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Is this hi-tech parental link nang or just Ann Twacky?

WHAT do you do if you can’t cope with unruly teenagers? Do what they do 99% of the time: sit back and switch on the computer. Read

Max Monsarrat with his father's scrapbook at Liverpool Athenaeum with Peter Elson

Archive of author of The Cruel Sea will prove a magnet for Liverpool scholars

SUPPORT for the Daily Post campaign to bring the archive of The Cruel Sea author Nicholas Monsarrat to Liverpool has come from a most important source – his eldest son, Max. Read

Discover some of our hidden gems

Heritage Open Days give the public an unrivalled chance to explore places both famous and secret, as Peter Elson reports Read

The Liverpool Food and Drink Festival: All in the best possible taste

THE Liverpool Food and Drink Festival will be an opportunity to showcase the best of what the region’s restaurants have to offer. Emma Pinch finds out what’s on the menu Read

Aiden Byrne: Spurred on to cook in spite of the bullies

Emma Pinch talks to the chef who became the youngest person to win a Michelin star Read

Is this the first of the spiders from Mars?

THE earth-shaking spider has vanished, but does the future hold an even more terrifying surprise? David Charters weaves a story Read

Bouncing back from the brink

WE HEAR much today about our world running on oil and the power battles that ensue to take control of this finite fossil fuel. But spool back some 132 years and another natural resource dominated much push and shove between nations. Read

New cruises from city are a cause for Celebration

LIVERPOOL'S cruise liner revival gets a big boost next month when tour operating giant Thomson Holiday makes its long-awaited debut. Read

An informative publication

WHAT a diverse and greatly informative publication the Daily Post produced on Friday, September 5 was. Read

The woman who won admiration for her kindness to the rich and the poor

She loved to sing herself, as she tended the poor. Now a tune has been dedicated to Liverpool’s Saint of the Slums. David Charters reports Read

Working with The Mob

Laura Davis meets the Liverpool-born author teaching Mafia criminals how to write Read

THE Daily Post has teamed up with Echo Arena Liverpool to allow a family of four to swim alongside Marlin and Dory on their daring search of the big blue.

We are giving away four tickets for Disney on Ice’s Finding Nemo for the September 24 show, plus a Disney on Ice goody bag. Read

Any dream will do – even if you are at work

EVEN in their teeny-bopping, screaming hey-day, television’s favourite plastic pop group, The Monkees, were not regarded as being among the world’s top philosophers. Read

A cause worth giving your life for

On returning to his native Liverpool, one of Britain’s greatest trade unionists and a Spanish Civil War veteran revealed his undying passion for humanity. David Charters reports Read

Morris prepares to peel off the layers

God and George Melly are among topics discussed by the Naked Ape man, soon to be seen dressed in Birkenhead, for an exhibition of his paintings. David Charters reports Read

Still bringing light into children’s lives

AS we look forward to celebrating Roald Dahl Day on September 13, Emma Pinch looks at the author’s gift to children and parents in Liverpool Read

It is very difficult to let go

Liverpool’s major academic player Prof Sir Drummond Bone hangs up his mortar board this month. Peter Elson reports Read

The first port of call

Long ago, Liverpool was American visitors’ first experience of Europe and a new book reveals their reactions. Peter Elson reports Read

Ongoing tradition of medical firsts

As Liverpool prepares to welcome the BA Festival of Science, Laura Davis finds the city has a long history of scientific endeavour Read

Sex and drugs and rock and hair rollers

A FRIEND recently bemoaned the fact her mother didn't let her grow up gradually, or let her “find herself” in the modern parlance. Read

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