Laurence Thompson
Laurence is a feature writer from Merseyside. He writes on all cultural subjects from books to boxing, and enjoys profiling interesting local figures.
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The Mersey’s clean-up cost £8 billion. So why is it still so dirty?
It was meant to be “the greatest river recovery in Europe”, but experts maintain it’s still a threat to public health
The decline and fall of Merseyside culture
How to kill a city's art scene
Latest Stories
‘Your heart beat in my ribs, and mine in yours’ — Melville, Hawthorne and Merseyside
What can two American novelists tell us about Liverpool’s 19th-century prime?
The bakery rankings Merseyside didn’t ask for
The ‘pastry renaissance’ has not escaped The Post’s notice
The Liverpool Street Guardians: concerned citizens, or a ‘fascist organisation’?
On nighttime safety, Operation Halo and volunteer patrol groups
Why is the Wirral the most depressed place in England?
Liverpool’s ‘Left Bank’ was meant to be having a renaissance. What’s gone wrong?
Merseyside councils are serving up padel — whether you want it or not
Investors include Steven Gerrard and Jürgen Klopp, but not everyone is loving it
The local lord is doubling the size of Knowsley Village — and the villagers are revolting
'A consultation nobody can read is not much of a consultation'
Is it time to nationalise United Utilities?
Our antiquated system is causing problems — like sewage spilling into the Mersey
‘A Nazi death camp:’ inside the feud over Sandhills
How a planning committee dispute became a national story
Living in the ruins of the Kenwright empire
Signature Living once seemed unstoppable. Now, its founder is banned from running businesses — again.
Nine years since the explosion, New Ferry feels betrayed
"How many years have we had to wait for what was promised to us? How many more?”
Do we really need another Irish pub?
Castle Moat House is now McSwiggin’s; the Zanzibar is McNasty’s. When will the horror end?
We should have a Kevin Keegan statue, too
"King Kev" transformed Liverpool into a European power. It’s high time his genius was recognised
Peter Sullivan has been exonerated of murder. Will Eddie Gilfoyle be next?
Gilfoyle was convicted of killing his wife Paula in 1993, but still maintains his innocence
How Tallulah’s got torn down
New Brighton’s favourite bar is no more. Why was its landlord so keen to destroy it?