Archive - SevenStreets

Why is local media having a meltdown?

We don't have to put up with the outbursts of cynical local publishers. We need to talk to each other more. So why are so many indie titles around here…

Nov 14, 2022 •

May 2022

Liverpool's Ghost Streets: Manesty's Lane

This thoroughfare snaking through Liverpool ONE has a murky, dark history that's totally at odds with its sparkling retail facelift.

May 18, 2022 •

September 2021

Death By Ring Road: Looking for Life Beyond Leeds Street

Vauxhall is 'Pumpfields' these days, apparently, site of multiple failed apartment developments. But this area has an rich, deep local history that…

Sep 22, 2021 •

Liverpool's Loneliness Epidemic

We're constantly referred to as one of the friendliest places in the world, but more of us than ever are feeling isolated and left behind. What's the…

Sep 1, 2021 •

August 2021

How Liverpool's Docks Can Keep Us Alive, If Only We Let Them

The docks are being strangled and filled in, at a time when we're enjoying the outdoors like never before. Is it time for a radical look at how we're…

Aug 17, 2021 •

Our History in Drinks: Liverpool's Shameful Brandy Story

In the first of a series, we look at our city through the blurry lens of booze. First up: brandy, slavery, and an ugly past we need to reconcile with.

Aug 10, 2021 •

July 2021

Liverpool's World Class Waterfront

#no labels, or #no clue? There was only one way to let the scales fall from our eyes. We took a two mile trek along our ex-World Heritage waterfront...

Jul 26, 2021 •

UNESCO's Binned Us Off. What Next For Liverpool?

Our World Heritage status has gone, floating out of sight like a chippy wrapper from the Lobster Pot. But it's not about them anymore. It's about us.

Jul 21, 2021 •

Hot Water: The Fight To Save Liverpool's Best Public Art

In the business district sits the region's most brilliantly bold modernist sculpture. But it needs help before it's flushed out for good.

Jul 8, 2021 •

Liverpool: We Know Where You Live.

Remember us? SevenStreets, from the internet? Yeah, we're back. In your inbox.

Jul 5, 2021 •

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