All This Useless Beauty

City Living.

All This Useless Beauty

We have, in Hamilton Square and others, some of the country’s finest public squares. So why have we abandoned them while other cities are rediscovering theirs?

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Review: base2stay Liverpool

New minimalist hotel base2stay - based in the Ropewalks - has thought of everything, but then discarded the things you don’t really need. It’s a smart concept and a smart hotel.

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Santa’s Coming. And he’s brought his mates.

This year’s Santa dash aims to see 10,000 men in red, giving it their all for the city. Hey, some weeks we’d pray for just 11.

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Tunnel Vision

After three quarters of a century, the Queensway Tunnel is starting to reveal its secrets - and not just to Harry Potter fans. SevenStreets slaps on a hard hat and heads down..

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Liverpool’s Ghost Streets: Bevington Bush

In a hidden corner off Scotland Road, SevenStreets finds they’ve paved paradise, and put in a parking lot…

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A new site aims to preserve the most fragile, and vital, part of our heritage: our shared experiences. An online museum of the mind, Peoples’ Stories aims to catalogue the tales other museums leave behind.

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Liverpool’s Real Ghost Stories

How well do you know your city? Visit Colin Wilkinson’s ‘Streets of Liverpool’ site and you’ll soon be lost. But, like us, you’ll enjoy the journey.

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Squaring the Triangle

Geometrically speaking, the city has more than its share of ‘quarters’. But, in the thriving enclaves of Baltic Triangle’s creative quarter, anything’s possible…

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Base2Stay? Only if you’re quiet

Shhh! The Ropewalks residents are sleeping. Please, don’t have any fun around here after 11.30pm.

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Capital or Culture? You Decide

A new documentary is being shot in the city - and city creatives are invited to take part. The question: what did the Capital of Culture ever do for you?

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