Yes Dame Lorraine does have a certain ring to it.
A friend who is a prominent national journalist opines that the appointment of Tranmere Rovers executive chairman Lorraine Rogers as the first woman chairman in the 166-year history of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society is another step along the road to a possible damehood.

I wouldn't go that far.
The Phil have signed up LR following her success with upping the private sponships stakes at Prenton Park, while at the same time lowering the average age of the fans.
The Phil, invaded by blue rinses and rubber-ended walking sticks, would clearly like the same miracle to occur in Hope Street, given that, having cleared a multi-million pound debt and got back into the black, things must be kept that way.
There won;t be any more last chances courtesy of the Arts Council. In fact, I would go as far as to say that without the prospect of Capital of Culture, plus an eight hundred per cent increase in cash from the city council, the Phil may have been left to go to the wall.
Looking at a map in London the Arts Council would have concluded that there was also the Halle and the BBC Philharmonic only 40 miles down the road in Manchester.
There is no sentiment in these matters. The Liverpool Phil, also bailed out with the help of special funding from the Arts Council, can count itself lucky to have survived.
Managers see Lorrainne Rogers - who has also brought an increase in private funding to National Museums Liverpool - as a bit of a financial wizard. The fans at Prenton Park would agree.
Meanwhile, I look forward to seeing Ms Rogers at Phil concerts, as well as discussing her tastes in classical music and her assessment of various composers,musicians and recordings.
That is the very least we could expect from the chairman of a world class symphony orchestra.

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