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General Sir Richard Shirreff: Trump is trapped in a doomed war. What should Britain do now?

Mar 17, 2026

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General Sir Richard Shirreff: Trump is trapped in a doomed war. What should Britain do now?

The US is deploying tactics without strategy in its hubristic attack on Iran. The UK cannot afford to join it in its mistake, writes the former senior Nato commander

‘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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‘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

Mar 17, 2026

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11 min read

'I realised I had to do it for women’: Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur on Courtney Love, capitalism and sisterhood

'I realised I had to do it for women’: Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur on Courtney Love, capitalism and sisterhood

As her new memoir is published, the Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist answers the Nerve Q&A on love, sex, the corrupting effect of money and patriarchy – and tells Kate Hutchinson how everything changed in the 90s, the ‘last analogue decade’

Mar 13, 2026

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8 min read

Stewart Lee: Blair. Hegseth. Disinformation. Hats. This post-truth news cycle is mutilizing our brains

Stewart Lee: Blair. Hegseth. Disinformation. Hats. This post-truth news cycle is mutilizing our brains

How are we supposed to cope with the tidal wave of lies, posturing and mangled English that is the byproduct of Trump at war?

Mar 17, 2026

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7 min read

The Nerve Hotlist

The Nerve Hotlist

The best culture to enjoy this week - from powerful civil rights photography to a new angle on Austen - as seen and enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

Mar 13, 2026

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8 min read

Philippa Perry: How to cope with news of war in our social media age

Philippa Perry: How to cope with news of war in our social media age

Our suffering is nothing compared to those experiencing war, but our brains still process news of trauma as a threat. With a 24/7 media, it’s important to manage our attention and emotions for the long haul advises the Nerve's psychotherapist and agony aunt

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POLITICS & INVESTIGATIONS


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

Feb 24, 2026

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14 min read

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

Tamsin Shaw
Tamsin Shaw
The public remembers Iraq. Why doesn't the press?

Mar 10, 2026

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The public remembers Iraq. Why doesn't the press?

Seven in 10 Britons are sceptical about UK involvement in Iran, but their newspapers have other ideas. Some of us recall the last time Fleet Street was so disastrously in favour of war, writes former Observer home affairs editor Martin Bright

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


The Recommender: Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor

Mar 13, 2026

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6 min read

The Recommender: Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor

The Hot Chip frontman and solo artist on his latest cultural discoveries

Is pop star Sienna Rose really a singer? And is she really Black?

Mar 6, 2026

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8 min read

Is pop star Sienna Rose really a singer? And is she really Black?

The soul sensation – who started off as a white redhead – is seemingly taking music born of authenticity and community and reducing it to code. What does it mean if the making of music is taken over by machines?, asks Kadish Morris

Kadish Morris
Kadish Morris
Review of the Week: How To Make a Killing

Mar 13, 2026

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6 min read

Review of the Week: How To Make a Killing

John Patton Ford's remake of the Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets updates the old film for the oligarch era with leading man Glen Powell and some deserving 21st-century victims, writes Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones

Ellen E Jones
Ellen E Jones

THE NERVE WEEKEND DISH


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

Thuy Diem Pham’s lemongrass and coconut chicken curry

Mar 6, 2026

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5 min read

Thuy Diem Pham’s lemongrass and coconut chicken curry

The London-based chef and restaurateur shares her addictive, easy-cook recipe for Vietnamese cà ri gà

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

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

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