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Ben Benton’s masala fish pie with spiced pea thoran

Ben Benton’s masala fish pie with spiced pea thoran

The chef and podcaster describes the genesis of a new recipe, inspired by his travels in search of Britain’s best food for his forthcoming book

Weekend Dish

Is Palantir in your pension? UK institutions have over £5bn invested in US tech corporation

Is Palantir in your pension? UK institutions have over £5bn invested in US tech corporation

Research reveals size of investment by UK organisations – including some of Britain’s biggest retirement providers – in Silicon Valley’s most controversial technology company. Carole Cadwalladr and Ian Tucker report

Palantir

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General Sir Richard Shirreff: Trump is trapped in a doomed war. What should Britain do now?

General Sir Richard Shirreff: Trump is trapped in a doomed war. What should Britain do now?

The US is deploying tactics without strategy in its hubristic attack on Iran. The UK cannot afford to join it in its mistake, writes the former senior Nato commander

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'I realised I had to do it for women’: Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur on Courtney Love, capitalism and sisterhood

'I realised I had to do it for women’: Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur on Courtney Love, capitalism and sisterhood

As her new memoir is published, the Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist answers the Nerve Q&A on love, sex, the corrupting effect of money and patriarchy – and tells Kate Hutchinson how everything changed in the 90s, the ‘last analogue decade’

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The Nerve Hotlist

The Nerve Hotlist

The best culture to enjoy this week - from powerful civil rights photography to a new angle on Austen - as seen and enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

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Philippa Perry: How to cope with news of war in our social media age

Philippa Perry: How to cope with news of war in our social media age

Our suffering is nothing compared to those experiencing war, but our brains still process news of trauma as a threat. With a 24/7 media, it’s important to manage our attention and emotions for the long haul advises the Nerve's psychotherapist and agony aunt

Philippa Perry

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‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is threat to UK’s security

‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is threat to UK’s security

Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state secrets. Report by Charlie Young and Carole Cadwalladr

News

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This is Netanyahu’s war. Trump was just afraid of missing out

This is Netanyahu’s war. Trump was just afraid of missing out

For four decades, the Israeli premier has wanted to attack Iran but could never persuade a US president to join him. Former diplomat Arthur Snell asks: what’s changed?

News

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Stewart Lee: Blair. Hegseth. Disinformation. Hats. This post-truth news cycle is mutilizing our brains

Stewart Lee: Blair. Hegseth. Disinformation. Hats. This post-truth news cycle is mutilizing our brains

How are we supposed to cope with the tidal wave of lies, posturing and mangled English that is the byproduct of Trump at war?

Stewart Lee

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