Sheik your booty
Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival opens this wekend
The coolest gig is in a horse sanctuary; Dead Belgian and Attila and more
World's coolest events turn up winter heat at Blackpool
Picket and Blade Factory re-home capsized festival with hours to spare
Waterlogged park blamed as unrelenting misery of summer drags on
New 70th birthday portrait and the latest from Stevie Riks
Nige, Neil Fitzmaurice and exiled Silky open new Laughterhouse gig
Pier Head gig for city's latest X-Factor hero
Food and drink fest, kite bonanza, combat workfare and Norman Conquests
Live music returns to Liverpool cinemas 'for first time since 1960s'
When the bank holiday gets too much, here are some briny things to do
'He was someone who went out and did things, he made things happen'
Is it the work of Olek? Mystery woolly figures spotted driving off in van
Sarah Cracknell has still got it, says to Tom Palmer. Pictures by Darren Aston
