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Farage's £5m problem: do any of his defences hold up?

May 19, 2026

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Farage's £5m problem: do any of his defences hold up?

Nigel Farage has offered a succession of explanations for failing to declare a £5m gift he received in 2024 from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne. Ex-MP and professor of law David Howarth examines whether any of these match what the rules actually say

‘Women are being believed’: Virginia Giuffre’s ghostwriter Amy Wallace on the global impact of Nobody’s Girl

May 15, 2026

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‘Women are being believed’: Virginia Giuffre’s ghostwriter Amy Wallace on the global impact of Nobody’s Girl

The bestselling memoir by the late Epstein survivor and campaigner has been crowned book of the year – and in her absence, her co-author has become the public face of its powerful legacy. Interview by Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Lucia Osborne-Crowley
‘They can shape the outcomes they claim to forecast’ – could Polymarket influence an election?

May 15, 2026

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9 min read

‘They can shape the outcomes they claim to forecast’ – could Polymarket influence an election?

A platform backed by Peter Thiel and advised by Donald Trump Jr. is taking anonymous crypto bets on UK elections, missile strikes and the death of world leaders. In Britain no regulator will touch it, writes Ian Tucker in this in-depth guide to so-called "prediction markets"

Ian Tucker
Ian Tucker
‘It costs less than we think to stand up for truth’: author Yassmin Abdel-Magied on the power of ‘wilful women’

May 19, 2026

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6 min read

‘It costs less than we think to stand up for truth’: author Yassmin Abdel-Magied on the power of ‘wilful women’

The Sudanese Australian writer, a former oil rig engineer, talks to Lucia Osborne-Crowley about her new novel featuring a female outsider trying to stop a Deepwater Horizon-type disaster – and being a writer on Emmerdale

The Nerve Hotlist

May 19, 2026

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The Nerve Hotlist

This week’s top cultural picks – from Gary Oldman in a Beckett classic to Genesis Owusu's infectious hip-hop – as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

Stewart Lee: Memo to the next Labour leader: for God’s sake don’t accept any Coldplay tickets

May 15, 2026

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5 min read

Stewart Lee: Memo to the next Labour leader: for God’s sake don’t accept any Coldplay tickets

Nigel Farage has his £5m bung, and that’s apparently fine. But no leftwing politician can make the slightest mis-step with the press and GB News watching

The Recommender: Douglas Stuart

May 15, 2026

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4 min read

The Recommender: Douglas Stuart

The Booker-winning author of Shuggie Bain shares his current cultural favourites

Will Google’s AI hype man kill the BBC?

Mar 25, 2026

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10 min read

Will Google’s AI hype man kill the BBC?

Matt Brittin spent two decades at Google, a tech company helping to destroy journalism. His appointment as leader of Britain’s biggest news organisation represents an existential threat, writes Carole Cadwalladr

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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
Nigel Farage wants to build a British ICE. Keir Starmer may have handed him the tools

Apr 8, 2026

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11 min read

Nigel Farage wants to build a British ICE. Keir Starmer may have handed him the tools

Reform’s proposed "Deportation Command” would integrate NHS, police and financial data into a single surveillance database. Meanwhile, Palantir has signalled it won’t stand in their way, and campaigners say Labour’s new data law opens the door. By Rei Takver

Rei Takver
Rei Takver
Sangita Myska: Starmer can’t go on – but he can’t leave yet either

May 12, 2026

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4 min read

Sangita Myska: Starmer can’t go on – but he can’t leave yet either

The PM’s position is untenable, and his time in office has been a string of unforced errors, but Labour is even more badly served by the current chaotic infighting. The only way forward is an orderly transition to a candidate that both wings of the divided party can respect

Sangita Myska
Sangita Myska
Contact? Source? Or friend? The curious connection between Michael Wolff and Jeffrey Epstein

May 12, 2026

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11 min read

Contact? Source? Or friend? The curious connection between Michael Wolff and Jeffrey Epstein

The New York media insider has 100 hours of interviews with the dead sex offender. But the Epstein files also reveal an intimate 20-year history of emails between the two men that seems far more than journalistic, writes Ellie Leonard

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The Palantir pipeline: how Peter Thiel's surveillance firm hired more than 30 senior UK officials

Apr 24, 2026

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8 min read

The Palantir pipeline: how Peter Thiel's surveillance firm hired more than 30 senior UK officials

The AI company holds £670m in UK government contracts. It has also hired dozens of senior officials from the departments awarding them – raising what transparency experts call an 'acute' corruption risk, write Charlie Young, Carole Cadwalladr and Ian Tucker

Charlie Young
Ian Tucker
Carole Cadwalladr
Charlie Young, +2
Palantir's social media manifesto is a blueprint for technofascism

Apr 24, 2026

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5 min read

Palantir's social media manifesto is a blueprint for technofascism

The surveillance firm’s viral X post calls for hard power, conscription and the end of pluralism. AI expert and academic Mark Coeckelbergh on what happens when technology becomes the gateway to authoritarianism

‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is threat to UK’s security

Mar 13, 2026

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10 min read

‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is threat to UK’s security

Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state secrets. Report by Charlie Young and Carole Cadwalladr

Charlie Young
Charlie Young

CULTURE


‘WWE wrestling formed the blueprint!’ Munya Chawawa on Trump’s journey from Wrestlemania to the White House

May 12, 2026

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4 min read

‘WWE wrestling formed the blueprint!’ Munya Chawawa on Trump’s journey from Wrestlemania to the White House

The comedian answers the Nerve Q&A - on his new documentary tracing the links between Maga and the world of TV wrestling, the joy of Lime-bikes and the inspiration behind his Black Boys Theatre Club. Interview by Jude Rogers

Jude Rogers
Jude Rogers
The Met Gala’s fake feminism worships male wealth. But women can see through it now

May 8, 2026

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5 min read

The Met Gala’s fake feminism worships male wealth. But women can see through it now

Jeff Bezos’s idea of ‘female empowerment’ just divides and weakens us. It’s solidarity that brings strength, writes Natasha Walter.

Natasha Walter
Natasha Walter
Review of the Week: The Christophers

May 15, 2026

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3 min read

Review of the Week: The Christophers

Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel make for a gorgeous, if unlikely, double act as a painter and his assistant in Steven Soderbergh’s generation-gap comedy, writes Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones. But is it art?

Ellen E Jones
Ellen E Jones

THE NERVE WEEKEND DISH


Marina Georgallides’s kleftiko

May 15, 2026

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2 min read

Marina Georgallides’s kleftiko

The popular Instagram cook, aka @chefmarinie, shares her recipe for classic slow-roasted Greek lamb – an easy winner for special occasions

Ranie Saidi’s lime steamed sea bass

May 8, 2026

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2 min read

Ranie Saidi’s lime steamed sea bass

The London-based supper club host shares a fragrant recipe for ikan siakap stim – inspired by one of his beloved Malaysian grandmother’s dishes, painstakingly recreated for his debut cookbook

Nargisse Benkabbou’s baked chermoula potatoes with eggs

May 1, 2026

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3 min read

Nargisse Benkabbou’s baked chermoula potatoes with eggs

The chef and food writer shares her recipe for batata m’chermla – a classic Moroccan breakfast dish ideal for bank holiday brunch

Joe Woodhouse’s garlic-chilli potato dumplings

Mar 13, 2026

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5 min read

Joe Woodhouse’s garlic-chilli potato dumplings

The popular veggie cookbook author shares an easy and flavourful one-pot family dinner

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