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The Nerve Hotlist

The Nerve Hotlist

This week’s top cultural picks – from Gary Oldman in a Beckett classic to Genesis Owusu's infectious hip-hop – as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

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‘They can shape the outcomes they claim to forecast’ – could Polymarket influence an election?

‘They can shape the outcomes they claim to forecast’ – could Polymarket influence an election?

A platform backed by Peter Thiel and advised by Donald Trump Jr. is taking anonymous crypto bets on UK elections, missile strikes and the death of world leaders. In Britain no regulator will touch it, writes Ian Tucker in this in-depth guide to so-called "prediction markets"

Tech

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‘Women are being believed’: Virginia Giuffre’s ghostwriter Amy Wallace on the global impact of Nobody’s Girl

‘Women are being believed’: Virginia Giuffre’s ghostwriter Amy Wallace on the global impact of Nobody’s Girl

The bestselling memoir by the late Epstein survivor and campaigner has been crowned book of the year – and in her absence, her co-author has become the public face of its powerful legacy. Interview by Lucia Osborne-Crowley

News

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New fears over spread of Palantir’s influence after ‘Big Brother’ Met police project extended

New fears over spread of Palantir’s influence after ‘Big Brother’ Met police project extended

The programme, designed to expose officer misconduct, was due to expire last month. The Nerve has established that it was extended to today, May 15, with no indication what happens next. Officers fear they will be under long-term surveillance, while it’s also emerged the project could be rolled out to more staff. Report by Max Colbert and Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Palantir

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The Recommender: Douglas Stuart

The Recommender: Douglas Stuart

The Booker-winning author of Shuggie Bain shares his current cultural favourites

Recommender

Stewart Lee: Memo to the next Labour leader: for God’s sake don’t accept any Coldplay tickets

Stewart Lee: Memo to the next Labour leader: for God’s sake don’t accept any Coldplay tickets

Nigel Farage has his £5m bung, and that’s apparently fine. But no leftwing politician can make the slightest mis-step with the press and GB News watching

Stewart Lee

Marina Georgallides’s kleftiko

Marina Georgallides’s kleftiko

The popular Instagram cook, aka @chefmarinie, shares her recipe for classic slow-roasted Greek lamb – an easy winner for special occasions

Weekend Dish

Review of the Week: The Christophers

Review of the Week: The Christophers

Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel make for a gorgeous, if unlikely, double act as a painter and his assistant in Steven Soderbergh’s generation-gap comedy, writes Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones. But is it art?

Reviews

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Contact? Source? Or friend? The curious connection between Michael Wolff and Jeffrey Epstein

Contact? Source? Or friend? The curious connection between Michael Wolff and Jeffrey Epstein

The New York media insider has 100 hours of interviews with the dead sex offender. But the Epstein files also reveal an intimate 20-year history of emails between the two men that seems far more than journalistic, writes Ellie Leonard

News

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