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
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After Tony's wife died, he wanted to despair. Instead, he started caring for strangers' graves
'I’ve had people on the phone crying with gratitude, and with the guilt they’d carried with them'
Deadpool, Davros and honorary geekdom: Why tens of thousands flock to Liverpool’s Comic Con
‘If you live in a place where there’s not a lot of colour, comics and games can be a glimmer of light'
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
West Kirby is ‘supposed to be this quaint, silent town with no problems’
So why has it been slapped with a Public Spaces Protection Order?
Chau’s swan song
The end of an era for a Tuebrook institution, the ‘world’s best’ Chinese restaurant
His death was ruled a ‘misadventure’. Was he actually killed by his wife?
The complicated legacy of Merseyside literary master Malcolm Lowry
The prime minister and the pensioner: how a retired Merseyside shop worker took on Keir Starmer
Longtime trade unionist Audrey White on changing sexual harassment law and the past and future of Scouse solidarity
Left Bank, or left behind?
Why are more than half of Wirral’s regeneration projects now considered “in doubt” or “unachievable”?
Exclusive: The Isla Gladstone owes over £350,000 to Liverpool City Council
‘When things like this come to light, I often feel it’s just the tip of the iceberg’
How Merseyside's Ramsey Campbell became the world’s most decorated horror writer
'I can't remember which parts were real and which parts I invented...'
The Resurrection of St Julie’s: How a Catholic school in Woolton bounced back from a negative Ofsted result
‘We’re not an exam factory. Our primary purpose is instilling our girls with core values’
Liverpool's boxers are world-class. Why aren't its MMA fighters?
‘There’s one or two ways to win a fight and infinite ways to lose’
When will Terence Davies get the respect he deserves?
Last year, one of Liverpool’s most talented sons passed away with barely a mention. Laurence Thompson sets the record straight