Dec 23, 2025
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Fearless reporters, ground-breaking artists, prophetic writers ... our contributors pick the people who’ve inspired them most over a tumultuous 12 months
Dec 16, 2025
NEW FILM! John Sweeney is back on. the trail of the Reform UK leader. For his latest report, he visits Dulwich College with the journalist and author Michael Crick, who confronted the Reform leader with allegations of schoolboy antisemitism over a decade ago.
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Timothée Chalamet’s propulsive energy lights up Josh Safdie’s new film about a table tennis hustler who’s on his way to the top, writes Ellen E Jones
Dec 19, 2025
7 min read
The White House’s dead-eyed shark has monetised his presidency so well that he can pay whatever it costs to discredit institutions that may threaten him
5 min read
A super-easy party piece from the much-loved butcher’s latest cookbook
4 min read
The British-Turkish author shares her recent cultural favourites
Dec 9, 2025
9 min read
The government's wildly unpopular new policy is backed by Britain’s wildly unpopular former PM. It’s also a techno-authoritarian’s wet dream, argues Carole Cadwalladr
Nov 21, 2025
26 min read
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexit
Sep 30, 2025
17 min read
As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel's government – including billionaire Larry Ellison – and an emerging rightwing media takeover of the global information space
Dec 5, 2025
20 min read
From a moving rumination on class to a gripping novel about desire, our team of writers and editors each recommend a title they’ve loved over the past 12 months – and one they’re hoping to get for Christmas
Dec 2, 2025
The Sheffield rocker, in rehearsal for his homecoming tour, answers the Nerve Q&A - on songs, socialism, swearing ... and the joy of dogs
The best culture to enjoy this week – from Will Sharpe as Mozart to Hockney's moon paintings – all seen and chosen for you by our team of editors and writers
Food
Dec 12, 2025
The chef turned food writer, aka @dinnerbyben, shares his updated take on a classic shellfish soup
London restaurateurs Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda share an easy but indulgent Italian favourite from their award-winning cookbook
Nov 28, 2025
3 min read
Michelin-trained chef and TikTokker Poppy O’Toole shares a quick and delicious recipe for salmon
Nov 14, 2025
For the Nerve Weekend Dish, the cook and author shares her recipe for a warming, vegetarian Persian stew with aubergines, split peas and dried limes
