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Interview: The fan who has taken his photo with 2,000 celebrities for his Richard and Famous exhibition at the Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool Dec 30 2011

Laura Davis meets the fan who has spent 23 years collecting 2,000 photographs of himself posing with celebrities.Read

Alexander O’Neal and guests make a soulful start to 2012 at the Green Room, Liverpool Dec 30 2011

Who is he? Mississippi-born r’n’b/ soul singer, now 58.Read

Not a quiet year for music if you look behind the headlines Dec 30 2011

“I DON’T know where the year’s gone.”Read

Year of the blockbuster for Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO Dec 30 2011

FOR Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO, this has been the year of the blockbuster.Read

Film review: The Lady Dec 30 2011

TRUTH may be stranger than fiction, but it’s seldom more entertaining, especially when projected onto a big screen at 24 frames per second.Read

What’s on in Liverpool: Thursday December 29, 2011 Dec 29 2011

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The LDP Arts Quiz 2011 - the answers Dec 29 2011

1. David Morrissey; 2. Paul Monaghan; 3. Photography; 4. Belgian; 5. The Titfield Thunderbolt, The Lady with the Lamp, Victoria the Great, 6. 1940s; 7. Liverpool Cathedral; 8. Liz McClarnon, Atomic Kitten; 9. Bill Bailey; 10. 1911; 11. The Wild West; 12. We Will Rock You; 13. New Histories; 14. Look; 15. Adolf Hitler; 16. The Epstein Theatre, named after Beatles manager Brian Epstein, who worked there; 17. Dead Heavy Fantastic; 18. John Cleese; 19. Batman; 20. The 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper; 21. The Ceri Hand; 22. Honky tonk; 23. The fear that a composer’s ninth symphony will be his/her last; 24. Marcus Soukup; 25. Kim Wilde and Roy Wood.Read

The LDP Arts Quiz 2011 - the questions Dec 29 2011

How closely have you been following Merseyside’s art scene this year? Find out by answering the questions belowRead

Liverpool actor Shaun Evans about playing a young Inspector Morse in Endeavour Dec 28 2011

Lisa Williams catches up with Liverpool actor Shaun Evans, about taking on the role of a young Inspector MorseRead

What’s on in Liverpool: Wednesday December 28, 2011 Dec 28 2011

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The National Gallery tours Titian’s Diana and Actaeon to Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery Dec 27 2011

“A CAR crash moment” is how National Gallery curator Carol Plazzotta describes the painting Diana and Actaeon, which is touring to the Walker next month.Read

What’s on in Liverpool: Tuesday December 27, 2011 Dec 27 2011

Arts listings in Liverpool for the days ahead.Read

Liverpool's cultural 12 days of Christmas inlcudes Alice, water pistols, monsters and more Dec 26 2011

What would a true love bring to you if he had the pick of Liverpool’s cultural scene this December? Laura Davis imagines an alternative 12 Days of ChristmasRead

What’s on in Liverpool: Monday December 26, 2011 Dec 26 2011

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Daniel Craig has a special Bond with his film characters Dec 23 2011

IT’S been such a good year for Daniel Craig that his reputation for being rather serious, a little sour even, seems unfounded.Read

Josh Rouse and the Long Vacations talk Liverpool, The Beatles and why they’re off the social network Dec 23 2011

HIS sound may suggest laid back Americana, but Josh Rouse takes his influences from across the world.Read

One Direction head to Echo Arena for sell-out January 15 gig Dec 23 2011

Who are they? British-Irish boyband who came third in the 2010 X Factor. Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson all applied as solo artists, but failed to qualify. They formed a band on the suggestion of guest judge Nicole Scherzinger.Read

Daily Post DVD column: Cowboys & Aliens and more Dec 23 2011

JAKE LONERGAN (Daniel Craig) wakes disorientated in the desert with a gunshot wound and a large metal bracelet. He struts into town and is unmasked as a killer.Read

Theatre review: Aladdin at St Helens Theatre Royal Dec 22 2011

IF THE success of a pantomime is judged by the volume of audience participation, then this year’s Aladdin at St Helens Theatre Royal will be flying high this Christmas.Read