Nerve Magazine

01/12/2025

Liverpool electronic dance band Waitin’ For Spacey, made up of duo Daryl Hanton and Tommy Calderbank, have just released their debut album, a hard-hitting mix of socially-aware, political lyricism married to some of the finest beats and melodies around.
https://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/local-art-news/debut-album-by-waitin-for-spacey/

28/11/2025

Drax power station has been granted permission to increase hazardous emission from one of its wood pellet plants in the US, but both at home and abroad people aren’t taking Dirty Drax’s polluting practices lying down, as Katy Brown explains.
https://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/environment/protest-over-drax-pollution/

24/11/2025

Oh Yes It Is! The Pantomime Event of the Year! Dick Twittington at the Valley Community Theatre on January 17th and 18th 2026.
https://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/local-art-news/valley-community-theatre-present-dick-twittington/

10/11/2025

Tracey Dunn writes about when Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan', the founder of the NHS, visited her mum's London childhood home in 1948 and opened Britain's first council estate.
https://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/health/my-mum-and-nye-bevan/

06/11/2025

Peloton is a lesson in how planners and real estate companies have utter contempt for ordinary people.

Peloton is a lesson in how planners and real estate companies have utter contempt for ordinary people.

29/09/2025

Rob Harrison reviews Every Town, the new single by Australian indie folk-rock band The Paper Kites as a taster for their new album "If You Go There, I Hope You Find It".
https://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/reviews/every-town-by-the-paper-kites/

18/08/2025

Valley Theatre present 2 plays for the price of one at the Liverpool Fringe, The Ballad of Crooked Lane and Wake will be performed for 2 nights in October.

Valley Theatre present 2 plays for the price of one at the Liverpool Fringe, The Ballad of Crooked Lane and Wake will be performed for 2 nights in October.

16/08/2025

Tommy Calderbank reviews Bryter Colours, the new album by Liverpool alternative folk-prog duo Bryter Colours.

Tommy Calderbank reviews Bryter Colours, the new album by Liverpool alternative folk-prog duo Bryter Colours.

19/07/2025

Tommy Calderbank reviews the new album by Neil Campbell, The Turnaround, the sequel to Neil's 2021 release The Great Escape.

17/07/2025

Tommy Calderbank reviews Little Anthem, the new album by Úna Quinn, the follow up to the singer-songwriter’s 2019 debut Inside Out.

Tommy Calderbank reviews Little Anthem, the new album by Úna Quinn, the follow up to the singer-songwriter’s 2019 debut Inside Out.