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The Nerve Hotlist
The best culture to check out this week, from the return of 80s rompathon Rivals to a celebration of radical cinema – as enjoyed by our team of editors and writers
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Richard Gadd’s new show Half Man is hard to watch. But does it have anything to say?
The acclaimed new drama from the creator of Baby Reindeer doesn’t ‘expose’ toxic masculinity so much as simply make a spectacle of it, writes Julia Raeside
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Review of the Week: Rose of Nevada
Cornish auteur Mark Jenkin’s drama about ghost ships and gentrification, all shot on 16mm film, is eerie, disorienting and his most audience-pleasing film to date, writes Ellen E Jones
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The Nerve Hotlist
This week’s top cultural picks – from Deborah Levy’s elusive new book to rapper Loyle Carner's acting debut in Mint – as seen and enjoyed by our team of editors and writers
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Crop tops and thongs: how Epstein's friend Les Wexner sexualised children's fashion
The paedophile’s close professional relationship with clothing billionaire Les Wexner coincided with a dark, Lolita-like period in fashion when girls were invited to age up and women to age down, writes Deborah Frances-White
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Stonehenge, carnival, folk and fascists: how Zakia Sewell went in pursuit of the real story of Britain
The 6 Music DJ and writer, whose new book explores her mixed-race heritage and the ancient myth of ‘Albion’, tells Michaela Makusha everyone has a stake in a complex, nuanced country
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Review of the Week: The Music Is Black: A British Story at V&A East
An ambitious exhibition launching the V&A's brand new outpost shies away from the hardest parts of the social history behind the tunes, but tells its story with verve, writes music critic Damien Morris
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The Recommender: Adeel Akhtar
The double-Bafta-winning actor, known for Sherwood, Down Cemetery Road and Four Lions, picks his current cultural favourites
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The Nerve Hotlist
The best culture to enjoy this week – from Carey Mulligan in the second series of Beef to the surrealism of Leonora Carrington – as seen and chosen for you by our team of editors and writers
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Review of the Week: Veronica Ryan: Multiple Conversations
The sculptor’s joyous, organic creations, repurposed and reimagined from everyday objects, speak to each other beautifully in her new exhibition, writes Emily LaBarge
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I was a teenage Pet Shop Boys fan. Decades later, they’re always on my mind
As a 13-year-old in Saudi, Arwa Haider wore the band’s T-shirts under her abaya. Now a new book and gigs by the duo, and a major exhibition on youth culture, are shining a light on the overlooked power of fandom
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The Nerve Hotlist
This week’s top cultural picks – from Jim Jarmusch’s new film to Jamie Woon’s return to music – as chosen by our team of writers and editors
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The Recommender: Romola Garai
The award-winning TV, film and theatre actor shares her latest cultural discoveries
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Director François Ozon: 'In France, we consider cinema as an art. I'm not sure in England it's the same'
The French film-maker, whose new movie, The Stranger, is out next week, talks to Ellen E Jones about stars, politics, Camus and the Cure
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Review of the Week: Romeo and Juliet / Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Two inventive, high-profile openings pay striking testament to the dangerous power of love, writes Dorian Lynskey
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The best culture to check out this week – from a Tony-winning high-school stage drama to Riz Ahmed’s new comedy series – as picked by our team of editors and writers
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Orwell, Trump and the persistence of fascism: ‘He was giving us a warning’
Raoul Peck, director of a new film about the author, tells Dorian Lynskey that the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four was drawn from lived experience, not prophecy
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Review of the Week: Sexistential by Robyn
Babies, boobs and pop bangers! The Swedish star is back with a euphoric new album embracing the joy of motherhood and messy, middle-aged desire, writes Nerve music critic Kate Hutchinson
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The Recommender: Himesh Patel
The actor whose roles include Yesterday, Station Eleven and now Bait picks his current cultural favourites
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The Nerve Hotlist
The best culture to check out this week - from musician James Blake on fine form to a dive into Hokusai's Great Wave - as seen and enjoyed by our team of editors and writers
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SNL UK proved everyone wrong: it’s a big, British, Saturday riot
The US sketch-show behemoth didn’t seem like a natural export, but it has pulled together the biggest collection of homegrown talent in years, writes comedian Max Olesker
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‘It’s everyone’s history’: the artist Hurvin Anderson on his Tate Britain retrospective
The Turner prize-nominated painter, whose luminous canvases span portraiture, barbershop interiors and the lush landscapes of his Jamaican heritage, talks to Nerve art critic Emily LaBarge
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