- 17/12/2010
The Old Rapid Hadware paint shop (former Nerve Centre site) is hosting
a fascinating artistic exhibition, dubbed 'Home is where the heart
is'. The exhibition - which consists of works by local artists and
refugees based in the Liverpool area - has had its doors open to
the public since Friday 10th December. |
- 17/12/2010
The recent student demonstrations received an extensive amount of
media attention. Typically most coverage focused on London, where
an outburst of violence eclipsed the protests on Merseyside and
elsewhere in the UK. The tabloid friendly invasion of the Tory headquarters
ensured a media frenzy subsequently clouding debate surrounding
the real issues. |
- 17/12/2010
Lady Lillith Leveigh has been a professional practicing artist for
the past twenty years. She designs sculptural installations set
on ancient cultures in a post modern context to address the concepts
of body politics, spirituality and the interrelations on art and
artefact. Victoria Samantha Smith went to her studio to find out
more about her and her work. |
- 15/12/2010
Sebastian Gahan gives the lowdown on the launch of the Nerve 17/1911
Transport Strike Calendar which took place at the Bluecoat as part
of the Bed-in, and featured the Socialist Choir, Tayo Aluko, Vinny
Timmins, poetry, gruel, and much more. |
- 9/12/2010
TWO workers were killed in an horrific industrial accident at the
Sonae wood processing factory in Kirkby on Tuesday 7th December.
Thomas Elmer, 27, and James Bibby, 25, both from Rossendale, Lancashire,
were working for sub-contractor Metso when the accident happened.
Dave Whyte and Steve Tombs here call for the factorys' closure.
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- 8/12/2010
Gambian Journalist forced to seek asylum in the UK - My name is
Pa Modou Bojang, I was born on the 16th of February 1975 in the
West African Commonwealth nation of The Gambia. In Gambia I worked
as a journalist on both radio and newspapers. |
- 1/12/2010
Nerve talks to David Lewis, author and photographer of The Beatles:
Liverpool Landscapes. The stated aim of the book is to see the stories
“from the city’s perspective, not the fans,” staking
out corners of the city that other Beatles’ writers had overlooked
or neglected to write about at length. |
- 23/11/2010
Hailed as one of the best bands in Britain at the tail end of the
1990s and well into the last decade, Six by Seven were highly revered
by the music press and their peers. Following the eventual dissolution
of Six by Seven in November 2008, lead singer, guitarist and creative
force Olley returned to his first love - photography. Nerve interviewed
Chris Olley on the 92 Stadiums
project, his music and the state of the national game. |
- 20/11/2010
One of the most enduring adaptations of H.G. Wells’ groundbreaking
work, Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
has toured as a stage show since 2006. The original album the production
is based on was a huge international hit upon its release in 1978,
going on to clock up worldwide sales of fifteen million. Prior to
playing the Liverpool Echo Arena on 7th December, Nerve met up with
Jeff for an interview. |
- 13/11/2010
On a cold, wintry day and night of discontent in many ways, both
physical and political, an event of the latter variety took place
outside the Town Hall in Liverpool. United in opposition to the
savage cuts lined up for the city, a plethora of groups gathered
to pass the message that they were against the cuts and would fight
all the way. |
- 8/11/2010
“Asylum seekers are not out to claim benefits”, the
people of Merseyside were told recently. Ben Kamara, a caseworker
of the UK based charity organization, Asylum Link, was speaking
on the concept of asylum and the need of support for asylum seekers,
as part of a forum recently organized to create awareness about
the phenomenon. |
- 8/11/2010
DaDaFest claims to be the biggest deaf and disability arts festival
worldwide and DaDaFest International 2010 presents art from a unique
cultural perspective, challenging the thoughts of the audience with
its theme ‘objects of curiosity and desire’. Tom Bottle
asked DaDa head Ruth Gould answers a few questions on DaDaFest and
its connection with the local arts scene. |
- 1/11/2010
Before his final show in England of the tour, lead singer and guitarist
of Maps and Atlases Dave Davison sat back stage with me and talked
about what it was like playing in the UK, the release of their new
record, Perch Patchwork and what might be next for him and the band.
|
- 20/10/2010
Last seen on TV in 2008 fronting Simple Minds before a vast audience
at Nelson Mandela’s ninetieth birthday celebration, Jim Kerr’s
usual territory in a live environment is arenas and stadiums, having
played the US leg of Live Aid, the original awareness raising Mandela
concert in 1988 and an arena tour last year that visited Liverpool.
