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CULTURE


The Nerve Hotlist

Aug 25, 2026

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4 min read

The Nerve Hotlist

This week's top cultural picks – from Jorja Smith’s uplifting new album to the bumbling charm of TV's Ludwig – as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

Saul Williams: ‘Resistance fighters need something to listen to’

Aug 21, 2026

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7 min read

Saul Williams: ‘Resistance fighters need something to listen to’

The multitalented musician, poet, film-maker and Sinners actor talks to Kate Hutchinson about finding energy, his friendship with Robert Del Naja, and making music in troubled times

Kate Hutchinson
Kate Hutchinson
The Recommender: Mathew Horne

Aug 21, 2026

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3 min read

The Recommender: Mathew Horne

Before he takes to the stage as Malvolio, the Gavin & Stacey star shares his latest cultural discoveries

Bella Ramsey: ‘I go to Quaker meetings and just sit in silence for an hour!’

Aug 14, 2026

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4 min read

Bella Ramsey: ‘I go to Quaker meetings and just sit in silence for an hour!’

The Game of Thrones and Last of Us actor, now starring in the buzzy indie drama Sunny Dancer, talks to Hanna Flint about coming of age, looking for faith ... and the apparently endless process of doing the laundry

Hanna Flint
Hanna Flint
The Nerve Hotlist

Aug 11, 2026

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3 min read

The Nerve Hotlist

This week's top cultural picks – from a cool Anthony Bourdain biopic to Phoebe Bridgers’s soul-searching new album – as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

Ellen E Jones: AI can already create films. What it can’t create is art

Aug 7, 2026

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4 min read

Ellen E Jones: AI can already create films. What it can’t create is art

A machine-made movie has premiered at Tribeca and virtual actor Tilly Norwood is about to star in a feature. But if there’s no soul, no emotion, or no attempt at human connection ... who cares? By Ellen E Jones

Ellen E Jones
Ellen E Jones
The Recommender: Bryony Kimmings

Aug 7, 2026

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3 min read

The Recommender: Bryony Kimmings

The performance artist and screenwriter shares her latest cultural discoveries

The Nerve Hotlist

Aug 4, 2026

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5 min read

The Nerve Hotlist

This week's don't-miss cultural picks – from a moving coming of age story set in Luton to Nick Hakim’s ghostly new album – as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

The Recommender: Courttia Newland

Jul 31, 2026

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4 min read

The Recommender: Courttia Newland

The award-winning novelist, playwright and screenwriter shares his latest cultural favourites

The Nerve Hotlist

Jul 28, 2026

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5 min read

The Nerve Hotlist

This week's top cultural picks – from a female-powered new crime drama to some of the greats of US photography – as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

The 10 best things to see at Edinburgh festival 2026 –  from chaotic monks and teen punks to Bigfoot hysteria

Jul 24, 2026

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4 min read

The 10 best things to see at Edinburgh festival 2026 – from chaotic monks and teen punks to Bigfoot hysteria

Four thousand shows, one month: how do you choose? Critic and dedicated festivalgoer Fergus Morgan offers a guide to the hottest tickets

Fergus Morgan
Fergus Morgan
Joe Lycett: ‘Part of me thinks: we've had so many prime ministers, why not give the bin a go?’

Jul 24, 2026

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6 min read

Joe Lycett: ‘Part of me thinks: we've had so many prime ministers, why not give the bin a go?’

