A THREE day celebration welcoming Chinese New Year will take place to mark the 20th anniversary of Liverpool’s twinning with Shanghai. The city’s Year of the Pig festivities will start on...
Sausage rolls are hitting the headlines but Liverpool has been banging out savoury pastry goodness for decades. Here’s our guide to where you can get your hands on some of...
Liverpool is a city with great identity, great people and some even better things to do. As a result, we’ve decided to create a little bucket list. Not your usual...
Markets, grown-up grottos, thought-provoking art and partying hard – here are the must-see’s and do’s for December. Tis the season for catching-up, saying yes and celebrating the year. Liverpool is...
Grab a slice of village life. Leafy, chilled-out and packed with character: we love Woolton. It was the first urban village to win Britain in Bloom, it’s where Eleanor Rigby...
Veganism is not a sacrifice, it is a joy. – Gary L Francione In many people’s minds, veganism is an underground cult that meet on a monthly basis on chairs...
Halloween; the time of year it becomes acceptable to blast out Monster Mash, sneak pumpkin into near enough everything and cover a whole apple in toffee and still deem it...
We’ve been scarred by clandestine fish skin in the south, chips lashed with HP sauce in Scotland and don’t even get us started on the chip barm/butty debate. Liverpool is...
Four Beatles, Three Graces and two football teams equals one boss city. If you missed the memo, we love Liverpool and we happen to know a couple of million people...
We’re bringing Munich to Merseyside in the name of good beer, great food and even better company. Bavaria meets Baltic Triangle in the Baltic Market and you simply cannot miss...
One of the city’s favourite stretches of road. We’d like to think in the past 5 and a bit years we’ve encouraged you to get out and about in search...
Prost! On the 27th of September till the 30th of September we’re throwing our very own Oktoberfest. We’re bringing Munich to Merseyside in the name of good beer, great food...
Salt and pepper: it’s more than a seasoning – it’s a way of life. When you hear the words salt and pepper, what springs to mind? Is it siu mai?...
Here’s where you can say gluten tag to the good stuff. Vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, it’s never been easier to find great food in Liverpool, whatever you like to see on...
Discover. Support. Love. Born from a desire to shine a light on Liverpool’s marvellous independent culture, and champion the city as a whole, the Independent Liverpool Membership Card was the natural progression for...
Summer is our favourite day of the year. What is that in the sky? Is that the mysterious ball of fire that our ancestors used to talk about? We think...
Live life being full. “Who does the best burger?” – never has such a small amount of words caused such big controversy. We all have our own favourite but we’re...
The global championship of soccer ball is upon us. It doesn’t matter if you’re a wall-chart and sticker book mega fan, or the only Mueller you know comes with a...
Botanical Garden, a pop-up urban wonderland of everything gin, plant and summer related is one of the best places for a doggy day out. It’s the quintessential British garden but...
Crosby and Waterloo? You mean where the Iron Men are…? Correct, but take a trip up north and you’ll find it’s more than just another place…and it’s anything but grim....
Africa Oyé, the UK’s largest free celebration of African music and culture takes place annually in Liverpool. On June 16th and 17th prepare yourself for a weekend of jerk chicken, live...
We’ve been on the gin diet recently, so far we’ve lost three days. June 9th is ‘World Gin Day’, a day of appreciation for the quintessential British drink. It was...
The Quarter is a buzzing and vibrant restaurant on the cobbles of Falkner Street. Whilst being renowned for its food, the venue is understated for its romance. The Quarter brings the...
Where there’s a wine, there’s a way. The famous Fete Le Vin in France’s wine capital of Bordeaux is widely regarded as the leading European wine event – and it’s...