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Liverpool Daily Post Hidden Sculpture Walk

THE Daily Post’s Hidden Sculpture Walk takes you on a tour of public art in Liverpool city centre, from historic pieces, such as the art deco figures of Night and Day on the Georges Dock Building, to modern works including those created for the International Garden Festival. Read

Sean Keyes from Sutcliffe engineers infront of the Liver Building

The future's bright for Liverpool's old buildings

PETER Elson finds that Liverpool is as much a city of engineering as of architecture as Britain celebrates a century of structural engineering. Read

TA digs up pictures of a regiment at war

POIGNANT photographs of soldiers from Warrington and St Helens before and during World War I have been unearthed as part of the centenary celebrations of the Territorial Army. Read

Nadina Osmani

Life is as fragile as the flip of a coin

As Radovan Karadzic stands trial for war crimes, Crosby student Nadina Osmani recounts her own family’s escape from war-torn Bosnia 16 years ago, and how she has come to regard Liverpool as home Read

Peter Grant with Ken Dodd

The Scouse accent: Dey talk like dat, don’t dey?

RESEARCHINHG his new book about the Scouse accent was a very personal journey for journalist Peter Grant. Here he recalls the experience Read

Ben Murphy, at the Princes Park gates

New book reveals the historic heritage of Liverpool’s famous open spaces

WE take our parklands for granted, but here David Charters reveals their origins Read

Colin Lane, photographer

Life as seen through the lens

DAILY Post photographer Colin Lane has added another three major awards to his already packed glass cabinet. Here he shares his favourite images. Read

Wartime pic of Pitt Street in Liverpool's Chinatown

Skeletons in the cupboard that didn’t rattle

LIVERPOOL'S links to Shanghai have been well chronicled with the advent of the Olympics. Emma Pinch meets a woman who discovered her connections to the Chinese city run deep. Read

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 reports Read

The Daily Post's Peter Elson oils up A4 class steam loco Union of South Africa

Steaming ahead to a bygone age

AFTER steam trains were banned 40 years ago by British Railways, Peter Elson experiences their triumphant return to Liverpool Read

Iconic father of Liverpool’s culture

Iconic father of Liverpool’s culture

WHEN musing on Liverpool’s culture, our thoughts turn to the masters of baton, string and wind, letters, clay and canvas, but who was our first Renaissance man? David Charters reports Read

You don’t have to be mad to work here...

You don’t have to be mad to work here...

THERE can be no better guide through the medical records of our leaders than David Owen, whose life has revolved around medicine and politics. Peter Elson reports Read

Harry McLeish who worked at Cammell Laird shipyard in 1939 when the submarine Thetis set sail.

Tragedy of the Thetis

SEVENTY years ago, a shipyard apprentice watched the launch of the Thetis. A year later she dived, and 99 men died. Now that apprentice lives with his memories. David Charters reports. Read

Land Girls honoured with special Downing Street ceremony

Land Girls honoured with special Downing Street ceremony

THEY helped to keep the country going during the darkest days of World War II. Read

The tall ship, Training Ship Royalist, arrives at Albert Dock

Maritime history converges on city

WITH the Tall Ships gathering in Liverpool, Peter Elson has just the supplement to guide you through this momentous event Read

Breathing life into the cold hard clay

Breathing life into the cold hard clay

PASSION fills the sculptor as he considers his next job – the meeting of Ken Dodd and Bessie Braddock in Lime Street station. David Charters reports Read

Titanic lunch for commemoration plan

LIVERPOOL Lord Mayor Steve Rotheram yesterday hosted a lunch identical to the last meal eaten by passengers onboard the Titanic. Read

Phil McCabe and Roger Appleton with their Passport To Liverpool DVD

New documentary about Liverpool’s waterfront

WHAT makes Liverpool so special? Just ask the locals, as a new documentary film proves. Peter Elson reports. Read

Bob Bradock with the memorial to the Internatonal Brigades Association

Remembered: the 160 men from Merseyside who fought in the Spanish Civil War

THEY died young for their ideals. Now, 70 years on, the bravery of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War is to be commemorated in Liverpool. David Charters reports Read

Slaves, traders and pioneers: new book on the most turbulent period of Liverpool’s history

Think we have rows today? Well, a teacher has written about the most turbulent period in Liverpool’s history. David Charters reports Read

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Liverpool - European Capital Of Culture 2008

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A centre of maritime, cultural and sporting excellence, Liverpool has successfully bid to be crowned European Capital of Culture in 2008. Find out more here... Read