The Beatles aren’t Scouse. Littlewoods is in limbo. What’s going on with Liverpool film and telly?
Laurence speaks with industry insiders about how we can reclaim Liverpool’s cinematic destiny
Culture
Revengers, assemble!
A campy dystopia set in Liverpool was panned upon release in 2002. Laurence makes the case for rediscovering a classic so forgotten even its screenwriter doesn’t remember it
The Royal Court’s 'Boys from the Blackstuff' is a hit. But it was never meant to be a period piece
Why do the 80s still cast such a long shadow?
'Love is fish and chips on winter nights': why were the Liverpool Poets so obsessed with food?
Feasting my way through 'The Liverpool Scene'
Talk! Talk! Talk!: This city could win a gold medal for conversation
‘Morning in the Streets’ on the joy of eavesdropping
Joshua Styles is on a one-man mission to save our plants
Why Merseyside’s flora and fauna is worth fighting for
Move over St Tropez, Princes Dock is the place to swim and be seen
My lips are blue, my toes are numb, but I've never been happier than swimming in the Mersey.
Two Russian sailors walk into a bar — the rest is cinema history
‘Letter to Brezhnev’ is Liverpool’s greatest rom-com
He designed a cult video game, then its sequel... then he disappeared
What happened to Matthew Smith?
Queen of the drag world, king of the kennels: The loving life of Paul O’Grady
There was nothing on this earth like an encounter with Lily Savage