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Liverpool tackles the dilemma of architecture

SMALL things worry Loyd Grossman. Matters that probably most people would not notice, cause him anxiety. Read

When British rock ’n’ roll came of age

Between Elvis and The Beatles, Britain thundered to new styles of music played by men and women captured in a wonderful series of photographs. David Charters reports Read

Mersey to be giant new warship’s second home

ONE of the two largest ships ever to be built for the Royal Navy will be affiliated with Liverpool, the Daily Post can reveal. Read

Cartoonist is drawing up a big reputation at home and abroad

Phil Disley is drawing himself an international reputation from a Liverpool back room. Peter Elson reports Read

God versus Mammon

From advice on tax returns to guiding souls into everlasting life, David Charters meets a woman following two callings Read

Writing for children gives me freedom

Philip Pullman is giving the opening talk at a Liverpool literary festival. Laura Davis meets the creator of His Dark Materials Read

Frankie Vaughan - back in the limelight

HE had it all - looks, a fine voice, legions of female admirers. But Liverpool’s Mr Moonlight had lost some of the spotlight . . . until now. David Charters reports Read

Eleanor Rathbone is featured in a pioneering women commemorative set of stamps

Honour for Eleanor Rathbone

ONE OF Liverpool’s pioneering daughters is being honoured for defying discrimination and campaigning to improve the lives of other women. Read

Chocolate has the feelgood factor

IT'S National Chocolate Week from October 13-19. Emma Pinch gets the skinny from the region’s most passionate chocoholic Read

Let the festivities begin

YOU may think it’s too early to think about Christmas dos – but, as Emma Pinch discovers, it’s time to start planning Read

We’re more than just a good day out

The National Trust will stage its annual general meeting for the first time in Liverpool next month, hosted by its director general, Dame Fiona Reynolds. Peter Elson reports Read

Chris Mason (right) and Che Varley learning stage combat

Monkeying around can be educational

A classic Chinese fable inspires the Everyman Youth Theatre’s ambitious new production. Laura Davis meets its stars Read

You have three minutes to speed date a free thinker

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

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