His new side project Lostboy! AKA however, finds him trading in
the arenas for far smaller venues on the Electroset tour. |
- 5/10/2010
After 4 full-on weeks of cutting edge art, poetry, music, film,
performance and discussion, it became clear that there was not only
a demand for a permanent space but there is a definite need. With
over 100 events, organized entirely by volunteers on a shoe string
budget, and over 2000 people attending the Centre, many staying
around to get involved, it became more and more apparent that the
Nerve Centre had a future, or at least needs a future. |
- 27/9/2010
Imagine a white dorsal fin the size of half a tablecloth rising
out of the River Mersey off Bootle docks. However, this was no shark,
but a giant Finn called Antti Laitinen who was drifting at the mercy
of a keen north wind and the incoming tide on a raft. |
- 18/9/2010
Martin Greenland, winner of John Moores Prize 2006 with Before Vermeer's
Clouds, has an exhibition, New Fiction starting next week at the
Cornerstone Gallery. Gayna Rose Madder asked him how this came about.
|
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18/9/2010
Jason Jones, manager of Liverpool Hope University's prestigious
Cornerstone Art Gallery, is the first artist ever to take the Independents
Biennial into a major national department store in Liverpool One
- John Lewis. Gayna Rose Madder asks him some questions about how
all of this happened. |
- 15/9/2010
Alexei Sayle’s recently published autobiography Stalin Ate
My Homework has been greeted with critical acclaim and as part of
his extensive promotional tour for the book he came to Liverpool’s
radical independent bookshop News From Nowhere to sign copies and
meet fans. Nerve met up with him for an interview. |
- 6/9/2010
Drawings of life in a North-West prison sent in to Nerve Magazine. |
- 1/9/2010
Elia and Lily are two Iranian asylum seekers, who fearing for their
life fled Iran. Elia was working on a blog exposing the repression
of opponents of the regime and highlighting the work of human rights
groups. His co-blogger was arrested and Elia went on the run with
his wife Lily. They arrived in the UK in 2009 and claimed asylum.
But the UK government has rejected their application. And now they
face deportation. |
- 26/8/2010
The Egg Café's gallery – HeadSpace – has recently
celebrated its 5th year with a special birthday exhibition, featuring
the work of contributing artists from the gallery's lifetime. In
recognition of the gallery's five year achievement, Nerve met up
with its curators – Karen Henley and Jazamin Sinclair –
to find out more about the history of HeadSpace. |
- 26/8/2010
In a career that has seen him feature on a dozen highly varied albums
running the gamut from Beefheartian blues, Japanese folktronica,
classically tinged violin-led pop, Mersey skiffle, and Byrdsian
indie rock, Steve Pilgrim has also found time to have a solo career.
In addition to his two critically acclaimed singer-songwriter focused
solo albums, he now serves as an integral part of Paul Weller’s
backing band. Nerve met up with him for an interview. |
- 20/8/2010
This year sees the return of the Liverpool Biennial, featuring work
by invited UK and International artists. The Independents Biennial
runs alongside this major event, showcasing UK-based artists, but
also involving multiple exhibitions and events around Merseyside.
|
- 12/8/2010
Following the success of her solo career Candie Payne has re-grouped
and become the lead singer of a band. Nerve talked to her on the
new direction her career has taken and her stunning new group The
Big House. |
- 15/7/2010
Earlier this year, lifelong and well-known artist Frances Conway-Seymour
was told she had only weeks to live. This has prompted her to mount
a retrospective exhibition of part of the vast body of work she
has produced over some decades, from 1954 to the present, which
can be seen at the Lark Lane Atelier. |
- 1/7/2010
"Act It Out" is a drama festival on the theme of health
produced by Dingle Community Theatre to show the Health Benefits
of Drama and to give people the opportunities to take part in performance
activities. It takes place from 12th - 21st July. |
- 18/6/2010
Dominic Murphy interviews Keith Saha of 20 Stories High. 20 Stories
High develop their productions at the old and unique Edge Hill station.
