Liverpool Literary Festival returns to the city this weekend with a busy line-up of events over one weekend. Sir Tony Robinson, crime writer Val McDermid, Colm Toibin, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Claire Tomalin, Michael Frayn, and award-winning author and playwright Sebastian Barry are among the line-up. The University of Liverpool-organised festival runs from October 19-21 at venues including the Victoria Gallery & Museum, Mountford Hall, Tate Liverpool and the Hope Street Hotel.

Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights is being staged by young actors at the Liverpool Empire this month. The multi-Tony Award winning musical is set in the Washington Heights community in New York, with the action taking place over three days. It was conceived by the then college student Miranda in 1999 – pre-dating his Broadway and West End smash hit hip hop musical Hamilton by almost two decades. The show had its Broadway premiere in 2008 and was nominated f

Middle class fashion items from the Georgian era have gone on show at the Walker Art Gallery. Dressed to Impress: Fashion in the 18th Century features 13 outfits worn by men and women of the era, along with some of their accessories. The display includes a pair of women’s shoes with overshoes for outdoor wear to protect the feet against the dirty conditions in the streets, and two men’s wallets - one of which belonged to John Bridge, a Liverpool merchant heavily involved in t

Robert Tressell’s classic novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is being brought to the stage at the Casa later this month. Merlin Productions Inc presents the production at the Hope Street venue on August 24-25 as part of Theatre at the Casa. Tressell was born Robert Noonan in Dublin in 1870, later moving to London as a child, although in 1890 he was recorded as living in Everton, where he was a sign writer. He served six months in prison in the city for burglary. On re

St George’s Hall’s exquisite Minton tiled floor is going on annual show to the public this month. The floor, which is made up of more than 30,000 Minton tiles and is sunken below the outside borders of the great hall, will be on public display from August 3-12. It was concealed in the 19th century to allow dancing and events at the grade I listed Lime Street landmark. The tiles were handcrafted at the famous Minton factory in Stoke-on-Trent, and if you take a close look you c

A football pitch with a difference has been installed at the Royal Albert Dock. The floating football field is a pop-up pitch on a pontoon in the heart of the grade I listed waterfront attraction. And it will host the annual Summer Football on the Dock season which runs from August 2 to 10, 11am to 3pm, and from August 11-22, daily from 11am to 4pm. People of all ages and all abilities are invited to drop by and join in the fun, overseen by coaches from Everton in the Communi