Author: Mark Brown North of England correspondent

(min-width: 480px)”>Fans from around the world came to witness Liverpool winning the title. Photograph: Joel Goodman/The Guardian “Ever since I was young, I’ve watched Liverpool with my dad on the TV, we had to be here” Chayce said. “We had to be here to see us win it live and celebrate together.” It’s difficult to… Continue reading ‘This is important’: on the ground with Liverpool fans at Anfield

Tate Liverpool, the most significant UK art project outside London, is set to reopen in the spring of 2027 after a £30 million revamp project, according to Tate. When it closed in October 2023, it was intended to stay closed for two years. The revamp project aims to make the most visited contemporary art gallery… Continue reading Tate Liverpool ‘flings open windows’ to first phase of £30m revamp

The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool has temporarily removed John Gibson’s 19th-century Tinted Venus from its sculpture gallery, replacing it with Zak Ové’s Lost Soul IV, a black child playing in a costume. The removal of the marble statue is part of a community-led project that explores the gallery’s relationship with slavery, colonialism, and empire.… Continue reading ‘We want to ruffle a few feathers’: Liverpool gallery confronts colonial past

ity going on,” she said. “I just didn’t know what form it was taking. I don’t think anybody did.” It wasn’t until after Gittins’ death that his flat, which he had painstakingly crafted over the course of 30 years, was discovered to be an extraordinary palace of outsider art. Comprising brightly coloured historical murals, handmade… Continue reading Ron’s Place: Birkenhead flat of outsider art granted grade-II listing

A recently discovered letter from George Harrison’s mother, Louise, reveals her disdain for the screaming fans of the Beatles in the 1960s. In the letter, which is one of 25 Harrison wrote to a teenage fan named Janet Gray, Louise describes the fans who screamed themselves into hysteria as “the least fortunate of their generation,… Continue reading Letters from George Harrison’s mum reveal her horror at Beatles fans

The senior coroner for Liverpool and Wirral, André Rebello, has confirmed that questions need to be answered about the deaths of a couple whose car became submerged in floodwater on a Liverpool road. On 29 August, Elaine and Philip Marco died after their Mercedes became trapped on Queens Drive in the Mossley Hill district of… Continue reading Inquest opens into flood deaths of elderly couple in Liverpool