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Wrap up Woolies, it’s the end of an era

IT’S a store chain that has gone from the “the wonder of Woolies” to the blunder of Woolies. Few national institutions have hung on as long as the famous high street name of Woolworths, with reports of its demise often premature. Read

1980s football culture and style influenced a generation

IT’S 1979. No home computers, no internet, no McDonalds, no DVDs or videos, no mobiles, just three TV stations (which shut down at midnight), pizzas no bigger than six inches. Read

Does this mean things are going from Bard to verse?

I SUPPOSE it was only a matter of time before it happened. Stand by your stanzas for Poet Idol, Strictly Come Scanning, or I’m A Versifier – Get Me Into Here. Read

Liverpool: leading the world in style

IT’S 1979. No home computers, no internet, no McDonalds, no DVDs or videos, no mobiles, just three TV stations (which shut down at midnight), pizzas no bigger than six inches. Read

Birkenhead Central Library lost to the pages of history

IF YOU think that books are sacred, as I do, then this place was a Temple, where a cough echoed like an atomic explosion and you stepped, quiet as a cat on velvet, down the polished parquet floors. Read

Carling brothers celebrated in exhibition

A MAN gazes in wonder at work from his forebears, highlighting the growing importance of the Carling brothers to the cultural history of Liverpool. Read

Gentleman who had the world all sewn up

In an atmosphere of passion, pacifism and bravery, staff at a dockside factory produced exquisite work, which is to be celebrated in a new exhibition. David Charters reports Read

Local charities struggling to cope with credit crunch

Eight out of 10 charities expect to see donations fall due to the credit crunch. Laura Davis investigates Read

Jean Grant walks on moorland by Smithdown Road School, Toxteth

The thrill of the hunt for Liverpool’s history

Horses galloped and arrows whistled in the Royal parkland of Liverpool, which is about to be explored by new hunters seeking ‘Oh dears’. David Charters reports Read

Adding colour to the beautiful game

Then, they were just articles about Liverpool in a boys’ football magazine. Now, they have been compiled into an evocative social history. David Charters reports Read

Monsarrat legacy braves the cruel sea

After years of planning, Nicholas Monsarrat’s archive arrived in Liverpool and the saga of its travels will be celebrated in a national radio documentary. Peter Elson reports Read

Redundancy: the start of something big?

Jane Gallagher looks at why losing your job could be the best thing that ever happened to you Read

Darren Williams with George Graham (left) and fellow patient Pauline Thomas at the Sunflower Centre, Aigburth, Liverpool

The hidden cost of the big C

THE battle against the big C is not just physical. Emma Pinch meets sufferers struggling to meet the financial demands of the disease Read

Lecturer Robert Lee in front of the Liver Building

Gateway to the world’s great cities

AS the historic centre of international trade, Liverpool is the first host of a conference dedicated to the past and future of the world’s great waterfront cities. David Charters reports Read

A world of knowledge

THE University of Liverpool caused a sensation by opening a campus in China, but that’s just the start of global expansion the new vice chancellor tells Peter Elson Read

The animals were part of the family

Laura Davis talks to a woman whose childhood home was Chester Zoo Read

A civil ending to US war story

When an American couple heard about the restoration of the world’s first US Consulate in Liverpool they had to visit – after all, it was family. Peter Elson reports Read

On red alert for squirrel survival

Emma Pinch meets the team trying to save the remaining population from extinction Read

100 Faces with a story to tell

You’re just a face in the crowd until the man takes your photograph for posterity. David Charters reports on an electronic gallery. Read

Liz McLarnon: I thought winning Masterchef was a fluke

FORMER Atomic Kitten Liz McLarnon tells Emma Pinch how her Masterchef triumph revealed an unexpected talent Read

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