Updated 6:57pm 24 May 2012

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Priceless archive strikes a chord

THERE is no Minotaur at the centre of the labyrinthian network of stairs, corridors and creaking elevators that leads to the Liverpool Record Office, but there is a priceless treasure.Read

I’d like to be the Clone ranger for a day or two

DAMN those interfering scientists. First they announce they’ve found the cure for bad hair days, meaning the loss of the universal excuse for looking like you’ve been forced to crawl buttocks-first though a hydrangea, when the real reason for your appearance is that you didn’t dare use your straighteners in case you accidentally left them on all day – again.Read

LAST year, Customs officers working at EU borders intercepted 43,000 shipments of pirated products, compared to 37,000 the previous year.

A third of these contained cigarettes, with clothing and fashion accessories the second most common items to be found.Read

Are there dangers in your suitcase?

Many people return from holiday with illegal souvenirs. Laura Davis reportsRead

China: 57.92%

Turkey: 4.92%Read

Penelope and Monica Cruz

Fashion: Get in on a sister act

Penelope and Monica Cruz have unveiled their latest collection for Mango. Laura Davis takes a lookRead

Let your children be more adventurous

PROTECTING your own children is a basic instinct for parents – and one that can be taken too far.Read

Style City fashion with Hollie Swain at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre

Fashion: Be a dedicated follower of fashion

Laura Davis shows you how to be a groovy chick with the dip-dye dress this summerRead

Get into top gear of you want to impress

A FRIEND of mine wants an Irish red setter, but as she has long, auburn hair and brown eyes she is worried about conforming to the old adage about people looking like their dogs.Read

Special date that’s worth the wait

Special date that’s worth the wait

THE number of weddings in a single day is expected to peak on Friday when the date is made up of three eights. Laura Davis meets three couples who have chosen it for their nuptialsRead

Journey on a magical mystery tour of your Beatles memories

RECOLLECTIONS are an ongoing theme in Beatles songs and now they are being used in pioneering memory research. Laura Davis reportsRead

Florence Maybrick

Was Florence Maybrick really a killer?

More than a century after she walked free from jail a new book questions whether Florence Maybrick should ever have been convicted of poisoning her husband. Laura Davis reportsRead

Style City fashion with Nicola Bream at The Bluecoat

Fashion: Tailor made for an elegant summer’s day

Laura Davis suggests a few more formal outfits that will keep you fit for anything during the glorious warmer weatherRead

A magnetic pull from the ties that bind us

THERE’S an invisible piece of elastic that’s attached to all of us and no matter how far we stray it will pull us back to our origins.Read

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 pennyRead

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

Children’s Festival

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

Writer Carol Fenlon

Human life without language

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