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Laura Davis

The world as we know it has gone all granny scooter

WHAT fresh hell is this? Flowers losing their fragrance, Jerusalem being banned from churches and the Bognor Birdmen grounded. Read

A self-writing column would make life perfect

ROLL up, roll up. Feast your eyes on this – it’s a spectacle worthy of a PT Barnum circus, as perfectly formed as General Tom Thumb, and it could be even more lucrative than the Fiji Mermaid. Read

John Hollywood at the Upstairs restaurant at Bluecoat Chambers

The Bluecoat restaurant: Anything but old school

LAURA Davis checks out an old favourite with a new look. Read

Author Mike Gayle

Mike Gayle: Being a "real life" author is nothing like you would imagine

AUTHORS. They all talk in posh accents and, when not scribbling away in their icy garrets, are busy attending exclusive literary lunches, Mike Gayle mused as he tackled his first novel. Read

Style City Grecian Style with Rachel Brookes

This summer’s look is Greek-chic

Laura Davis discovers the flowing lines of Grecian-style shape this season Read

Kim Hughes during the Universal Contour Wrap, with My Spa beauty therapist Kate

The quest for perfection

While many women might buy a new outfit and get their hair and nails done for the races, radio presenter Kim Hughes decided to go a step further. Laura Davis reports Read

Jane Morgan, head of midwifery at Edge Hill, with a baby in Rwanda

A new start for newborn life

NEXT month, medical practitioners from around the world will mark International Day of the Midwife. Laura Davis meets a woman who has helped build a maternity hospital in Rwanda Read

Insomnia brings out the absurd in all of us

‘WHY do undertakers have a preference for yellow cars?” I wonder during the early hours of the morning, after awakening from fitful sleep for the umpteenth time since I had gone to bed the night before. Read

It’s time to fight back against bullies

It’s time to fight back against bullies

Laura Davis talks to the man who is tackling homophobia in the schoolyard through education Read

More boys bullied than girls about their sexuality

SEVEN per cent of young people in Liverpool have been bullied about their sexuality. Read

Helen Woods from Felicity Hat Hire

Grand National Fashion: The perfect finishing touch

PIGEONS flying over Aintree Racecourse must assume they have entered a beautiful field of multi-coloured flowers – some perfectly circular, others chaotic shoots sprouting from the earth below. Read

Harking back to Wordsworth’s days in the Lakes

ON PARTICULARLY busy days, a colleague takes a moment to read missives from the Little Cube of Calm to restore office serenity. Read

Style City mens fashion with Andrew Blucher at Panoramic, West Tower, Liverpool

Fashion: Raise the style stakes

Ladies may have a special day at the races but as Laura Davies discovers boys can have as much fun getting dressed up Read

There are times when I wish I didn’t know him so well

THERE has been a tune going incessantly round and round in my head like an odd sock stuck in a perpetually turning washing machine somewhere in the caverns of Hell. Read

Comic/Writer Ben Elton

LIPA to premier new musical by Ben Elton and Andrew Lloyd Webber

LAURA Davis meets writer, director and stand-up comedian Ben Elton to discuss the reworking of his musical Read

Style City fashion shoot: Vivienne Westwood fashion with Natalie Shingler at the Philharmonic Dining Rooms

Fashion: Making a statement with Vivienne Westwood

LAURA Davis takes a look at Dame Vivienne’s latest styles for the new season Read

My life’s just not miserable enough to write a book

I HAVE a confession to make. It is simply that I have no confession to make. Read

It is not elitist – it is selective

Freemasonry is not elitist - it is selective

THEY are still seen by many as a secret society, but this could be about to change as the Masons attempt to attract younger members. Laura Davis reports Read

British band Supergrass

MUSIC: Supergrass - They’re still alright

LAURA Davis meets the Supergrass drummer whose band is still going strong, more than a decade after Britpop Read

Adam and Sandra Yaffe with a sample of their Fusion Art for couples

Would you dare to bare all for the camera?

LAURA Davis meets the people behind a photography concept that proves we can look good naked Read

Author Profile

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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