Their numerous award-winning productions have toured the nation.
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- 12/6/2010
The Review Field in Sefton Park will play host one of the biggest
free music festivals in the UK on the weekend of the 19th and 20th
of June. Held in the shadow of the magnificent Palm House, Africa
Oye is a celebration of world music and culture, which attracted
over 20,000 people last year. A huge success, but this year’s
event promises to be even bigger. Expect to hear Afrobeat, dub,
roots, reggae, salsa, dancehall, and many other genres. In anticipation
of the weekend Nerve spoke to festival director Paul Duhaney. |
- 31/5/2010
Under darkness of night, Israeli commandoes dropped from a helicopter
onto the Turkish passenger ship, Mavi Marmara, and began to shoot
the moment their feet hit the deck. They fired directly into the
crowd of civilians asleep. Latest reports put the death toll at
19 with dozens injured. |
- 29/5/2010
"We want to leave a legacy the people of the city can be proud
of", commented Artistic Director of the Everyman Theatre Gemma
Bodinetz, at the unveiling of the designs of the new building. |
- 27/5/2010
The Liverpool Art Prize celebrates city's leading artists with an
exhibition launching on 3rd June 2010 and running for 5 weeks with
a fascinating and diverse selection of works by 5 short-listed artists,
Gina Czarnecki, David Jacques, James Quin, Paul Rooney and Emily
Speed. |
- 20/5/2010
Since Independent Record Shop Day was held recently to highlight
the importance of independent retailers in the UK, it seems a perfect
time to look at the history of Probe, Liverpool’s most famous
alternative music shop. Now approaching its fourtieth year and in
its third location, Probe continues to thrive, despite the music
industry being a vastly different beast compared to the one in the
early 1970s. |
- 20/3/2010
As the son of highly acclaimed and politically savvy British folk
singer Roy, it is not surprising that Nick Harper champions a very
unique musical approach. Amy Scott-Samuel met up with Nick before
his set at the Masque Theatre, to ask him about some of the high
points that span his twenty five year career. |
- 11/3/2010
Liverpool Council have demolished Christians, the biggest fruit
and vegetable stall in the city, which had been on Bold Street for
twenty years. So much for healthy eating.
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Liverpool
Arts Exhibition Aims to Empower Asylum Seekers
Students
take to the streets
Art
and Artefact by Lady Lillith Leveigh
Nerve
17 Launched at the Bluecoat
Shut
down Sonae!
The
story of Pa Modou Bojang
The
Beatles: Liverpool Landscapes
Ninety-Two
by One: Chris Olley Interview
The
War of the Worlds: Alive on Stage
Protest
against Cuts
DaDaFest
International 2010
Dave
Davison of Maps and Atlases
Interview
with Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr
The
Nerve Centre on the move
Artful
Dodger
Martin
Greenland’s New Fiction
Liverpool
Biennial 2010: John Lewis department store gets involved!
Alexei’s
New Book On Sayle
Pictures
of Prison Life
'Back
to Iran?'
Headspace's
5th Birthday
Pilgrim’s
Progress: An Interview with Steve Pilgrim
The
Six Rooms Gallery
Music
from The Big House
Frances
Conway-Seymour Profile
Act
It Out
Tall
Tales
Africa
Oye 2010 Preview
Civilians
Under Attack by Israel
Plans
Unveiled For New Everyman
The
Liverpool Art Prize 2010
A
Brief History of Probe Records
Interview
with Nick Harper
Christians
thrown to the lions