Cultural Crusader

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Cultural Crusader

The term ‘Merseyside’ was coined around the end of the 19th century. In the county reorganisation of 1974 it became the official name for the area that encompassed the boroughs of Birkenhead, Bootle,

“All government leaders know what to do. They just don’t know how to get re-elected if they do it.” Jean-Claude Juncker, the former president of the European Commission, said little of note in his pol

So much of Britain’s diverse wealth of historic railway infrastructure still exists in one shape or another -if you know where to look. TIM DUNN goes exploring