LOVED AND LOATHED, LIVERPOOL PROVOKES EMOTIONS LIKE NO OTHER CTIY IN BRITAIN. What makes 'the Pool of Life' so different? the birthplace of the Beatles, it is the cradle of UK music. It has produced more pop stars than anywhere else - from Cilla Black to Frankie Goes to Hollywood, from Billy Fury to Atomic Kitten. But Liverpool has also been a byword for disaster - the Bad News Capital of Britain. The twent-first century has seen a dramatic restoration of Liverpool's reputation with its successf...