'News you’re not supposed to know’
Uncovering the birth of Liverpool Free Press 1971-77
Leyla Soncul, April 2021. Alternative source
How five journalists started a radical Liverpool newspaper
Mollie Simpson. The Post, 26 June 2022
A case study of the Liverpool Free Press as part of an analysis of the local alternative newspaper movement in the UK in the 1970s
Hugh O’Connell. BA dissertation, Department of Journalism, Liverpool John Moores University, 2010
The sleeping watchdogs
David G. Jones
The Spectator, 2 June 1973
News Limited
Why You Can't Read All About It
Brian Whitaker. Minority Press Group, 1980.
Complaint Concerning an Article in the "Liverpool Free Press" Newspaper
Second Report from the Committee of Privileges Together with the Proceedings of the Committee. H.M. Stationery Office, 1975
General information
Here is the Other News
Challenges to the commercial press
Crispin Aubrey. Minority Press Group, 1980
Alternative Journalism. Alternative Voices
Tony Harcup. Routledge, 2013
'Alternative' and 'radical' newspapers in the 1970s: the broader picture
City Politics and the Press
Harvey Cox and David Morgan. Cambridge University Press, 1973. A study of six daily and weekly newspapers on Merseyside, focusing on their reporting of local politics.