imagination; for in the prospect of something new, we find that art can be different, that the voice that carries it is somehow more inclined to mirror our own, and if we were to dive into that body of water we might find that even though our own song has faded, there are Plenty More Songs In The Sea to bring to the surface.

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(335 words, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

Anna Tam: Hatching Hares. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

By moonlight hares were thought to dance, but those that hatch are to be observed as being caught in the alure of love as they become entranced by the sound of Anna Tam and the multi instrumental voice as she brings stories to life, and allows creatures of her imagination to roam free.

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

Carol Fieldhouse: Continuum. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Such is the price of being human that we see our lives in a series of ages, momentous occasions are rooted and used as a pinpoint to describe our time on Earth as if it were a competition to see who can rack up the most experiences in a short space of time, a game show where the prize is a full montage of moments that span certain ages and responses, all peaks, maybe the troughs, but no flat line of reflection, no stable course in which consideration is due; and it is to our peril that we seek to impose this standard on all without a thought on what it do to those who like their variety to be one that encompasses all such emotions.

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(444 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

Various Artists: The Rough Guide To Jewish Music. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It is to our detriment and shame that we forget all too quickly that we don’t have to fully understand something to find it beautiful and set against a world verging once more on intolerance and prejudice, from all corners, neighbour against neighbour, clan against clan, we fight above the noise and havoc, whilst never quite realising that the world is more harmonious than we believe, it just takes a moment to listen.

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(525 words, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)

Doctor Who: Legends Of Camelot. Book Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

British myth and legend has perhaps no finer example of powerful saga and hope than it does with the story of King Arthur and the Knights of Camelot; a fiction maybe, one certainly embellished and given an overall arc by Sir Thomas Mallory as he languished in prison with his days apparently numbered, but one that has stirred an immense wealth of material since, and been one of the causes of British resistance to outside forces since.

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(436 words, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

Inside No. 9: Kid/Nap. Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Danny Mays, Daisy Haggard, Jason Isaacs.

A resounding fear that we push away is that somewhere, somehow, someone values us in a way that is not safe, that is harmful, a momentary possession that is against our will, and which goes further than most crimes, because of the perceived monetary worth and lack of respect that comes with the sovereignty of the body, and one that could in all concerns descend rapidly into torture, rape, and even death.

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(410 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

The War Doctor Begins: Battlegrounds. Audio Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Cast: Jonathon Carley, Troy Alexander, Adèle Anderson, Rose Basista, Ken Bones, Nicholas Briggs, Emma Campbell-Jones, Julian Forsyth, Sarah Moss, Hugh Ross, Homer Todiwala, David Warwick.

We look at war as either the outcome, or we pick and choose the moments that we believe are the key points of significance, of the importance of scale in determining the battlegrounds that held the key to victory, or to the bitterness of defeat.

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