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Review of the Week: Late Fame

Review of the Week: Late Fame

Willem Dafoe is outstanding as a minor poet rediscovered, feted – and ultimately intoxicated – by an admiring group of hipsters in Kent Jones’s stylish New York-set film, writes Hanna Flint

Reviews

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The Recommender: Naomi Alderman

The Recommender: Naomi Alderman

The novelist behind The Power and forthcoming book The Strangers shares her latest cultural discoveries

Books

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Ottolenghi’s chicken meatballs with pistachios and spinach

Ottolenghi’s chicken meatballs with pistachios and spinach

The star chef and restaurateur shares a bright and highly flavoured dish from his new easy cookbook

Food

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Charisma, cruelty, greed: John Sweeney on the ‘dark genius’ of Nigel Farage

Charisma, cruelty, greed: John Sweeney on the ‘dark genius’ of Nigel Farage

In an exclusive extract from his new book, the Nerve’s Reform correspondent explores the career of ‘a leader who never seems to suffer the consequences of his actions’ – and asks if he should ever be allowed near power

Reform UK

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The Nerve Hotlist

The Nerve Hotlist

This week's top cultural picks – from the latest Almodóvar to Sam Smith’s ‘best album yet’ – as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

Hotlist

Jon Ronson: ‘The worst moments of my life are when I’m between stories’

Jon Ronson: ‘The worst moments of my life are when I’m between stories’

As his new book The Castle is published, the author and journalist talks to Dorian Lynskey about male midlife crises, country life and why he’s written about his former friend Graham Linehan

Q&A

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Meta helped destroy my generation’s sense of self. An $18bn settlement is not punishment enough

Meta helped destroy my generation’s sense of self. An $18bn settlement is not punishment enough

For those, like me, who have lost loved ones to online harms, the spectacle of a historic lawsuit against a social media company has been bittersweet, writes Adele Walton

Tech

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Stewart Lee: Ofcom won’t touch GB News. But now it’s demanding a right of reply for jokes

Stewart Lee: Ofcom won’t touch GB News. But now it’s demanding a right of reply for jokes

The regulator has ruled against me over a mistake I made about an ex-Tufton Street campaign manager on a comedy show. The consequences seem like bad news for off-the-cuff banter

Stewart Lee

The Recommender: author Meg Mason

The Recommender: author Meg Mason

The bestselling novelist and memoirist shares her latest cultural favourites

Books

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