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A very modern poet is bringing two shows to Liverpool. Laura Davis reports Read

The architect who is reaching for the city skies

One of Britain’s leading architects returns to his Liverpool home to hear if he’s won Britain’s top new building prize tonight. Peter Elson reports Read

Full steam ahead for a trip into the past

A SPECIAL Christmas steam train excursion marks the return to Liverpool of the veteran locomotive Leander for the first time in 44 years. Read

Frontier for the faiths of the world

AS one of the world’s greatest ports, Liverpool is home to people of many faiths. A new book celebrates our houses of God. David Charters reports Read

Alan Bowden, curator of Earth Sciences at the World Museum Liverpool, looking at Chirotherium footprints

Following in the footsteps of time at World Museum Liverpool

Emma Pinch meets the time detectives trying to piece together a picture of Merseyside from millions of years ago Read

New book reveals Italian connection in Liverpool

DEBRA D’ANNUNZIO shows Flo Clucas, deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, a copy of her book about how Italian families settled in Liverpool in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Read

Uniting Britain through literature

MUCH has been written about the dumbing-down of our culture, a process aided by the rapid spread of new technology that allows freestyle expression in the use of written language, largely through texting. As Oscar Wilde might have said: “It’s the incoherent in pursuit of the illiterate.” Read

People’s memories really add to the value of their St George’s Hall

Is St George’s Hall the best-loved building in Liverpool? Laura Davis samples a new exhibition Read

Master and commander

As the QE2 bids farewell to Liverpool, Peter Elson hears about Capt John Treasure Jones, who was king of Cunard’s first Queen liners Read

Le Corbusier exhibition at Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral

Godfather of modern architecture

An exhibition about controversial architect Le Corbusier has opened in Liverpool. Laura Davis takes a look Read

The eagle has landed again

A small but symbolic piece of American heritage returned to its Liverpool home this week. Peter Elson reports Read

Emily Burningham, with pictures and archive material at the Aldham Robarts Learning Resourse Centre, at JMU Maryland Street

A celebration of British eccentricity

THROUGHOUT life, people leave us the clues and ideas behind their great works, as is revealed in a fascinating Liverpool archive about to be opened. David Charters reports Read

Dr James Roberts and Erasmus students at the Athenaeum

Memories of learning in Liverpool

LIVERPOOL is quietly ingratiating itself with the brightest young Europeans, reports Peter Elson Read

The Italians’ jobs

A LIVERPOOL writer’s ancestors started Liverpool’s Little Italy – and now their story is to be read in Rome. David Charters reports Read

Plant now for a colourful garden

ALTHOUGH most of us are looking towards the dark winter months, keen gardeners are already planning for next spring, as Laura Davis discovers Read

Muslim convert Amirah Scarisbrick with her daughter Jasmine

My faith gives me inner peace

AFTER years as a party girl, one mother and her daughter have turned to Islam for ‘protection’ from the excesses of the modern world. Emma Pinch reports Read

Manners make the world a better place

Diana Mather is doing a roaring trade exporting good manners and decency. Laura Davis reports Read

Take the green route through your child’s education

Laura Davis finds out how to make school life organic, despite the credit crunch Read

Jyll Bradley with her book "Mr Roscoes Garden" in front of one of the photographs on display at the Walker Art Gallery.

Revealing Liverpool's secret botanical treaures

Will a Capital of Culture project save Liverpool’s amazing Botanic Gardens collection and revive its lost worldwide reputation? Peter Elson reports. Read

Thomas Beecham: Conducting legend blew away the stuffiness of orchestras and took music to a new level

LAURA Davis looks at a new book which reveals the melancholy and fun of musical genius Thomas Beecham Read

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