There is no doubt, our city (and especially Liverpool Vision’s stewardship of inward investment) has done good. With £4 billion invested in the past decade, and big-ticket hits like LiverpoolONE, the ACC and the cruise….
The lad must have been no more than seven. Gingerly, he clambered down the stairs of the Chinook, parked up at the Pier Head like some benign, exotic beast, blown off course in the recent….
With The Caledonia threatened with closure, we asked seven people what the pub means to them and why it deserves to stay.
Jane Jacobs is a bit of a hero of ours. An urban living champion, she was a passionate advocate of the urban cityscape as a liveable ecosystem, where bricks and mortar and flesh and bone….
Pretty much everyday, when we turn on the television or radio, we’re told about how we can save lives by ‘donating only five pound a month’ or ‘sponsoring a child’. Every day we walk down….
The first time I cut myself I was asleep. I’d been having one of those classic stress dreams - running around, chasing my tail. Never being quite in the right place at the right time…..
Birkenhead needs a reason to exist, and for people to invest in it. ‘Failed post-industrial town’ isn’t it. ‘Liverpool’s south bank’ could well be. The town (and Wallasey) is facing a fight for survival, of….
The Homes and Communities Agency regeneration agency (the regulator for social housing providers in England) has revealed its bold new vision and development framework for the new Kings Dock in Liverpool. And we like what….
We’ve got the arena, the cathedral ‘to spare’, and the bold new Liverpool Waters castles in the sky project. Yeah, we’re the very model of a desirable modern city. But we’re missing a vital cog…..
Today the Government announced its HS (high speed) 2 route, scything through the countryside from Birmingham to all points north. Well, when we say ‘all points’ we mean Manchester and Leeds, and major cities such….
We know a thing or two about libraries in Liverpool. We gave the world the first public lending library (at the Lyceum on Bold Street) so these past few years without a central library has….
You’ve seen the plaque on the side of Hanover Street Tesco? It reveals this chain-store site to have a very fertile history - and marks the starting point of an exploration into the curious social….
Five years ago, the world came to our city to celebrate our cultural renaissance. This Friday, Liverpool plays host to an unprecedented gathering of politicians, faith leaders and community champions. They come from England’s eight….