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Liz Truss, dark money and the gen-Z Catholics: who’s behind CPAC in the UK?

Liz Truss, dark money and the gen-Z Catholics: who’s behind CPAC in the UK?

The British debut of Maga’s favourite conference last week was widely seen as a joke. But a Nerve investigation reveals its young organisers are part of a web of culture-war connections – from the US Christian right to Viktor Orbán's influence network. Alice McCool reports

Investigations

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Natasha Walter: We’ve gone from climate denial to something worse – climate fatalism

Natasha Walter: We’ve gone from climate denial to something worse – climate fatalism

The message in the western media, as global heating becomes undeniable, seems now to be that nothing can be done. That is unacceptable – especially for those in developing countries who are suffering so greatly from the crisis we created

Environment

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The Nerve Hotlist

The Nerve Hotlist

This week's don't-miss cultural picks, from Nia Archives' genre-blending new album to a riveting King Lear in Pitlochry, as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

Hotlist

Farage, the money launderer and me: a decade of denial

Farage, the money launderer and me: a decade of denial

The Reform leader’s relationship with the UK media has enabled him to operate with impunity for years. This past fortnight, that impunity finally appeared to be coming to an end. Carole Cadwalladr, who’s tracked him for a decade, reports on why

Reform UK

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'We’ve been here before – bizarre men naming themselves king and behaving horribly': author Max Porter on hope, history and his dog, Happy

'We’ve been here before – bizarre men naming themselves king and behaving horribly': author Max Porter on hope, history and his dog, Happy

The bestselling writer fears for growing crises in both politics and literacy, he tells Jude Rogers – so he’s written a children’s book to get back to a ‘joyful place’

Q&A

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Stewart Lee: In a world full of Farage’s ‘pure cold rage’, are we surprised that politicians are being killed?

Stewart Lee: In a world full of Farage’s ‘pure cold rage’, are we surprised that politicians are being killed?

The shocking death of Ann Widdecombe was greeted by the kind of incendiary far-right speculation and rhetoric that only increases the risk to those in public life

Stewart Lee

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Richard Makin’s spicy tahini lime noodles

Richard Makin’s spicy tahini lime noodles

The author and Instagrammer (aka @SchoolNightVegan) shares an ultra-fast dinner recipe that can be done in 10 minutes flat

Weekend Dish

Review: The Odyssey

Review: The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan’s immersive and beautiful retelling of Homer isn’t just an epic story but an epic achievement – a truly five-star film, writes Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones

Reviews

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Peter Thiel, precogs and ‘non-human corporations’ – welcome to the wild world of AI Argentina

Peter Thiel, precogs and ‘non-human corporations’ – welcome to the wild world of AI Argentina

President Milei’s plans to turn my country into an anarcho-capitalist tech paradise makes him just the latest character in the nation’s long history of chancers and dictators, writes Uki Goñi

Tech

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