Nerve Magazine

Environment

Nerve 28 Editorial – The Environmental Crisis Issue

Katy Brown June 16, 2020 0

Katy Brown introduces Nerve’s Special Environmental Crisis Issue.

Nerve

Nerve Editorial Statement about the Coronavirus

Nerve May 20, 2020 0

Like many other co-operative organisations we at Nerve have been reassessing our role and function in a world changed drastically by the Coronavirus.

Environment

Nature Snippets

Colin Serjent June 18, 2021 0

A round-up of environmental news that’s been overlooked recently.

Environment

News from FACT and Metal

Colin Serjent May 27, 2021 0

Metal have announced the launch of Shift, a sustainability network for cultural organisations, and the Picturehouse Cinema at FACT reopened on 19th May.

Liverpool City Council

Council round-up

Ritchie Hunter May 17, 2021 0

In a limbo world, changed forever by Covid, more community involvement, accountability and democracy is needed. However, the government and some local politicians have other ideas.

Environment

Nature Snippets

Colin Serjent May 5, 2021 1

A round-up of environmental news that’s been overlooked recently.

Animal Rights

Vivisection Exposed: Painful Animal Experiments at Liverpool University

Katy Brown April 26, 2021 0

Katy Brown reports on Saturday’s protest at the University of Liverpool, one of over 100 such actions to take place around the world to mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories, as last years’ figures for animal testing at the institution are uncovered.

Environment

Forests Are Not Fuel: Axe Drax

Katy Brown April 22, 2021 0

Katy Brown reports on yesterday’s protests in Liverpool and around the world against Drax plc, on the day of its AGM, to highlight its role in forest destruction and the massive subsidies it receives for burning trees.

Animal Rights

Blood on the Tracks

Sarah Austin April 12, 2021 1

Sarah Austin of Merseyside Animal Rights asks why public money is supporting the Grand National, the country’s most deadly steeplechase?

International

Celebrating 30 Years of Hope

Cornelia Gräbner April 10, 2021 0

Cornelia Gräbner celebrates 30 Years of International Solidarity with the community Nueva Esperanza in El Salvador.

Environment

Carbon offsetting, and how planting trees is not the answer

Violet Maze March 8, 2021 1

Violet Maze looks into carbon offsetting, the latest trend where we are being told to plant trees believing you can carry on a life of frequent flying as the trees will absorb the carbon we create.

Environment

Festival Gardens: developer ‘hoodwinks’ the locals?

Ritchie Hunter February 17, 2021 1

What are we to make of claims that strict regulations don’t need to be followed when removing toxic waste from this former landfill?

Art

Dead Pigeon Gallery Presents – David Sinclair – Dockers Exhibition

Nerve February 10, 2021 0

Dead Pigeon Gallery presents Dockers – The ‘95 to ‘98 Liverpool Lockout, a documentary photography exhibition by Dave Sinclair of the Liverpool dockers strike.

Animal Rights

Mike Hill 30 Years On – Never Forgotten and Never Forgiven

Nerve February 9, 2021 0

Remembering hunt saboteur Mike Hill, who was killed 30 years ago on the 9th of February 1991 at a meet of the Cheshire Beagles.

Environment

Plans to take your breath away

Ritchie Hunter February 8, 2021 2

While we’ve all been preoccupied with Covid, councils and companies have used this time to intensify developments that won’t help our air quality.

Liverpool City Council

‘Pop-up’ plans to shut One Stop Shops

Ritchie Hunter February 8, 2021 0

Ritchie Hunter on Liverpool City Council’s plans to shut the remaining four One Stop Shops and replace them with ‘pop-up’ shops.

Environment

Road through the sublime is ridiculous

Ritchie Hunter January 27, 2021 0

What would Stan Ambrose, that veteran campaigner and folk hero, have made of what has happened to his beloved Festival Gardens?

Anti-racism

SayTheirNames: Standing up to Racist Violence after the Hanau Shootings in February 2020

Cornelia Gräbner January 19, 2021 0

Cornelia Gräbner reports from Germany on the grassroots community response in the aftermath of the Hanau Shootings.

Local Art News

Updates from Liverpool Socialist Singers

Jo Shoba December 16, 2020 0

Jo Shoba gives the lowdown on what Liverpool Socialist Singers have been up to during lockdown.

Creative Writing

Not On The Wood

Tommy Calderbank November 16, 2020 3

Tommy Calderbank writes about ‘Not On The Wood’, the new self-published book of poetry, prose, doodles and magic from his mother Maggie who died in 1997.

Health

Princes Park Health Centre – the story

Nerve November 4, 2020 0

Fundraiser for a book about the 40-year rise, fall and rise of Princes Park Health Centre in Liverpool.

News

The Florrie Food Union

Nerve October 29, 2020 0

If anyone is in need of a food parcel in the local area contact the Florrie where the Food Union is prioritising food deliveries.

Art

Charlotte Rudd – A Profile

Nerve October 29, 2020 0

Profile of the photographer Chaz Rudd who compiled and designed the lockdown charity book, There’s No Place Like Home.

Courses

Confidence Through Creativity Online Course

Nerve October 15, 2020 0

Confidence through Creativity is an accredited, arts based training programme for women over 19 who have not been in work, education or training for at least 6 months.