They thought of asking Paul McCartney, a royal, a politician or a poet – but, in the end, the £72m museum celebrating Liverpool’s eclectic heritage will be opened on Tuesday by Finn O’Hare, a six-year-old-boy, who wrote to “Mr or Mrs In Charge of the Museum”, explaining that he was “good at opening things”.

More on this fabulous story by Maev Kennedy in The Guardian HERE…