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‘They are weapons of war’: Gisèle Pelicot on the tech platforms that facilitate rape

The woman whose courage at trial transformed the debate around abuse talks to Lucia Osborne-Crowley about survival, reclaiming confidence – and shutting down the tools of sexual exploitation

News

Stewart Lee: Who needs Barack Obama when you can vote for a Reform candidate who dreams of sniffing arseholes?

Revelations that would ruin most politicians seem not to touch Farage and his party. But if a crypto tycoon gives you £5m, maybe different rules apply?

Stewart Lee

What Marilyn would have done next...

A lifelong Monroe fan, the Nerve’s film critic Ellen E Jones has made a BBC radio series to mark the centenary of the actor’s birth. Here, she imagines the future that might have opened up for a media-savvy artist ‘vastly ahead of her time’

Culture

Review of the Week: The Tempest at the RSC

Kenneth Branagh’s return to the RSC as Prospero, directed by the great Richard Eyre, might sound like a heritage piece – but this is a production that fizzes with invention, illusion and relevance, writes Claire Armitstead

Reviews

The Recommender: Ardal O'Hanlon

The comedian, author and actor, who made his name in comedy series Father Ted, shares his current cultural discoveries

Recommender

Özlem Warren’s börek traybake with spinach and cheese

The Turkish food writer shares a versatile and summery dish perfect for lunch, dinner or eating al fresco

Weekend Dish

‘It’s not progress, and we can stop it’: journalist Karen Hao on big tech, protest and the preventable AI future

The US reporter and bestselling author was one of the first journalists to get inside OpenAI – and was alarmed at what she found. Six years on, she tells Carole Cadwalladr, a coalition of resistance is growing to oppose the new Silicon Valley ascendancy

Tech

Timothy Snyder: We are watching the US attempt a superpower suicide

From the abandonment of its alliances to the dismantling of its education system, Trump’s administration is tearing down the institutions that really made America great, writes the historian

Politics

The Nerve Hotlist

The best culture to check out this week - from a blistering new thriller from Russell T Davies to a deep dive into Britain’s lidos – as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

Hotlist