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Andrew Schofield in Eight Miles High at the Royal Court

THEATRE REVIEW: Eight Mile High, Royal Court, Liverpool

IT’S the year of the Gibson Flying V, protests in Paris and Washington, the end of the Yardbirds and the beginning of Led Zeppelin; The Beatles’ White Album, John Lennon’s divorce, and the final episode of The Monkees. Read

Field for the British Isles by Antony Gormley

Keep the kids happy on a budget

IN the second of our two-part guide to credit crunch-friendly school holidays, Laura Davis finds a host of family activities that won’t cost you a penny Read

Children’s Festival

LIVERPOOL will host 10 days of boredom-busting activities for young people and families this summer. Read

Hi-tech, lo-tech – it’s all wok and rolls to me

HAVING finally consigned the spaghetti measurer and a parrot-shaped pastry brush (unused) to the charity shop box, I have been given another kitchen gadget. Read

Free-wheeling fun for all the family

IN the first of our two-part guide to credit crunch-friendly school holidays, Laura Davis discovers some fun cycle routes through the region Read

Writer Carol Fenlon

Human life without language

Laura Davis meets the award-winning author exploring the lives of feral children Read

Style City fashion with Chloe Addison at the Liverpool Playhouse

Fashion: Get ready to take a step back in time

Vintage clothing has never been more in fashion. Here, Laura Davis shows you how to work the 1920s and 30s look Read

I don’t need to think about it – I’m already right

THERE’S rarely a feeling so good as finding out you were right all along. If you’re a good person, then you keep the discovery to yourself, quietly rather than bleatingly smug, so, of course, I hit the speed dial on my mobile phone. Read

Catching up on research – after 50 years

Catching up on research - after 50 years

LAURA Davis meets the experts planning to save mothers and babies from the trauma of Caesareans Read

The treasury at Petra, Jordan

JORDAN: Crusade to see a wondrous sight

Sarah Judd takes in some of the historic places on offer in Jordan Read

Crusade to see a wondrous sight

Sarah Judd takes in some of the historic places on offer in Jordan Read

Frank Cottrell Boyce, award winning screenwriter and novelist

Telling tales of our great city

THIS is a city of stories – of a man with fire in his eyes leaping over warehouses, of waifs barefoot on cobbled streets, of the twin boys separated at birth who died on the same day. Read

Style City fashion by Rory Lewis in Sefton Park 01

Fashion: Fashion to bring a little sunshine into your life

If we dressed for a British summer, we’d all be permanently in wellies and oilskins. Laura Davis has some bright ideas to defy the downpours Read

Phil Gallagher, Voodou's art director

Style: The mane attraction

Voodou’s artistic director is bringing his experience of the world’s catwalks to the city centre salon. Laura Davis reports. Read

The drunken sing-along takes its place in history

THERE’S that slightly out-of-tune crooning usually associated with too many G&Ts, an early hours chicken biryani and alcohol-induced complete lack of shame coming from the inside of the gallery. Read

Paul Simon at Liverpool's Summer Pops

MUSIC REVIEW: Paul Simon, Summer Pops, Liverpool

IF PAUL SIMON could have been coerced into becoming a speechwriter for George Bush, the US congress would have passed a new law to give the President another term. Read

Superman Returns

The science that links us to superheroes

AN Oxford biologist believes ordinary human beings are a lot closer to having special powers than we might think. Laura Davis sets out to discover if we might one day be able to take flight Read

There are some benefits in simply being average

CALL me pessimistic but I’m not expecting anything interesting to happen today. Read

Style City Fashion with Megan Parkinson at Dr Duncan's

Fashion: Paul Robinson makes a bold statement

"IT MADE a statement," said designer Betty Jackson in style bible Vogue about the creations of Liverpool's very own Paul Robinson. Read

Rain is a rare experience shared with all of history

IT’S raining again. Great big drops chasing each other down the windowpane, weaving from side to side like five-year-olds in the school sports day sack race. Read

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Laura Davis is the Liverpool Daily Post's deputy features editor and juggles styling fashion shoots with writing features on just about everything, along with a weekly column. Tel: 0151 472 2522

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