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'Why should young people have to beat an algorithm?’ Molly Russell, Meta, and the fight against online harm

Feb 27, 2026

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13 min read

'Why should young people have to beat an algorithm?’ Molly Russell, Meta, and the fight against online harm

As a new documentary tells the story of the teenager, who took her own life in 2017, her father, her friends and the film’s director talk about the unchecked power and threat of social media

Shattered windows, broken rules ... and victory! The medics who protested against the climate emergency

Feb 27, 2026

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11 min read

Shattered windows, broken rules ... and victory! The medics who protested against the climate emergency

In the latest blow to draconian restraints on the right to protest, six doctors and nurses linked to Extinction Rebellion were dramatically acquitted last week. A play about their trial aims to shine a light on a barely publicised case. Claire Armitstead tells their story

Claire Armitstead
Claire Armitstead

Feb 27, 2026

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7 min read

Review of the Week: Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First at the Royal Academy

Review of the Week: Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First at the Royal Academy

The huge, energetic paintings of the unstoppable 91-year-old artist, the first female British painter to have a solo exhibition in the RA’s main galleries, are a remarkable celebration of life and memory, writes Emily LaBarge

Feb 27, 2026

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6 min read

The Recommender: Shabaka

The Recommender: Shabaka

The jazz star and genre-defying saxophonist who made his name with groups including Sons of Kemet shares his current cultural favourites

Feb 27, 2026

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4 min read

The Nerve Weekend Dish: Alissa Timoshkina’s Greek-Ukrainian meat and potato pie

The Nerve Weekend Dish: Alissa Timoshkina’s Greek-Ukrainian meat and potato pie

The chef and #CookforUkraine campaigner shares a recipe for kobete – a celebratory dish from the Greek diaspora on Ukraine’s southern coast

Feb 24, 2026

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14 min read

Peter Mandelson, the Russian superyacht and the scandal we completely misread

Peter Mandelson, the Russian superyacht and the scandal we completely misread

When Britain's most powerful political fixer was caught on an oligarch's boat in Corfu, we called it Yachtgate and moved on. The Epstein files now reveal the full picture: a web of Russian money, paedophile kompromat and New Labour access that shaped a decade of British politics, writes Tamsin Shaw

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POLITICS & INVESTIGATIONS


Revealed: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from Tory donors

Feb 17, 2026

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11 min read

Revealed: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from Tory donors

The majority of the money behind Nigel Farage’s movement was being supplied by Conservative interests even before the defection of so many high-profile figures from the party – to the alarm of former Reform faithfuls, writes Charlie Young

Charlie Young
Charlie Young
David Starkey just can’t help himself: now he’s talking about black people ‘dipped in chocolate’

Feb 20, 2026

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9 min read

David Starkey just can’t help himself: now he’s talking about black people ‘dipped in chocolate’

The once-respected historian has descended into public racism again on his contrarian podcast. The even bigger problem is, he’s now an adviser to the hard right, says Sangita Myska

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science

Feb 13, 2026

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14 min read

The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science

Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-long project that cloaked eugenics, race science and sexual misconduct in Ivy League respectability

Virginia Heffernan
Virginia Heffernan
Revealed: Palantir deals with UK state total at least £670m – including £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency

Jan 27, 2026

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13 min read

Revealed: Palantir deals with UK state total at least £670m – including £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency

EXCLUSIVE Nerve investigation finds Trump ally Peter Thiel's surveillance firm has won at least 34 contracts, including management services for Britain's nuclear deterrent, with MPs warning of 'gaping vulnerability' as US president threatens Nato allies. By Carole Cadwalladr, Charlie Young and Max Colbert

CULTURE


"A historic night for representation will now be remembered for one thing": Hanna Flint on the Baftas racism row

Feb 24, 2026

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9 min read

"A historic night for representation will now be remembered for one thing": Hanna Flint on the Baftas racism row

The slur from John Davidson who has Tourette syndrome was involuntary but it should not have been broadcast by the BBC. When I hosted a Q&A screening of I Swear with Davidson I was properly prepared in advance, writes the film critic and podcaster

Hanna Flint
Hanna Flint
Political writer Ash Sarkar: ‘This one's really going to get me into trouble...’

Feb 20, 2026

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10 min read

Political writer Ash Sarkar: ‘This one's really going to get me into trouble...’

The author of Minority Rule answers the Nerve Q&A - on why she's not despondent about politics, the appeal of Zack Polanski and why 'handwash only' means what it says. Interview by Ursula Kenny

Ursula Kenny
Ursula Kenny
The Nerve Hotlist

Feb 24, 2026

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9 min read

The Nerve Hotlist

The best culture to check out this week – from Gisèle Pelicot’s unmissable memoir to a brilliant slice of Americana – as seen and enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

THE NERVE WEEKEND DISH


Noor Murad’s Bahraini chicken and vegetable stew

Feb 13, 2026

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6 min read

Noor Murad’s Bahraini chicken and vegetable stew

The food writer and Ottolenghi collaborator shares a hearty and flavourful saloonat dajaj from her Gulf homeland

Jeffrey Boadi's Ghanaian red red stew

Feb 6, 2026

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4 min read

Jeffrey Boadi's Ghanaian red red stew

The wellness writer and fitness enthusiast shares a delicious vegan dish that always reminds him of his childhood

Coconut, basil and broccoli noodle broth by Bosh!

Feb 20, 2026

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5 min read

Coconut, basil and broccoli noodle broth by Bosh!

Bestselling British vegan duo Henry Firth and Ian Theasby share a fragrant, nourishing dish with a spicy peanut topping from their latest collection

Padella’s pappardelle with garlic mushrooms

Dec 5, 2025

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5 min read

Padella’s pappardelle with garlic mushrooms

London restaurateurs Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda share an easy but indulgent Italian favourite from their award-winning cookbook

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