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Jacob Kenedy’s ’nduja and orecchiette

The chef-patron of London trattoria Bocca di Lupo shares a recipe from his brand new cookbook

Food

The Nerve Hotlist

The best culture to enjoy this week, from David Threlfall as King Lear to a chilling new documentary about mass killings in Gaza using AI – as chosen by our writers and editors

Culture

Sangita Myska: Zack Polanski is in a deep political hole. His own party put him there

The Greens’ leader did not handle the pointless and damaging conference motion about Zionism well. But why on earth would his own supporters create such a trap for him?

Sangita Myska

Philippa Perry: In a dismal job market for young people, parental anxiety isn’t helping

With hiring down and entry-level occupations declining, Britain’s youth is navigating an employment landscape unlike anything my generation experienced at their age, writes the Nerve’s cultural agony aunt

Philippa Perry

John Cooper Clarke: ‘I could go to six funerals a week. But no man can live on vol au vents alone’

The Bard of Salford, who is publishing his latest poetry collection at 77, talks to Ursula Kenny about getting older, wrestling with technology and the joys of cycling on very flat roads

Q&A

Yuval Noah Harari on the threat of AI: ‘Fascism isn’t the worst-case scenario. Fascism is still human’

The bestselling author joined Nobel-winning journalist Maria Ressa and the Nerve’s Carole Cadwalladr for an in-depth and sometimes alarming conversation about humanity’s near future.

Tech

Review: The 90s: Art and Fashion

We were due a rigorous cultural appraisal of an increasingly mythologised decade. Sadly, Tate Britain's jarring clash of modern masterpieces and glossy-mag photoshoots is not it, writes Nerve art critic Ben Luke. Plus, he picks five shows to see during Frieze month in London

Reviews

Teargas, memes and bin barricades: France’s angry students have revived the ghosts of ’68

The youth uprising against pest-ridden and overcrowded schools has split political and social opinion in the country even as it drifts towards the far right, writes Phineas Rueckert from Paris

News

‘When you feel something, that’s what fuels you’: how a new generation of performers is reviving the theatre of protest

On stages across the UK this autumn, theatre companies are fighting social issues head-on, using clowns, choreography and even food donations from the audience. Maddy Costa reports

Culture