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The Tallest Tower In The North?

The Tallest Tower In The North?

Another day, another controversial development. But this one has got some friends in seriously high places…


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The Post: The Review

The Post: The Review

After sales fell to 7,000 a day, Liverpool’s venerable Daily Post faced an uncertain future. It’s been resurrected, after a fashion, in the new The Post. But is it too little, too late? We take a look inside the first issue.


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The Top Ten UNESCO Bad Boys. And Us.

The Top Ten UNESCO Bad Boys. And Us.

In the week that UNESCO is set to deliver its written report to Liverpool Council, it’s time to put the whole affair into context. We’re not the only city caught between the past and the future. We’re in very good company…


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SevenStreets review of the year

SevenStreets review of the year

Suffice to say we like everything. Well, nearly everything. But we picked out a few cultural highlights from 2011 to remind you of some gems.


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Tied up: Ropewalks’ regeneration gets national acclaim

Tied up: Ropewalks’ regeneration gets national acclaim

The slice of city centre has just been awarded a prestigious national award. We caught up with Ropewalks’ Chris Gibson for a chat about the area’s success, and its future.


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Five ways to dodge Christmas shopping hell

Five ways to dodge Christmas shopping hell

Doing pre-’Chrimbo’ present shopping in any overcrowded city centre is a massive headache. So here’s our list of ways to successfully avoid the retail trauma in Liverpool.


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Dear UNESCO: Don’t Fence Us In

Dear UNESCO: Don’t Fence Us In

Back in the city to discuss Peel’s Liverpool Waters proposals, UNESCO is warning of withdrawing Liverpool’s World Heritage status. David Lloyd ask, should we be worried? Or are these the inevitable growing pains of a restless and dynamic city?


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Edge Hill: The Modern World Started Here

Edge Hill: The Modern World Started Here

More than a history of a railway station, METAL’s new Edge Hill archives document the rise, fall and rebirth of a tenacious community, and pioneering corner of our city too…


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11 Little Liverpool Luxuries

11 Little Liverpool Luxuries

When money’s too tight to mention, where can you go for a quick pick me up – an illicit, but good value personal indulgence? Oh, apart from there… Here are a few of our favourite little luxuries.


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Birkenhead: Sold out for Asda’s price?

Birkenhead: Sold out for Asda’s price?

Can Birkenhead’s new Asda save the town from itself? SevenStreets takes a trip over the water, and finds a town in disarray, and a high street full of traders in despair.


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Review: Roman Polanski’s Carnage

Review: Roman Polanski’s Carnage

— While it’s miles away from Polanski’s best, this talky drama is worth seeing, if only for the acting.

Notable & noticed
03 February 2012

It’s Bitter Outside

— Cold weather outside, hot beer brewing in, it can only end in...

01 February 2012

Desperate Scousewives RIP?

— After our bile-spewing episode one recap seemed to hit a nerve – legal threats and servers breaking: just a normal day on SevenStreets – you...

Our picks

Radar: Tarnished Earth

Stark, beautiful and terrifying, Tarnished Earth is an outdoor photographic exhibition at Liverpool ONE you'll find hard to ignore...

Radar: Fanfarlo at Static

With more instruments than Curly's warehouse, Fanfarlo return with their infectious hands-across-the-Baltic bag of tunes. We're going, you should too.

Radar: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Back after half a decade, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have an awful lot of pent-up energy to expel. Should be a great show at the Academy this week, then.

Rapper’s delight: J Dilla tribute night at Shipping Forecast

Pay your respects - and raise some money - by celebrating a visionary producer and music maker who reshaped hip hop forever.
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