Departures: Liverpool seen

THE 1994 Beatles Convention begins next Thursday and continues to 30 August. Cavern City Tours (051-236 9091) is staging numerous events, including a Magical Mystery Tour on Sunday, 28 August; the element of mystery is reduced by the publicity material, which promises 'a two-hour whistle-stop tour of Beatle birthplaces, homes, schools, and Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields'.