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The Beatles

A fan’s fab memories of Beatles’ yesterdays

IN THE world of The Beatles, time will always seem frozen in an era when everyone and everything appeared to be young and exciting. Read

14-hour Beatles marathon

THE official Beatles convention takes place on Sunday at the Adelphi Hotel from 10am to midnight. Read

Merseyrail steps in as Cains – and local brewers – still offer festival ales

THE crisis at Liverpool’s Cains brewery has cast a shadow over this year’s Wirral Food and Drink Festival. Read

Adrian Sudbury

Tributes pour in for cancer campaigner Adrian

ADRIAN SUDBURY, the former University of Liverpool student who bravely campaigned to boost the number of British bone marrow donors, has passed away. Read

Author’s dilemma over book on crisis-hit brewery

Author’s dilemma over book on crisis-hit brewery

THE crisis at Cains has presented a major dilemma for the author of a new book about the history of the city brewery. Read

Number one star Lita dies, aged 82

Number one star Lita dies, aged 82

LITA ROZA was proud to be the first Liverpudlian to get to number one in the British pop charts, in April, 1953. Read

Actress sticks up for beloved home city

AWARD-WINNING Liverpudlian actress Rita Tushingham has hit out in the wake of the right-wing think tank’s report that her home city is beyond saving. Read

The stunning view from Mariners Park, in Wallasey, shows how the Liverpool waterfront is slowly transforming into a Manhattan on the Mersey - Picture: TONY KENWRIGHT

MIke Chapple on that report: I’m staying put

ARE you havin’ a laugh? Is he havin’ a laugh? Read

Beatles’ ‘birth certificate’ with a £250k price tag

Beatles’ ‘birth certificate’ with a £250k price tag

THE so called “Holy Grail of all Beatles memorabilia” – the band’s first signed contract with manager Brian Epstein – is expected to fetch at least £250,000 at auction. Read

AFC v Darwen

AFC Liverpool take to the field with genuine Red fervour

IN NUMBERS, the contrast could not be more stark. In its heyday, the original Spion Kop could accommodate a heaving mass of nearly 30,000 standing souls on its 100-odd steps. Read

RULE 1 of Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ Eleven Rules of Life is: “Life is not fair – get used to it.”

With that wealth of experience, we know where you’re coming from Billy boy. And as that other great business man, CJ in the Reggie Perrin series, may have said: “I didn’t get where I am today by being a namby pamby sentimentalist.” Read

Rolling Stones guitarist / artist Ronnie Wood

Rolling Stone makes art debut

LIVERPOOL is to stage its first exhibition of artworks by troubled Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. Read

Rolling Stones guitarist / artist Ronnie Wood

Liverpool gallery to stage art exhibition by Rolling Stones legend

LIVERPOOL is to stage its first exhibition of artworks by troubled Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. Read

Harry Enfield's Scousers

Liverpool FC fans declared ‘sexiest’ in the Premier League – and that’s official

LIVERPOOL FC players may be physically fit, but now their supporters have been officially declared the “fittest” or sexiest in the Premiership – and that’s official. Read

Farmaggedon

Something nasty down in Farmer Ted’s woodshed

DOWN on the farm, something wicked this way comes. Farmer Ted’s, in Flatman’s Lane, Downholland, is a working farm that doubles as a theme park for children who want to pet and stroke cute fluffy little animals. Read

The Royal Court theatre

No fumbling for laughter in this basement

MIKE Chapple on the triumphant return of the Rawhide Comedy Club to the Royal Court Theatre Read

IN CLICHED terms, it would be entirely appropriate to have exclaimed: “Eureka! We’ve found it!” and maybe splashed a few pints around to mirror Archemedes’ excitement about water displacement.

Pub Column: The Eureka, Halsall Lane, Ormskirk

IN CLICHED terms, it would be entirely appropriate to have exclaimed: “Eureka! We’ve found it!” and maybe splashed a few pints around to mirror Archemedes’ excitement about water displacement. Read

Award-winning writer Mike Chapple with a personal view on why Cains must survive

THE rise of Cains brewery came in tandem with an upturn in its home city’s own fortunes. Read

Sandy West as Bill Shankly

Shankly Show returns by popular demand

THE Shankly Show, the Capital of Culture tribute to the legendary Liverpool manager, is to be resur-rected – by popular demand. Read

Man on Wire

Film Review: Man on Wire


"HERE was an extraordinary individual who viewed the world in a unique way. Not least from places that no other man has ever seen." Read

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Mike Chapple is the Liverpool Daily Post's award winning pub writer. His regular column At The Bar appears every Saturday and he is also a published author - his latest book is the enticingly-named The Great Liverpool Pub Crawl. Tel: 0151 472 2564

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