Afternoon tea is the quintessential British form of indulgence. We’re all for circumstances where you can be patriotic and stuff your face simultaneously. A towering carousel full of cakes, sandwiches and...
A day on the calendar for the Irish and the Irish-at-heart. St. Patrick’s Day occurs annually on March 17 in observance of the death of St. Patrick, the patron Saint of...
Hidden gem is a word thrown around with reckless abandon so we ask, are there any true hidden gems left? Of course there are. There was a time when the...
Beer? Oh, go on then. To the clock-watching office workers who practically run when the clock struck 5.30pm, the fresh-faced students itching for their first pint and to the ones already...
We remember going on a diet once. It was the worst four hours of our lives. I think we can all agree dieting is hard. The lack of food, the...
A pub crawl with an emphasis on the crawl. Liverpool – a city once famously cited as being full of people who go out on the Monday night and couldn’t...
The sun is shining, the weather is sweet. Summer is our favourite day of the year and it turns out, it will coincide with this year’s Liverpool Loves Festival –...
The Bold Street buzz shows no sign of stopping. Before we get into this, we feel it’s our duty to warn you that this blog will be full of delicious...
We all love Liverpool but what does Liverpool love? A question asked by Josh Boyd, Managing Director or Orb CIC and the inspiration behind the festival that launched last summer...
We hate it when we’re innocently making a milkshake and all the boys come to our yard. If you don’t want the same problem, we’d say leave the milkshakes to...
1000+ artists, 135 events, 1 night. Welcome to LightNight Liverpool, something a bit different to your normal Friday. LightNight are imploring you to wander and wonder on Friday the 13th...
Whilst Liverpool is far from the wettest cities in the UK, sometimes it can feel it. No one likes moping about on rainy days, so get out of the house...
We’re jammin’… Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s by the likes of Bob Marley and Toots Hibbert. The term also denotes the modern...
Grab a bite without breaking the bank Being on a budget doesn’t have to mean missing out and just because it doesn’t come with the heavy price tag doesn’t mean...
When can we move in? We’d like to think we’ve got to grips with those whole Liverpool things now so it’s a surprise to us when we haven’t even heard...
Plans for Valentine’s Day? Oh we’ll just be drinking vodka and singing Adele to our cat. Valentine’s Day when you’re single can be one of the worst days of the...
There’s nothing a large spoon and a tub of Nutella can’t fix. Ever tried to just have a little bit of Nutella? Impossible, isn’t it? One spoonful soon turns into...
How good are hash browns? And we said, what about, breakfast at Liverpool? We at Independent Liverpool believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and shopping...
Lunch time will never be the same. Every day, for the last 8 years queues of people line up outside of a modest shop with an olde-worlde facade. There’s two reasons...
Burns Night – where soup of the day is always whisky. A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many...
There’s one date in December you might not be aware of that embodies the spirit of the season without a sleigh. The 5th of December is “Small Business Saturday”, a...
Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile is upon us and the theme for the coming months is “comfort”. The leaves are turning brown and the air is relentlessly crisp; autumn...
The Trio Behind Maray, one of Liverpool’s best restaurants, were inspired by Le Marais, a Parisian district renowned for its abundance of falafel shops and amazing cocktails. Whilst their restaurant...
Liverpool: a city built by immigrants and proudly stocked by scousers. With a history so steeped in different cultures, especially Afro-Caribbean and Chinese, we’ve devised an ode to the many cultures...