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The Recommender: Adam Kay

The author, screenwriter, comedian and former doctor shares his current cultural favourites

Recommender

José Pizarro’s chilled roast tomato soup with figs

The chef and restaurateur shares a cooling summer dish rich with memories of his Spanish childhood

Weekend Dish

Timothy Snyder: People think evil is purposeful, but Trump proves you can be malign and stupid

The US’s defeat at the hands of Iran – for that is what it was – has achieved absolutely nothing but to revive a brutal regime, writes the historian

Opinion

The Nerve Hotlist

This week’s top cultural picks – from Toy Story 5 to a major new exhibition of Japanese photography – as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

Hotlist

Sangita Myska: He may be King of the North - but Andy Burnham should still stand in a leadership election

Labour’s coronation is going smoothly – too smoothly. A leadership contest to stress test the next prime minister is necessary for the good of party, and to unite the public behind him, argues the Nerve’s political commentator

Sangita Myska

Sergei Cristo: From interference in Brexit to arson attacks on Starmer – then as now, Russia is playing with us

The names linked to the men jailed for attacks on Keir Starmer’s properties are disturbingly familiar to those of us who warned against Putin’s efforts to disrupt Britain 10 years ago, writes whistleblower Sergei Cristo

Politics

‘I need to make money’: the story of Nigel Farage’s crypto-awakening

In the latest part of our series The Harborne Receipts, we look at how the chief architect of Brexit fared in post-EU Britain – short of cash, out of politics, but becoming increasingly attracted to digital currencies. Report by Lucia Osborne-Crowley

The Harborne Receipts

'Billionaires aren’t going to save you’: Amazon union trailblazer Chris Smalls on fighting back against the gig economy

The labour activist who took on Jeff Bezos in 2022 – and challenged him again at the Met Gala this year – talks to Lucia Osborne-Crowley about courage, community, class and why he's telling his remarkable story in a new memoir

Culture

Stewart Lee: Exit stage far-right – now Britain’s theatres are being urged to capitulate to Farage

A new strategy document is calling for the industry to ‘engage warmly’ with Reform. Why? So Robert Kenyon can remake ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore?

Stewart Lee