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27 February 2023
Off the Mersey beat: a tour of Liverpool’s
unsung cultural treasures
A magical mystery tour of the city reveals brilliant art, architecture and stories – with
only minimal Fab Four interludes
David Bramwell
At a Liverpool city council meeting in 1974, in response to an application for
the installation of the first Beatles sculpture in Mathew Street, a councillor reportedly
sniped: “What have the Beatles ever done for Liverpool?” One current estimate suggests
an annual £100m in tourism, for starters. But while the city remains best-known
globally for the Fab Four, Aintree, its football clubs and the Albert Dock, it also boasts
2,500 listed buildings and a bounty of public artwork and sculptures.
