Weekends don’t get much bigger than the Giant Spectacular. Here’s all you need to know before you go to see the little girl giant. And you must, because we’re sure this is going to go down as a weekend none of us will forget for another century or so…

One simple idea, and suddenly three million pairs of geek eyeballs were locked onto a Liverpool creative company’s latest post. Hands up who’d like a bit of that magic rubbing off on their site?

Potentially one of the most unbearable days of the year, Valentine’s Day can be a real struggle. If you’re single, the crushing misery of being alone is shoved down your throat. If you’re in a….

What book would it be? As National Library Day approaches, we take a closer look at Merseyside’s fine portfolio. It’s only right: Liverpool was home to the first lending library, after all.

Want a heads up on what to do this month? Put your head up. The greatest show on earth is happening right now. And there’s plenty of ways to get a rough guide to the skies above in this city, this month…

Smart phones. Smarter talk. The cauldron of ideas that is TEDx comes to Liverpool and, with it, a cast of industry-leading thinkers and developers mulling over mobile futures…

Halloween in Liverpool? Whether food, film or frights are your thing - we’ve got it covered.

A new exhibition brings Elvis to our shores - at least in glittering, rhinestone spirit - and the brings the King and the Fab Four together in the same room for the first time since 1967.

Do your bit to save and protect Liverpool’s singularly special Bold Street, as the Bold Street Festival celebrates the thoroughfare’s (fragile) state of independence this weekend.

Bring on the weekend - it’s time to celebrate the real musical talent in the city. As Above The Beaten Track resoundingly proves, there’s much, much more to August Bank Holiday than trance and tribute bands. David Lloyd chats to the team.

So, farewell then, summer. It’s back to school, and back to some seriously good theatre, gigs, clubbing and culture. And, like every class swat, we’ve done our homework…

Ahead of her reading at Waterstones, Liverpool University graduate, Emma Unsworth talks to SevenStreets about her debut novel, which takes haute cuisine to an astrophysical level even Heston couldn’t match…

What to do this summer? That was the question The Guardian’s Online Travel editor, Isabel Choat asked us. And we passed it over to you. Here’s what you said.