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Manchester for business, Liverpool for culture? Not anymore
As the English National Opera heads to Manchester, have local leaders been complacent or unlucky?
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A man, a mission and seven failed start-ups: the tumultuous career of Liverpool’s most persistent entrepreneur
‘Eventually, you have to fail to make success’
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Anthony Walker’s future was taken away in a senseless racist attack in 2005. So why is Joey Barton ‘rewriting history’?
‘It is worth noting that Michael Barton did not lose 17 years of his life, the only life lost that day was Anthony’s’
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Double, double, toil and rubble: the Depot’s Macbeth transports us into a modern-day war
It has Ralph Fiennes, buckets of blood and a helicopter soundtrack. So why does it feel so quiet?
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The Christmas market is here — and it’s expensive. But is anyone to blame?
‘Realistically my prices should be higher, but I don’t want to charge that’
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Why has the Adelphi become Liverpool’s dirty secret?
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Lies, smears and impunity at Blue Coat: Why did Liverpool’s top school cover up a scandal?
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First there were anonymous letters. Then the floodgates opened
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The Everyman hired a young director with a big reputation. A year later, he's gone
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The People’s Day of Death: Liverpool celebrates its own mortality
Skools, ghouls and a rulebook for funeral punkery
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The council has declared a homeless ‘emergency’ — but is it doing enough?
A political row has been brewing over who is to blame
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Rats! Everywhere! ‘Will anything ever be done about them?’
Page Moss’s vermin problem has raged on for years. Have we found the solution?
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‘A political rush’: Were Merseyrail’s new trains ready to hit the tracks?
Delays, cancellations and a transport committee kept in the dark
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Four men invented the Beatles tourism industry and made Liverpool millions. Only three of them look back on this fondly
'This is the story of the cowboy capitalists from the 80s'
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Liverpool’s children’s services were heavily criticised. Are they on the mend?
Plus: the destruction of a listed mansion and performance of a Dickens classic
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A legacy of lies: The downfall of a Liverpool conman
'I hate Rob Ware and wish I’d never met him'
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The University of Liverpool wants to break into the world’s top 100. But are its staff on board?
‘Everyone knows at least two or three colleagues that are either off with ill health or should be off with their health.’
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‘Comradely’ disagreements or a ‘total mess’? Inside Merseyside Labour as war rages in the Middle East
We spoke to 12 local Labour figures about the war in Gaza, as one says: 'I don’t recognise the party I put my life into'
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