Contents of the first edition

• Foreword by Philip Love, Vice Chancellor of the University of Liverpool
• Introduction by Arabella McIntyre-Brown
• Liver Birds: Two dozen birds – but where are they?
• Chapter 1 Timeline: From Neolithic settlement to the start of the third millennium – a brief history of Liverpool from marshland to global gateway
• Chapter 2 Performance: Writers, poets, actors, musicians, comedians, singers and – yes, OK – the Beatles
• Chapter 3 Sporting life: Golf, athletics, swimming, tennis, and the rest. World-class racing, including the world’s single biggest sporting event. And football ...
• Chapter 4 Import/export: How Liverpool and the world have influenced each other
• Chapter 5 Moving: Liverpool is never still; this is a city whose purpose has always been to move people and things, by road, rail, air, and water
• Chapter 6 Working city: At one point half the nation’s trade was done in Liverpool; the city still influences a surprising amount of business around the world
• Chapter 7 2D–3D: More listed buildings than any city outside London, and a phenomenal collection of art and artists
• Chapter 8 Dark days : A three-month siege, cholera, war, slavery, and personal tragedy under the spotlights
• Chapter 9 Law : Police, the accused, lawyers and surprising statistics
• Chapter 10 Society: Ordering, governing and caring for the city and its people – politics, religion, public health and philanthropy
• Chapter 11 Learning: Education from pre-school to University; pioneering medicine and science – and who really invented radio
• Chapter 12 Living: Home, at play and out to lunch; a million trees and the world’s most extravagant pub
• Chapter 13 Renewal: Picking up the pieces and creating the future
• Chapter 14 Language: Names, Scouse and lernin’ ter speakh prrroper
• Bibliography
• Index
• ... and the last shall be Firsts