Culture:
Taylor Town Kitsch, Ersatz Culture and the Art of Forgetting
Jon Egan laments Liverpool’s loss of cultural memory and its replacement with an over-commercialised and brash form of kitsch.
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Opera on the Mersey and other Mad Visions. Paul Bryan
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Britain looks for fascists in the wrong place
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![Genghis Khan, Kirkby Market and Me by John P. Houghton]()
Genghis Khan, Kirkby Market and Me by John P. Houghton
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Pauline Hadaway on The Quest for Utopia
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Labour's Slow Rise in the Scouse Republic. David Swift
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HS2 Cuts: A Second Chance for Liverpool. Martin Sloman
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Public Art is Dead. Ed Williams rails against the city's disposable art
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Mancpool. Is it time to throw our lot in with Manchester? Jon Egan
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Has LGBTQ+ Pride run out of road?
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The Lost Battle to Defeat Labour by Jon Egan
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Maria Toolan: Liverpool Labour Damaged My Health (PODCAST)
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Michael McDonough discusses The Scourge of Northwesternism
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Richard Kemp: The Man Most Likely (PODCAST)
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Why we should stop banging on about Thatcher by Paul Bryan
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Eurovision 2023: Liverpool's imperfect pitch by Jon Egan
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Remembering Capel Celyn by John P. Houghton
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Liverpool Party Flats: The Case for Better Regulation by Nick Small
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Podcast: In conversation with Brian Groom
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The Tales We Tell... Scouse stories of resistance
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Liverpool: It's time to get interesting
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Referendum or Bust: Liverpool's last chance?
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A northern political assembly on the banks of the Mersey?
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Is profit a dirty word in Liverpool?
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The Ten Commandments of Scouse TV and Film
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Liverpool Waters: Peel's Recipe for anytown, anywhere
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Child Labour: Are the city's parties struggling to find new talent?
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Face Value: What makes a good council?
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How should we be governed? Six parties have their say...
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Once Byrned, Twice Shy. But who is Ellie Byrne?
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No Platforming: Taking Statues off their pedestals
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Devolution Derailed: When trust turns to dust
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The Beatles: Inspiration or dead weight?
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Trams-phobia. Time to face our fear of light rail
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Life after Joe. Time to ditch the Mayor?
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