So this is the day! 20 years on from the Ella Guru album, ‘The Quiet Portraits’, is released into the world. I hope you enjoy it and it becomes a world you can inhabit for a while. Thanks to Violette and everyone involved along the way. If you like, please spread the word.❤️🎧

A company owned by a Labour councillor in Liverpool and her charity boss partner rapidly acquired assets worth £3.5 million, funded by a huge influx of funds whose origins remain unclear. Despite us asking them about those origins.

Loved working on this banger with Abi Whistance.

Spent nine months working on this one for The Post - Part Two coming on Wednesday.

Former Labour councillor Peter Mitchell runs a charity that claims to bring in £15m a year. But there’s plenty that doesn’t make sense about Big Help Project

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Imagine if someone shot 61 horses in Liverpool stables since 2000. The Echo would be up in arms. But add cocktails and beer and it's a proud Liverpool tradition. livpost.co.uk/p/animal-cruel…

SevenStreets asks what lessons can Liverpool learn from the recent past to make sure our historic buildings have a future ?

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I remember the day Malcolm Kennedy called me a 'pussy' for complaining about the state of Liverpool's markets. That joke isn't funny any more, really. livpost.co.uk/p/liverpools-m…’s%20market&utm_medium=reader2

Once again Liverpool will be the centre of attention for a giddy pop phenomenon. But does Taylor Swift’s colossal tour promise more substance and staying power?

This morning's members-only edition by SevenStreets 🔒

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If you like my writing and can afford two flat whites a month, please please consider supporting me and my mates at The Post - here's my latest piece. Thanks

It didn’t take long for one of Liverpool’s biggest stores to find a new owner. But will the arrival of a huge Sports Direct in the old M&S give the city’s historic core a sporting chance for survival?

By SevenStreets

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I like to take my time on these things, because it's music, not your mum's roast dinner, so what's the rush? But fuck me Iechyd Da is a masterpiece isn't it? Bill Ryder-Jones

is right

Boss of Reach Plc, which has spent 20 years sacking journalists, pumping out clickbait and destroying the user experience:

'I am as disappointed as anyone else that people don’t really want to pay for our content online. Nowhere near enough of them.'

😑

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is the Fabric District set to be Liverpool's slow-burn success story? livpost.co.uk/p/neighbourhoo… for The Post

The Lobster Pot 'Zine now available! A5, 36 pages, includes a 5'x5' C-Type print. Comes in a sleeve made with chip shop 'newsprint' paper from The Lobster Pot. Only 25 copies available. janemacneil.co.uk/zines

Oh! Little Shops of Liverpool, my Christmas piece for the excellent The Post is dedicated to you. Happy Christmas! livpost.co.uk/p/the-shop-aro…

Shocking story in today's The Post

A member of the Athenaeum has been accused of alarming bigotry. So why wasn't he expelled?

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Train journey and school visit today
Here's my £1 a day survival kit
Will be fine if train not delayed. But will hve to resist the traditional staff room cake assault
Throw us a £1 or RT pls
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Why did Christmas in Liverpool swap Littlewood's Grotto for AK47s and axes? livpost.co.uk/p/go-for-a-pin… The Post

Christmas party at Wetherspoons this year or an axe-throwing, Ak47-blasting, caged bear fighting bloodbath livpost.co.uk/p/go-for-a-pin… the curious world of competitive socialising for The Post

.Make. celebrates its tenth birthday this year, and they have exciting plans for the next decade as their #Birkenhead site - Make. Hamilton Square - is set to move to a new home on Argyle Street.

We find out more from Chief operating officer Kirsten Little👇

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