Ahead of a major solo exhibition, the comedian, artist and presenter answers the Nerve Q&A - on Celebrity Traitors, politics, and how his toddler has already started heckling Richard Tice. Interview by Michael Hogan

Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan
'We’ve been here before – bizarre men naming themselves king and behaving horribly': author Max Porter on hope, history and his dog, Happy

Jul 17, 2026

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5 min read

'We’ve been here before – bizarre men naming themselves king and behaving horribly': author Max Porter on hope, history and his dog, Happy

The bestselling writer fears for growing crises in both politics and literacy, he tells Jude Rogers – so he’s written a children’s book to get back to a ‘joyful place’

Jude Rogers
Jude Rogers
Review: The Odyssey

Jul 17, 2026

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3 min read

Review: The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan’s immersive and beautiful retelling of Homer isn’t just an epic story but an epic achievement – a truly five-star film, writes Nerve film critic Ellen E Jones

Ellen E Jones
Ellen E Jones
The Nerve Hotlist

Jul 14, 2026

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5 min read

The Nerve Hotlist

This week's top cultural picks, from a bittersweet goodbye to Heartstopper to the return of London's coolest theatre, as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

‘At the heart of change is always protest’: Misan Harriman on Gaza, George Floyd and the spirit of activism

Jul 10, 2026

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11 min read

‘At the heart of change is always protest’: Misan Harriman on Gaza, George Floyd and the spirit of activism

At a special Nerve screening of a new documentary about his work, the acclaimed photographer and campaigner sat down with Carole Cadwalladr and director Andy Mundy-Castle for an in-depth discussion of race, culture, cancellation and more

Carole Cadwalladr
Carole Cadwalladr
The Recommender: Greentea Peng

Jul 10, 2026

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3 min read

The Recommender: Greentea Peng

The London-born psychedelic R&B singer shares her current cultural favourites

The Nerve Hotlist

Jul 7, 2026

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4 min read

The Nerve Hotlist

This week's top cultural picks, from Olivia Wilde's sexy couples comedy to a celebration of ice cream, as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

The Festival of Britain’s boldest dream has been forgotten

Jul 3, 2026

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5 min read

The Festival of Britain’s boldest dream has been forgotten

Down the road from London’s South Bank landmarks, the exhibition committee built a model social housing estate – for everyone, for the future. Seventy-five years on, where is that spirit now? By Phineas Harper

Phin Harper
Phin Harper
The Nerve Hotlist

Jun 30, 2026

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4 min read

The Nerve Hotlist

This week's don't-miss cultural picks, from sculptor Anish Kapoor's gigantic forms to an intimate, war-torn love story, as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers

The Nerve's summer books 2026

Jun 26, 2026

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9 min read

The Nerve's summer books 2026

From a sweeping Korean family saga to a love letter to George Michael, our team of writers and editors each recommend a perfect read for your summer getaway – and one they’ll be taking on holiday. Plus three Bookstagrammers share their top picks

'Billionaires aren’t going to save you’: Amazon union trailblazer Chris Smalls on fighting back against the gig economy

Jun 19, 2026

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9 min read

'Billionaires aren’t going to save you’: Amazon union trailblazer Chris Smalls on fighting back against the gig economy

The labour activist who took on Jeff Bezos in 2022 – and challenged him again at the Met Gala this year – talks to Lucia Osborne-Crowley about courage, community, class and why he's telling his remarkable story in a new memoir

Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Lucia Osborne-Crowley
‘Literature is about digging, not putting on a show’: author Édouard Louis on writing as an act of working-class defiance

Jun 12, 2026

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6 min read

‘Literature is about digging, not putting on a show’: author Édouard Louis on writing as an act of working-class defiance

The French novelist’s unsparing autofiction about his poor and violent childhood is designed to challenge a leftwing establishment that is losing touch with those it represents, he tells Lucia Osborne-Crowley

Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Lucia Osborne-Crowley
‘Her silence was more powerful than words’: how I interviewed a Facebook whistleblower who wasn’t allowed to speak

Jun 5, 2026

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6 min read

‘Her silence was more powerful than words’: how I interviewed a Facebook whistleblower who wasn’t allowed to speak

The Nerve’s Carole Cadwalladr was all set to talk to Sarah Wynn-Williams, author of the explosive memoir Careless People, at the Hay festival when Meta’s lawyers intervened ... and turned the event into ‘absurdist theatre’

Carole Cadwalladr
Carole Cadwalladr

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