Nature Snippets
A round-up of environmental news that’s been overlooked recently.
News & Comment
Gunda (PG)
Colin Serjent reviews the documentary film Gunda made by Russian director Victor Kossakovsky which follows the daily life of a pig with its litter and its farm animal companions.
Nature Snippets
A round-up of environmental news that’s been overlooked recently.
Birkenhead Reflections
Colin Serjent reviews Birkenhead Reflections, the new book by Ian Collard, where historic and modern images are merged to show the changes in Birkenhead through the decades.
News from FACT and Metal
Metal have announced the launch of Shift, a sustainability network for cultural organisations, and the Picturehouse Cinema at FACT reopened on 19th May.
Council round-up
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.
Nature Snippets
A round-up of environmental news that’s been overlooked recently.
The Hit List – May 2021
The Screaming Target discusses how the pandemic has affected the music industry, and also reviews some of the latest tunes reaching the Nerve office.
Vivisection Exposed: Painful Animal Experiments at Liverpool University
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.
Forests Are Not Fuel: Axe Drax
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.
Blood on the Tracks
Sarah Austin of Merseyside Animal Rights asks why public money is supporting the Grand National, the country’s most deadly steeplechase?
Celebrating 30 Years of Hope
Cornelia Gräbner celebrates 30 Years of International Solidarity with the community Nueva Esperanza in El Salvador.
The Hit List – March 2021, Part 2
Hey ho, here we are still in March, and still they come, The Screaming Target reviews a second batch of releases before they slip through the net.
The Hit List – March 2021
The Screaming Target reviews the latest round of February and March releases, navigating a path through the ever present landfill indie as it’s called in the trade.
Carbon offsetting, and how planting trees is not the answer
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.
Festival Gardens: developer ‘hoodwinks’ the locals?
What are we to make of claims that strict regulations don’t need to be followed when removing toxic waste from this former landfill?
Dead Pigeon Gallery Presents – David Sinclair – Dockers Exhibition
Dead Pigeon Gallery presents Dockers – The ‘95 to ‘98 Liverpool Lockout, a documentary photography exhibition by Dave Sinclair of the Liverpool dockers strike.
Mike Hill 30 Years On – Never Forgotten and Never Forgiven
Remembering hunt saboteur Mike Hill, who was killed 30 years ago on the 9th of February 1991 at a meet of the Cheshire Beagles.
Plans to take your breath away
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.
‘Pop-up’ plans to shut One Stop Shops
Ritchie Hunter on Liverpool City Council’s plans to shut the remaining four One Stop Shops and replace them with ‘pop-up’ shops.
Road through the sublime is ridiculous
What would Stan Ambrose, that veteran campaigner and folk hero, have made of what has happened to his beloved Festival Gardens?
SayTheirNames: Standing up to Racist Violence after the Hanau Shootings in February 2020
Cornelia Gräbner reports from Germany on the grassroots community response in the aftermath of the Hanau Shootings.
Updates from Liverpool Socialist Singers
Jo Shoba gives the lowdown on what Liverpool Socialist Singers have been up to during lockdown.
The Hit List – November 2020
The Screaming Target says “Welcome back to the new releases, we may still be in lockdown folks, but the music still keeps coming and it’s alright”.
Not On The Wood
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.
Wallasey History Tour
Colin Serjent reviews the book Wallasey History Tour, written by Ian Collard who shows how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the years.
The Monster Enters – Covid-19, Avian Flu and the Plagues of Capitalism
Ritchie Hunter reviews the book The Monster Enters – Covid-19, Avian Flu and the Plagues of Capitalism, written by Mike Davis.
Princes Park Health Centre – the story
Fundraiser for a book about the 40-year rise, fall and rise of Princes Park Health Centre in Liverpool.
The Florrie Food Union
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
Profile of the photographer Chaz Rudd who compiled and designed the lockdown charity book, There’s No Place Like Home.
There’s No Place Like Home
Sandra Gibson reviews a compilation of quarantine creativity by 50 people: a concept from photographer Chaz Rudd who compiled and designed it, with proceeds going to MIND charity.
Confidence Through Creativity Online Course
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.
Speke History Tour
Colin Serjent reviews the book Speke History Tour in which writer David Paul guides us around its well-known streets and buildings as well as exploring its hidden corners.
Secret Wirral
Colin Serjent reviews the book written by Les Jones, Secret Wirral, which tells many lesser-known stories of this exceptional peninsula.
The Hit List – October 2020
The Screaming Target has returned and is here to review the new batch of releases to be found in this post-lockdown Blighty we now unwittingly find ourselves embedded in.
Safe Places – Does Liverpool Care?
Liverpool City Council say they can’t afford to run two care homes. But can they afford not to?
Warrior Beings by Moksha
Michelle ‘Moksha’ Watson has published a new book of her poems called ‘Warrior Beings.’
Zippy Joe has a plan!
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?”
£8m care homes will close because Liverpool City Council can’t afford to pay the workers!
Without Prejudice
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.
Woolton History Tour
Colin Serjent reviews the book by David Paul, Woolton History Tour, which shows at how its famous landmarks used to look and how they have changed over the years.
Bike Ride Against Ecocide
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
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
Colin Watts gives some poetic advice, to those who wake in the night worrying about the climate crisis.
In the Midnight Hour
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
Rob Harrison reflects on Rachel Carson, the sixties, and its environmental and musical legacy.
Pedalling into the Future
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
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
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
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
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
David Greygoose puts our short lives in perspective, and celebrates the longevity and life-giving properties of trees.
What We Build, How We Live
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
Annie Merry of Faiths4Change introduces its Roots in the City Partnership Project.
End the Train of Destruction: protests staged against biomass
Katy Brown reports on August’s day of action to ‘Axe Drax’ as campaigners in Liverpool and across the North make the reasonable demand that trees be left in the ground.