Your weekend in Liverpool
Four things worth leaving the house for.
Museum of Liverpool
Walk the Ralla (Loop Line)
Climb the Anglican Cathedral
Visit the FACT exhibition
The Liverpool Overhead Railway
Liverpool once built the first elevated electric railway in the world. Then, after sixty years, it pulled it down. Ask around the city and you’ll find it still…
Why Don’t the Beatles Sound Scouse? The Scouse Accent, Explained
Why don’t the Beatles sound Scouse? An American Beatles fan asked the question best. He loves the band, ended up supporting Liverpool FC because of them, and one…
The Bombed Out Church, Liverpool: The Story Behind St Luke’s
The Bombed Out Church Ask a Scouser to meet you at St Luke’s and you’ll get a blank look. Ask them to meet you at the bombed out…
What Is a Wool? Liverpool’s Favourite Insult, Explained
\n What is a wool? \n\n\n\n A wool (short for woolyback) is Liverpool slang for someone from the towns around the city but not the city itself, places…
The City
Civic affairs explained, not argued. What the people who run the city region can and cannot do, sourced and dated.
What does the Liverpool Metro Mayor do?
And no, they're not in charge of the railways... at least, not entirely.
Culture
Music, art, writing and the life of the place. Richer, narrative pieces that take the city seriously.History
How Liverpool came to be the city it is, told honestly, with the receipts. Archival imagery, credited.Life
The practical and the everyday, from finding a flat to the case for a particular bus. The voice of a mate who knows the place.What Is a Wool? Liverpool’s Favourite Insult, Explained
\n What is a wool? \n\n\n\n A wool (short for woolyback) is Liverpool slang for someone from the towns around the city but not the city itself, places…