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JP Maxwell

@maxmaxwriter.bsky.social
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Writer, flâneur, filmmaker, animator, history bore and drinker of especially good coffee, none of that instant muck.

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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Bold Street in three decades. Based upon real images using a bit of the old AI. youtube.com/shorts/MBDio...
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Bold Street in three decades.Based upon real images using a bit of the old AI.
YouTube video by @theghostofliverpool
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yet another Bold Street time slip.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
From Chavasse Park to the Customs House in a timelapse.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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St George's Place, Liverpool - a history of the lost terrace
YouTube video by @theghostofliverpool
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
All the World's a Stage. Clip. With a sprinkling of moving Liver Bird.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Short version of The Balcony. Brutalist Shakespeare, no hiding place in the #Scousepeare
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Introducing Stevo the Scouse Sausage. Stay tuned for more adventures through time and space.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Oh Romeo, Romeo... She's on the balcony and he's up a lamppost. Check out the latest #Scousepeare mini epic here: www.instagram.com/reel/DbLEoO3...
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
His Juliet on a balcony in a Liverpool housing estate, pleading with her Romeo over a WhatsApp call. Please watch the reel from end to end, comment and share it on the platform and other platforms. By doing so, you will raise the #Scousepeare youtu.be/JCr-LJYaek4?...
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Romeo, Romeo. On a balcony in a Liverpool housing estate.
YouTube video by Scousespeare
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Shall I compare thee to a YouTube playlist? Here's the #Scousepeare pantheon of mini epics. Who can see a pattern emerging? youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Scousepeare - YouTube
In Scousepeare, every king, queen and in-between thinks they rule the street... right before the nasty surprises arrive. TO BE OR NOT TO BE, LID. THAT'S THE ...
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Vampire Macca's got eyes for Lily. Scalbags has got eyes on everyone. 🧛🎭When Shakespeare meets a Liverpool nightclub, nothing ends with last orders...#Scousepeare #Liverpool #Shakespeare #Vampire #LiverpoolGothic #Reels #IndieFilm youtube.com/shorts/FF1zc...
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Prince Hal done in the #Scousepeare
YouTube video by Scousespeare
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
1909, during the construction of the Liver Building.
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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Likely to be confrontational.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Liverpool circa 1913, when there were two Graces. The third, the Cunard Building, was yet to be constructed. That came a year later. The Liver Building is a gleaming new edifice have been recently completed.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"Out, damned spot!"... or: "Get ta fuck, yer dirty little stain!" 🧽😂 Lady Macbeth's scrubbin' like she's got Fairy Liquid on commission, but some things won't come off—especially guilt. Shakespeare, reimagined with a proper Scouse mouth. youtube.com/shorts/WjGPh...
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Out Damned Spot! Scouse Vampire Lady Macbeth
YouTube video by @theghostofliverpool
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This morning I took a wrong turn at the Maccies and somehow found myself on late 19th Century Church Street. Still, got some nice clobber out of it. Oops, another time slip for @theGhostofLiverpool Get THE AMERICANS OF ABERCROMBY SQUARE here: amzn.to/44y6ooy
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Castle Street from Derby Square with a view of the Town Hall, c1901. youtu.be/Nynar3GQFDs?...
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Castle Street from Derby Square with a view of the Town Hall, c1901.
YouTube video by @theghostofliverpool
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
To Be or Not To Be. #Scousepeare goes all 1920s. Contains upsetting images. youtube.com/shorts/Lvr32...
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To Be or Not To Be. #Scousepeare goes all 1920s.Contains upsetting images.
YouTube video by Scousespeare
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
London Road c1910. On a quiet Sunday morning in June 😉
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Liverpool Town Hall, Mansion House and Cotton Exchange, from the early 19th Century to early 20th Century.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Once More Unto the Breach, Dear Friends! Henrietta V, Queen of County Road and her battalion take on the EDL vampires outside Spellow. #EntertheScousepeare follow and subscribe. Billy Shakespeare presents a gothic, alternative Universe Liverpool.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Aboard a Liverpool Overhead Railway train heading South towards Dingle.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
West Derby Station - the Loop Line/Pennine Way 2026 and as a functional railway in 1901.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
West Derby Station 2026 and 1960.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Flag sh*gger and patriot Macca talks about tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow, eats too much cheese and feeds his pet to a Liver Bird. Just another day in the #Scousepeare
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Summer’s Day in Dark Fantasy Liverpool ☀️⚔️ A BMX ride into town, dodgy dealings beneath brutalist towers, and a lad watching the girl he fancies from the comfort of a Bentley estate. Shakespeare reborn through Scouse chaos, satire, football casuals and creatures of the night. YouTube.com/Scousepeare
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Teaser reel for my new short film, SEVEN MINUTE SHINE. Full film available here: youtu.be/1NQylwTIXmk?... If The Adelphi Hotel did Stanley Kubrick's The Shining...
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
1870s Liverpool, balloon's eye view booming down.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The Port of Liverpool Building Full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Pier Head. Views of the landing stage and Overhead Railway.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The Elevated Line or 'Third Avenue El' running through the Bowery in New York and Liverpool Overhead Railway.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
South Castle Street looking towards the Customs House. Before the Victorian monument so likely around 1890.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Slavery & the Founding Wealth Behind Bluecoat Full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Chester with added Romans.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I'm delighted to be involved with Knowsley Literary Festival this . Here are the details of the launch event: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-in-t...
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Write in the heart or Knowsley
A series of storytelling and writing workshops for anyone who is interested in learning how to tell their story.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Liverpool's Strand looking South, circa 1880.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The view up Lime Street. 1950s
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Mark Jordan who knows Eric's better than most, edited together some of the clips I wrangled up from his photos. Here is the result: youtu.be/WnN07WZdexw?...
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Eric's Liverppol Pt1
YouTube video by Mark Jordan
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The Overhead on The Strand, c1949.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Customs House from Salthouse Dock c1922
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Castle Street and Dale Street
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Lark Lane reel and article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
West Derby Village: Liverpool Before Liverpool Full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Palaces of Light, now Dark Liverpool was once a city that went to the pictures like it went to the docks, in vast numbers, with ritual, noise, and appetite. From the 1910s through to the 1960s, cinemas rose across the city. Full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
St John's Market, Liverpool: Beauty to Brutalism Read all about it: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...
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St John’s Market: Liverpool’s covered heart
Built to tame the streets, then sacrificed to the 1960s
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
👉 Get the book here: amzn.to/44y6ooy Available as audio book, Kindle and print versions.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Fort Beneath the Dunes: Fort Crosby Liverpool’s Forgotten Front Line. Read the full article: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Everton FC: origins to the The Old Lady Full article here: open.substack.com/pub/jpmaxwel...
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Come and have a look at what you would have won. Three sites in the city and how they might look had they survive bombs and culls; Lime Street from St George's Plateau, St John's Market and Central Station.
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JP Maxwell @maxmaxwriter.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Lime Street c1890 (pre Vines/Big House) and recently.
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