http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/ Special features about life and history in Liverpool, Cheshire and the Merseyside region. en-gb Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/23/keep-the-kids-happy-on-a-budget-64375-21387358/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/23/keep-the-kids-happy-on-a-budget-64375-21387358/ IN the second of our two-part guide to credit crunch-friendly school holidays, Laura Davis finds a host of family activities that won’t cost you a penny http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/23/children-s-festival-64375-21387359/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/23/children-s-festival-64375-21387359/ LIVERPOOL will host 10 days of boredom-busting activities for young people and families this summer. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/23/exhibition-for-oaps-64375-21387550/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/23/exhibition-for-oaps-64375-21387550/ AN EXHIBITION to help pensioners take up arts and crafts by showing them the work of others is being held at 1pm tomorrow at St John’s School, Liverpool Road, Ainsdale. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/22/free-wheeling-fun-for-all-the-family-64375-21380267/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/22/free-wheeling-fun-for-all-the-family-64375-21380267/ IN the first of our two-part guide to credit crunch-friendly school holidays, Laura Davis discovers some fun cycle routes through the region http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/21/fairytales-really-can-come-true-64375-21375310/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/21/fairytales-really-can-come-true-64375-21375310/ IT'S Liverpool’s own fairytale about how a beautiful little girl from a comprehensive school became a princess in a distant land. David Charters reports http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/19/this-used-to-be-a-place-where-families-didn-t-want-to-come-now-local-residents-use-it-64375-21368775/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/19/this-used-to-be-a-place-where-families-didn-t-want-to-come-now-local-residents-use-it-64375-21368775/ PETER Elson takes a walk on the wildside of Liverpool Cathedral http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/18/human-life-without-language-64375-21362898/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/18/human-life-without-language-64375-21362898/ Laura Davis meets the award-winning author exploring the lives of feral children http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/16/maritime-history-converges-on-city-64375-21348443/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/16/maritime-history-converges-on-city-64375-21348443/ WITH the Tall Ships gathering in Liverpool, Peter Elson has just the supplement to guide you through this momentous event http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/16/tall-ships-vantage-points-64375-21348444/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/16/tall-ships-vantage-points-64375-21348444/ THE best viewing areas for Parade of Sail at 2pm on Monday are from the Britannia public house and adjacent promenade northwards. There are restricted views from Princes Parade (the Pier Head is not available as it is currently a construction site). http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/15/breathing-life-into-the-cold-hard-clay-64375-21340081/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/15/breathing-life-into-the-cold-hard-clay-64375-21340081/ 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 http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/14/catching-up-on-research-after-50-years-64375-21334587/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/14/catching-up-on-research-after-50-years-64375-21334587/ LAURA Davis meets the experts planning to save mothers and babies from the trauma of Caesareans http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/12/new-documentary-about-liverpool-s-waterfront-64375-21338522/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:11:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/12/new-documentary-about-liverpool-s-waterfront-64375-21338522/ WHAT makes Liverpool so special? Just ask the locals, as a new documentary film proves. Peter Elson reports. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/12/remembered-the-160-men-from-merseyside-who-fought-in-the-spanish-civil-war-64375-21328553/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/12/remembered-the-160-men-from-merseyside-who-fought-in-the-spanish-civil-war-64375-21328553/ 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 http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/11/telling-tales-of-our-great-city-64375-21323302/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:30:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/11/telling-tales-of-our-great-city-64375-21323302/ THIS is a city of stories – of a man with fire in his eyes leaping over warehouses, of waifs barefoot on cobbled streets, of the twin boys separated at birth who died on the same day. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/09/if-you-like-it-you-should-fight-for-it-64375-21308169/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/09/if-you-like-it-you-should-fight-for-it-64375-21308169/ TWO new splendidly illustrated books about Liverpool alert us to the visual wealth around us, but their author worries it may all change too quickly. Peter Elson reports. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/08/museum-hosts-an-exhibition-of-real-note-64375-21300878/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/08/museum-hosts-an-exhibition-of-real-note-64375-21300878/ To mark the opening of a new exhibition, Nia Gibbons takes a Magical Musical Tour through the city’s history http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/08/the-county-that-fuelled-the-war-effort-64375-21300906/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/08/the-county-that-fuelled-the-war-effort-64375-21300906/ EMMA Pinch talks to the men and women who hold the key to great food – keep it local and seasonal http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/05/slaves-traders-and-pioneers-new-book-on-the-most-turbulent-period-of-liverpool-s-history-64375-21266581/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/05/slaves-traders-and-pioneers-new-book-on-the-most-turbulent-period-of-liverpool-s-history-64375-21266581/ Think we have rows today? Well, a teacher has written about the most turbulent period in Liverpool’s history. David Charters reports http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/05/st-anselms-college-in-birkenhead-celebrates-its-75th-anniversary-64375-21266634/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/05/st-anselms-college-in-birkenhead-celebrates-its-75th-anniversary-64375-21266634/ SCIENCE, the humanities, maths, sport, prayers and rock music are all celebrated at the school founded 75 years ago by Christian Brothers. David Charters reports http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/04/the-former-rolling-stone-who-keeps-rolling-64375-21226619/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/07/04/the-former-rolling-stone-who-keeps-rolling-64375-21226619/ When an old Stone comes rolling into town, the talk soon turns to cigarettes, rock and roll and Wilfred Pickles. David Charters reports