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Will Any of Us Deign to Copy Agyness? ; Happening Fashion Victim

ANOTHER week, another best dressed list. This time, it is Tatler telling us who has got it wrong and right over the past year. One of my colleagues once claimed that Tatler is a magazine "for people who keep a luxury apartment in Mayfair to store their Balenciaga handbags in" and while I would like to assure you that while I neither have a pad in Mayfair nor a Balenciaga handbag (although I do have a Mulberry and a couple from Vivienne Westwood), I love Tatler magazine.

Raise Money with a Spring Clean ; Happening

GIVE your wardrobe a spring clean for the new season, and donate your unwanted clothes to raise cash for charity. That's two good deeds in one. TK Maxx and Cancer Research UK have teamed up to launch their third GiveGet 2008 campaign, which runs until March 9.

A True Fashion Heavyweight ; Happening

IT WEIGHS in at 20kg, so you might want to reinforce your coffee table, but Vivienne Westwood's Opus book looks set to be a must- have items for fans of the fashion doyenne. Although you will need deep pockets, because the 80cm x 64cm book will set you back pounds 1,400.

Let Kylie Into Your Bedroom ; Happening

SHE has conquered pop, perfume and fashion, and now Kylie Minogue has designs on our bedrooms. The pop diva says she was inspired by a collection of vintage fabrics, and a silk and crystalstudded, panelled wall in her Art Deco bedroom in creating her Kylie Minogue At Home range. She says: "The range has been designed to make bed linen an accessory, like shoes and handbags. There's lots of sparkle, faux silk, sequins and rhinestones."

Lips Will Never Be More Kissable ; Happening

PRACTISE that pout because Bobbi Brown's new Creamy Lip Colour will leave you with super kissable lips. Better still, the shea butter formula leaves your lips soft and moisturised. Creamy Lip Colour comes in 14 different shades, from Pink Ballet to Dark Chocolate.

Vintage Fashion Inspires Oasis Designs ; Fashion Stunning Spring Styles Offer a New Take On Some Fabulous Classic Couture. Laura Davis Sees What's Available

SPRING fashion is firmly rooted in the past with the most playful looks of last century making a comeback this year. Couture-inspired shapes hark back to glamorous times, with a focus on full skirts from the fifties and delicate seventies- influenced maxi dresses.

Italian Luxury Marks Burton's New Season

HIGH Street menswear favourite Burton takes its premium and stylish Black Label collection into its second season with a high design-led range packed with luxury fabrics and attention to detail. Spring's colour palette lightens up to include pastels in pink, blue, cream and white, however shades of black, blue and grey offer a contrasting finish.

Focus On a Magnificent View of the City ; Debbie Johnson Meets the Couple Who Enjoy Watching the World Go by From Their Apartment Interiors

DR ARUN GHOSH and his girlfriend, Sally Ellis, have a room with quite a view - of the whole city growing and changing before their very eyes. The couple share a flat in the Focus Building, on Standish Street, which comes complete with both a balcony and a huge outdoor terrace.

10 of the Best Buys to Mark Fairtrade Fortnight ; Please Yourself and Your Conscience, Says Emma Johnson

01 JOIN celebrities like Tamsin Outhwaite in supporting Fairtrade fortnight with this cute teddy made by tsunami survivors, priced pounds 12, at www.fairwindonline.com 02 THE fairly traded candles from www-liv-uk.com are made from 100% natural beeswax. Priced from pounds 1.50-pounds 8.

By Invitation Only ; People

BARTENDERS from across the country flocked to Mosquito, in Liverpool, last week as the Living Room Group held their Cocktails and Dreams competition. With cash and prizes on offer, contenders were encouraged to inject their personality, showmanship, product knowledge and creativity into their sets.

Living It Up with ... ; People Gregg Parker, 24 Is the Manager at Mosquito in Liverpool

What are you reading? I'm reading Jeremy Clarkson's new book. Where did you last eat out? At Gusto, in Heswall, last Saturday.

Find Out What's Behind the Green Door ; Design Bring a Little of Nature's Favourite Colour Into Your Home and Transform Your Life. Gabrielle Fagan Reports

JUST AS the shoots of green leaves and buds are appearing outdoors and transforming the landscape, so green shades are taking root, blooming and refreshing our homes. You're sadly out of date if you've dismissed green as the standard colour for boring things like school uniform or the dreary paintwork choice for public buildings and institutions.

The Daily Post & You

Letter: We Need Our Care Homes

IT WAS with great sadness that I read recently of the proposed closure of two council care homes. At a time when Liverpool is supposedly regenerating, it appears to be a very sad state of affairs that we can not provide a decent level of choice to older people in terms of what care they can have.

Letter: The Whole Story

I HAVE just received a letter attached to my regular prescription signed by the doctor, asking me to protect my local NHS surgery by writing to the Primary Care Trust, health board in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales, telling them I do not agree with these changes and I do not want them. I am also asked to write to my local or national press and my Member of Parliament to say I do not want to see the breaking up of the NHS general practice. This I am more than happy to do.

Letter: Eye Exam

THERE are half a million people in the UK with the eye condition glaucoma, half of whom don't know they have it and are at risk of losing their sight unnecessarily. Untreated, glaucoma can lead to irreversible sight loss. If caught early, through a simple eye test, glaucoma can be easily treated and your sight can be saved.

Letter: More Funding

IT IS really good news that Merseyside is to get pounds 212m of dedicated European funding over the next six years. This comes on top of the last two rounds of Objective 1 funding and shows the commitment of Europe to our area. Of course, some sceptics will take the old line that this is only "our money" that we are getting back. Though this is partly true, another way of looking at it is that at least Europe is prepared to commit to funding development in our region over a number of years.

Letter: Over-Stretched

DAVID CAMERON'S launch of a Military Covenant Commission, to examine ways of restoring the link between our Armed Forces and the nation, is to be commended. The birth of the Covenant can be traced back to 1593, when the law dictated that parishes should contribute to the welfare of sick and wounded veterans.

Letter: Bad New Days

SARAH SMITH writes in the Post "Budget Debate" (March 3) that we should have nothing to worry about, and that things as she describes them in the "bad old days" where much worse. She then pleads for votes for the Lib-Dems by giving us reasons such as being clean, green and economically vibrant. Let me inform Sarah Smith that certain parts of our city look like a dog's toilet and are certainly not clean. As for being green, our recycling record is appalling, with Liverpool being near bottom of...