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Brian Eno: Let's make Together for Palestine's record this year's Christmas No 1

Dec 16, 2025

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Brian Eno: Let's make Together for Palestine's record this year's Christmas No 1

The artists behind this autumn's sold-out Palestine solidarity concert have just released a charity record, Lullaby. Here the musician and activist explains why it matters

‘He was a bully at school, he's a bully now’: the long history of racism allegations against Nigel Farage

Dec 16, 2025

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‘He was a bully at school, he's a bully now’: the long history of racism allegations against Nigel Farage

John Sweeney talks to the journalist and author Michael Crick, who confronted the Reform leader with allegations of schoolboy antisemitism over a decade ago. How does he feel about the party’s position at the top of the polls?

John Sweeney
John Sweeney

Dec 16, 2025

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9 min read

The Nerve Hotlist

The Nerve Hotlist

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

Dec 12, 2025

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8 min read

Stewart Lee: Remember when America used to destroy democracy in style? Those were the days

Stewart Lee: Remember when America used to destroy democracy in style? Those were the days

The CIA once promoted abstract expressionism as a tool of regime change. Now we have AI videos of Trump bombing people with faeces

Dec 12, 2025

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7 min read

Martin Parr was a joy to work with. He also helped me to understand the dangerous moment we’re living through

Martin Parr was a joy to work with. He also helped me to understand the dangerous moment we’re living through

When Carole Cadwalladr met the photographer 17 years ago in Moscow, they were both curious about the same things: Russia, wealth, the oligarchs. Following his death last weekend, she remembers the man who taught her how to ‘look harder’

Dec 9, 2025

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8 min read

Philippa Perry: My 10 rules for a happier Christmas

Philippa Perry: My 10 rules for a happier Christmas

Dreading the post-turkey singalong? Haunted by spirits of the past? It’s time to step back and think about how your rituals could become truly festive again, says the Nerve's cultural agony aunt

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POLITICS & INVESTIGATIONS


If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer

Dec 9, 2025

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9 min read

If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer

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

Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline

Nov 21, 2025

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26 min read

Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline

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

The BBC is the biggest prize in the information war – and the right may be about to destroy it

Nov 11, 2025

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8 min read

The BBC is the biggest prize in the information war – and the right may be about to destroy it

The corporation is always under attack. But this time it has been sabotaged by conservative ideologues deep within its heart. Is it time for the culture secretary to step in? By Dorian Lynskey

Dorian Lynskey
Dorian Lynskey
‘What will Jesus say?’ Tony Blair, Big Tech and the Israel connection

Sep 30, 2025

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17 min read

‘What will Jesus say?’ Tony Blair, Big Tech and the Israel connection

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

CULTURE


The Nerve's Best Books of 2025

Dec 5, 2025

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20 min read

The Nerve's Best Books of 2025

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

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Review of the Week: Jacob Alon at Koko

Dec 12, 2025

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Review of the Week: Jacob Alon at Koko

This year’s breakout star writes folk songs of breathtaking intimacy – but even in a venue as big as Koko, they have the power to make time stand still, writes Kate Hutchinson

Kate Hutchinson
Kate Hutchinson
The Recommender: Peaches

Dec 12, 2025

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6 min read

The Recommender: Peaches

The musician, performance artist and punk provocateur shares her latest (counter-)cultural discoveries

THE WEEKEND DISH


The Nerve Weekend Dish: Padella’s pappardelle with garlic mushrooms

Dec 5, 2025

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5 min read

The Nerve Weekend Dish: 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

Poppy Cooks' one-pot Tuscan salmon

Nov 28, 2025

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3 min read

Poppy Cooks' one-pot Tuscan salmon

Michelin-trained chef and TikTokker Poppy O’Toole shares a quick and delicious recipe for salmon

Yasmin Khan's gheimeh badinjan

Nov 14, 2025

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6 min read

Yasmin Khan's gheimeh badinjan

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

Anna Ansari's funchoza

Nov 21, 2025

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5 min read

Anna Ansari's funchoza

The food writer shares her recipe for funchoza – an addictive Uyghur lamb-and-noodle dish from a cuisine that deserves to be more widely known

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