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

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

Updates from Liverpool Socialist Singers
Local Art News

Updates from Liverpool Socialist Singers

The Hit List – November 2020
Music Reviews

The Hit List – November 2020

Not On The Wood
Creative Writing

Not On The Wood

Wallasey History Tour
Book & Poetry Reviews

Wallasey History Tour

The Monster Enters – Covid-19, Avian Flu and the Plagues of Capitalism
Book & Poetry Reviews

The Monster Enters – Covid-19, Avian Flu and the Plagues of Capitalism

Princes Park Health Centre – the story
Health

Princes Park Health Centre – the story

The Florrie Food Union
News

The Florrie Food Union

Charlotte Rudd – A Profile
Art

Charlotte Rudd – A Profile

There’s No Place Like Home
Book & Poetry Reviews

There’s No Place Like Home

Confidence Through Creativity Online Course
Courses

Confidence Through Creativity Online Course

Speke History Tour
Book & Poetry Reviews

Speke History Tour

Secret Wirral
Book & Poetry Reviews

Secret Wirral

The Hit List – October 2020
Music Reviews

The Hit List – October 2020

Safe Places – Does Liverpool Care?
Health

Safe Places – Does Liverpool Care?

Warrior Beings by Moksha
Creative Writing

Warrior Beings by Moksha

Zippy Joe has a plan!
Liverpool City Council

Zippy Joe has a plan!

“How much is the life of our elderly worth?”
Health

“How much is the life of our elderly worth?”

Without Prejudice
Housing

Without Prejudice

Woolton History Tour
Book & Poetry Reviews

Woolton History Tour

NEWS AND VIEWS

Nerve 28 Editorial - The Environmental Crisis Issue
Environment

Nerve 28 Editorial – The Environmental Crisis Issue

Katy Brown June 16, 2020 0

Katy Brown introduces Nerve’s Special Environmental Crisis Issue.

Nerve Editorial Statement about the Coronavirus
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.

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

Updates from Liverpool Socialist Singers
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.

Not On The Wood
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.

Princes Park Health Centre - the story
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.

The Florrie Food Union
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.

Charlotte Rudd - A Profile
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.

Confidence Through Creativity Online Course
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.

Safe Places – Does Liverpool Care?
Health

Safe Places – Does Liverpool Care?

Ritchie Hunter September 29, 2020 0

Liverpool City Council say they can’t afford to run two care homes. But can they afford not to?

Warrior Beings by Moksha
Creative Writing

Warrior Beings by Moksha

Nerve September 19, 2020 0

Michelle ‘Moksha’ Watson has published a new book of her poems called ‘Warrior Beings.’

Zippy Joe has a plan!
Liverpool City Council

Zippy Joe has a plan!

Ritchie Hunter September 17, 2020 0

Joe Anderson finally stopped plans for a zip-wire to the Central Library, but has left plenty of questions unanswered.

“How much is the life of our elderly worth?”
Health

“How much is the life of our elderly worth?”

Ritchie Hunter September 14, 2020 1

£8m care homes will close because Liverpool City Council can’t afford to pay the workers!

Without Prejudice
Housing

Without Prejudice

Bill McGarry September 11, 2020 0

This article is the subject of a book to be produced by Bill McGarry who has had direct involvement with community groups as a planner for many years and is able to offer a balanced evaluation of the planning and has experience in this stimulating and interesting planning and regeneration story.

Bike Ride Against Ecocide
Environment

Bike Ride Against Ecocide

Liverpool Earth First! August 26, 2020 0

Last Friday Liverpool cyclists enjoyed a Bike Ride Against Ecocide as part of the Earth First! Summer Dispersal, in lieu of the Earth First! Summer Gathering which usually takes place at this time of year.

Home Care
Health

Home Care

Ritchie Hunter August 24, 2020 2

Two council-built care homes in Liverpool have gone bust, leaving 83 families scrambling to find homes for their loved ones. But why did the council allow a private company to run these homes, and what should they do now?

To those who wake in the night worrying about the climate crisis
Creative Writing

To those who wake in the night worrying about the climate crisis

Colin Watts August 22, 2020 0

Colin Watts gives some poetic advice, to those who wake in the night worrying about the climate crisis.

In the Midnight Hour
Environment

In the Midnight Hour

Sandra Gibson August 22, 2020 0

Sandra Gibson looks at the Doomsday Clock, a surrealist image of the quarter-to-midnight sector of a clock with the time adjusted to reflect human-made threats to the Earth.

Sounds of a Dying Planet
Environment

Sounds of a Dying Planet

Rob Harrison August 22, 2020 1

Rob Harrison reflects on Rachel Carson, the sixties, and its environmental and musical legacy.

Pedalling into the Future
Environment

Pedalling into the Future

Katy Brown August 21, 2020 0

Katy Brown reports on the progress of the Emergency Active Travel scheme on Merseyside, with help from Don Naylor of Liverpool Friends of the Earth, as the group tries to ensure the changes are brought in ready for the long haul.

Masking the Dirt
Environment

Masking the Dirt

Tom Bottle August 21, 2020 0

Face masks are all the rage now, to protect us from something we can’t see, but that can lead to death, Tom Bottle discusses how their use highlights another silent killer: Air Pollution.

From DACEing* to FACING Up to the Climate Crisis
Environment

From DACEing* to FACING Up to the Climate Crisis

Frank Kennedy August 20, 2020 0

Frank Kennedy of Friends of the Earth responds to the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s stance on the Climate Emergency with FoE’s own Climate Action Plan for Metro Mayors.

The Heart of England Forest
Creative Writing

The Heart of England Forest

Ted Seagrave August 20, 2020 0

Ted Seagreave compares our capacity for strength in the face of adversity with the ability of trees to draw on hidden depths through tough conditions, but warns that we also need wisdom and vision, in order to preserve the Earth for future generations.

Peel Port in the Dock
Environment

Peel Port in the Dock

Joe Coventry August 19, 2020 3

Joe Coventry reports in depth on the relentless impact air and noise pollution from the port has on those living nearby.

Tree, a poem by David Greygoose
Creative Writing

Tree, a poem by David Greygoose

Dave Ward August 18, 2020 0

David Greygoose puts our short lives in perspective, and celebrates the longevity and life-giving properties of trees.

What We Build, How We Live
Environment

What We Build, How We Live

Tom Bottle August 18, 2020 0

Tom Bottle expounds the virtues of wood as a building material, and its potential to replace concrete and help reduce the construction industry’s huge environmental impacts.

Roots in the City
Environment

Roots in the City

Annie Merry August 17, 2020 0

Annie Merry of Faiths4Change introduces its Roots in the City Partnership Project.

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