Lawrence Saunders

Paul has gone from washing pots at Thornton Hall on the Wirral to operating one of Liverpool’s most esteemed eateries, The Art School.

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Lawrence Saunders checks out the menu at Lu Ban - a new authentic Chinese restaurant in Liverpool’s Cains Brewery Village.

Lawrence Saunders checks out the new evening food menu at The Watering Can in Greenbank Park.

With summer in full swing, it’s time to make plans for a family getaway. But before you load up that flight comparison website, first consider these beautiful coastlines and seaside resorts which you can reach from Liverpool in less than two and a half hours.

From Shakespeare at the Playhouse to shooting in Sardinia, via Benidorm and Yorkshire, Josh Bolt’s acting career is taking him places. As ‘Catch-22’ screens on Channel 4, the rising Liverpool-born star tells us about his love of Bond movies, downing vodka Fanta Lemon and getting a pushbike from George Clooney.

Siren receives a visit from Lawrence Saunders, sampling the Baltic Triangle venue’s new evening menu of small plates and cocktails.

For someone who didn’t really want to become a fashion designer, having your clothes worn by the likes of Rihanna, Stormzy and Kylie Minogue is pretty impressive. London-based creator Christopher Shannon, who grew up in Mossley Hill, talks to YM Liverpool about his star customers and feeling like a ‘northern oddity’.

As a long-time writer on ITV’s ‘Coronation Street’, Orrell Park-born Jan McVerry has been behind more than 200 episodes of the nation’s best loved soap. We caught up with the storyliner putting a scouse stamp on Manchester’s greatest export to discover how she helped create one of telly’s nastiest villains.

The city’s most widely read magazine since 1999

The city’s most widely read magazine since 1999