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'There has to be a way to actively oppose these thugs without losing ourselves': novelist George Saunders on life in America now

Feb 3, 2026

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11 min read

'There has to be a way to actively oppose these thugs without losing ourselves': novelist George Saunders on life in America now

The Booker prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, whose new novel imagines the last hours of an oil tycoon, talks to Dorian Lynskey about Trump, truth and how to reconcile empathy with political opposition

Dorian Lynskey
Dorian Lynskey
What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here

Jan 30, 2026

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13 min read

What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here

Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's ICE operation in the US. Carole Cadwalladr argues that the UK will be next

Carole Cadwalladr
Carole Cadwalladr

Feb 3, 2026

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6 min read

I confronted a tech boss about my sister’s suicide. I don’t know why I bothered

I confronted a tech boss about my sister’s suicide. I don’t know why I bothered

Aimee died at 21 after going on a notorious self-harm forum. But when I approached a tech CEO to talk about online safety at a Davos debate, I was threatened with removal, writes Adele Walton

Feb 3, 2026

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7 min read

The Nerve Hotlist

The Nerve Hotlist

The best culture to check out this week – from TV's new Welsh coast noir to a profound book about how we eat - as seen, enjoyed and recommended by our team of editors and writers

Jan 30, 2026

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7 min read

Stewart Lee: Entertainers can’t save truth. Or Greenland. But at least we can boycott the ‘Trump Kennedy Center’

Stewart Lee: Entertainers can’t save truth. Or Greenland. But at least we can boycott the ‘Trump Kennedy Center’

Since the Washington venue was renamed, many veteran musicians have cancelled their gigs, and now Bruce Springsteen has dropped a new protest song. They’ve seen this America before

Jan 30, 2026

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8 min read

Actor-director Cherien Dabis: "Cinema plays a huge role in shifting perspectives"

Actor-director Cherien Dabis: "Cinema plays a huge role in shifting perspectives"

The Palestinian-American’s work ranges from the hit TV comedy Only Murders in the Building to much more personal films. She talks to Guy Lodge about All That's Left of You, a shattering drama following three generations of a family torn apart by the 1948 Nakba

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POLITICS & INVESTIGATIONS


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

Jan 27, 2026

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12 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

‘Europeans have to understand that it’s over’: Robert Kagan on Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’

Jan 20, 2026

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16 min read

‘Europeans have to understand that it’s over’: Robert Kagan on Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’

The geopolitics expert, who warned of the president’s authoritarianism a decade ago, tells Carole Cadwalladr how deep the roots of American white nationalism are – and that European governments needs to wake up, fast

Trump in plain sight: how a new US security document has changed the world

Jan 8, 2026

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9 min read

Trump in plain sight: how a new US security document has changed the world

The crises over Venezuela and Greenland are not accidental – they are part of the White House’s stated vision for a new world order run by the ‘great powers’, writes analyst and former diplomat Arthur Snell

‘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


Author & teacher Andy West: ‘In jail, philosophy comes from the ground up, not the top down’

Jan 27, 2026

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9 min read

Author & teacher Andy West: ‘In jail, philosophy comes from the ground up, not the top down’

Born into a family involved in crime, the writer’s memoir of a chaotic childhood is now an acclaimed BBC drama Waiting for the Out. He talks to Ursula Kenny about shame, survivor’s guilt and teaching Kafka in prisons

Review of the Week: Our Town

Jan 30, 2026

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6 min read

Review of the Week: Our Town

The Welsh National Theatre’s first large-scale production, currently on tour with artistic director Michael Sheen in the lead role, brings a shimmering Celtic quality to Thornton Wilder’s tale of smalltown America, writes Jude Rogers

Jude Rogers
Jude Rogers
The Recommender: Lyse Doucet

Jan 30, 2026

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7 min read

The Recommender: Lyse Doucet

The BBC’s chief international correspondent shares the highlights of her whirlwind cultural month

THE NERVE WEEKEND DISH


Kai’s fish fingers and homemade mayonnaise

Jan 30, 2026

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6 min read

Kai’s fish fingers and homemade mayonnaise

Chef Jess Murphy, from New Zealand by way of Ireland, shares the dish she invented for fun and is now the bestseller at her Galway restaurant

Jess Hawkins’s baked chilli, prawn and feta spaghetti

Jan 23, 2026

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4 min read

Jess Hawkins’s baked chilli, prawn and feta spaghetti

The Instagram cook and food creator, aka @recipeswith_jess, offers up one of her healthy, high-protein recipes

Rebecca Ghim’s bibimbap bowl

Jan 2, 2026

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5 min read

Rebecca Ghim’s bibimbap bowl

The chef and kimchi producer shares a vegan Korean dish that offers a colourful antidote to Christmas excess

Borough Chef's mushroom pie

Nov 7, 2025

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5 min read

Borough Chef's mushroom pie

A comforting, autumnal pie from Beth Adamson, the cook behind the popular social media account @BoroughChef

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