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The Recommender: Kyla Cobbler

The Recommender: Kyla Cobbler

The Irish standup and Instagram star on her latest cultural discoveries, from a "back-ass of nowhere" music festival to a true crime documentary not to be viewed at night

Culture

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Ed Smith's Squash and Sage Orzo

Ed Smith's Squash and Sage Orzo

Author of the popular Rocket and Squash newsletter Ed Smith shares a recipe for comfort food 'with a little tickle of heat'

Weekend Dish

Who's got the biggest, tallest, longest? Welcome to the juvenile world of tech-bro architecture

Who's got the biggest, tallest, longest? Welcome to the juvenile world of tech-bro architecture

A select group of designers has emerged to indulge the tastes of ultra-successful men who have never had to mature past adolescence, writes Phineas Harper

Culture

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THE NERVE HOTLIST

THE NERVE HOTLIST

The best culture to enjoy this week, chosen by our team of editors and writers

Culture

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Dear frustrated climate activists:  perhaps there's a better way of protesting?

Dear frustrated climate activists: perhaps there's a better way of protesting?

Nerve ‘cultural agony aunt’ Philippa Perry digs into the issue of fruitless protest using lessons learnt in couples counselling training. It's all about accentuating the positive...

Philippa Perry

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"It's democracy, but not as we know it": John Sweeney on Reform, Russia & the result in Caerphilly

"It's democracy, but not as we know it": John Sweeney on Reform, Russia & the result in Caerphilly

The Nerve’s Reform correspondent went to Caerphilly on polling day to catch the mood of a bellwether by-election: would Reform UK defeat Labour as the stats were suggesting? And where on earth was their candidate Llŷr Powell, former colleague of Russian puppet Nathan Gill? Watch John's report to find out...

Reform UK

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THE RECOMMENDER: JOE LOCKE

THE RECOMMENDER: JOE LOCKE

The Heartstopper actor on his current cultural favourites

TV

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Review of the Week: Big Kiss, Bye-Bye, a new novel by Claire-Louise Bennett

Review of the Week: Big Kiss, Bye-Bye, a new novel by Claire-Louise Bennett

Author Claire-Louise Bennett’s free-floating love story is an intelligent, unclassifiable delight, writes Alex Clark

Reviews

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‘She put food on all our tables’: Yvonne Brewster, a giant of Black theatre remembered

‘She put food on all our tables’: Yvonne Brewster, a giant of Black theatre remembered

The trailblazing director’s death earlier this month was largely ignored by the British media. Here actors Adjoa Andoh and Doña Croll recall a mentor and “great encourager” who transformed the lives of African-Caribbean talent

Culture

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