The Recommender: Nicôle Lecky The Bafta-winning writer, actor and musician – star and creator of BBC drama Wild Cherry – on her favourite recent music, books and food tips www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...

The Nerve Weekend Dish: cook and author Yasmin Khan shares her recipe for gheimeh badinjan – a warming, citrussy Persian stew with aubergines, split peas and dried limes Interview by Mina Holland 🔗 www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

Great interview: "In Denmark, there's not a major thing that I would change, because we still have democratic dialogue. We're still quite a liberal and open country, and we don't get punished for what we say or think." "I always want to control everything, and some things you just can't.

Claes Bang Q&A by @guylodge.bsky.social The Danish star of The Square and Dracula on his recent work, his favourite decade and the unexpected joy of gardening www.thenerve.news/p/claes-bang...

The BBC is always under attack. But this time it has been sabotaged by conservative ideologues deep within its heart. Is it time for the culture secretary to step in? @dorianlynskey.bsky.social reports www.thenerve.news/p/bbc-tim-da...

This week's cultural Hotlist 🔥 From Diane Arbus @dzgallery.bsky.social to The Hunger Games on Stage www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

The Nerve hits the airwaves (with only a bit of swearing) 🔊 Huge thanks to press maestros @arusbridger.bsky.social and @janinegibson.ft.com for hosting our co-founders Carole and Sarah on Media Confidential … listen below

Review of the week: Die My Love Lynne Ramsay’s film featuring a career-best performance from Jennifer Lawrence as an isolated young mother losing her mind is about much more than hormones and ‘mom guilt’, writes @ellenejones.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...

Elon Musk’s AI service Grok is so drunkenly, transparently biased that it would be funny – if it weren’t a mortal threat to democracy This week’s column by Stewart Lee www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

‘I wanted to write a Ripley kind of thriller’: Olivia Laing on their bold new book inspired by the mysterious murder of Pasolini Interview by Claire Armitstead. Portrait by Phil Fisk www.thenerve.news/p/olivia-lai...

The Recommender: @nicomuhly.bsky.social’s favourite recent music, books and food tips www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...

The Nerve Weekend Dish: a comforting, autumnal mushroom pie from Beth Adamson, the cook behind the popular social media account Borough Chef www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

The prince, the paedophile and the walk in the park: why did Andrew meet Epstein that day in New York? The former prince has one big question to answer, writes @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/windsor-pr...

He’s so unafraid’: how New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani aced his TikTok game As New Yorkers vote, the popular Muslim, socialist candidate is favourite. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports on the role his fearless, canny, funny social media posts have played www.thenerve.news/p/tiktok-sav...

The American Christian right has infiltrated the UK. We are on the road to Gilead, but it's not too late to change course By @theguiltyfeminist.bsky.social's @dfdubz.bsky.social

This week's Hotlist 🔥🌶️ From Dave to a bromance in space, the week's best culture chosen by our team of editors and writers www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

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Review of the week: The Line of Beauty @almeida.co.uk This adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst’s subtle Booker winner is broader than the novel, but still achieves an explosive payoff, writes @dorianlynskey.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...

He’s so unafraid’: how New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani aced his TikTok game As New Yorkers vote, the popular Muslim, socialist candidate is favourite. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports on the role his fearless, canny, funny social media posts have played www.thenerve.news/p/tiktok-sav...

The Recommender: Kyla Cobbler's favourite recent music, books, TV and podcast tips (plus a very nice castle in Scotland) The Irish standup and Insta 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

From Charlie Kirk to CCHQ, the right has realised they can lie and not be challenged. Why? In this week’s column, Stewart Lee looks at the ways populists mislead modern voters

“Cinema is liberation”: as more acclaimed films emerge from Palestine, why are many still fighting to reach an audience? This year’s Oscars triumph for No Other Land should have been a watershed. But new titles still struggle to be seen. @ellenejones.bsky.social reports

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The Nerve weekend dish: Ed Smith’s squash, sage and hot honey orzo The British food writer and author of the popular @rocketandsquash.bsky.social newsletter shares a recipe that combines comfort food 'with a little tickle of heat' www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

HOW TO BEAT NIGEL FARAGE, by @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social & @plaidcymru.bsky.social Lindsay Whittle A thread 🧵

The Nerve weekend dish: Ed Smith’s squash, sage and hot honey orzo The British food writer and author of the popular @rocketandsquash.bsky.social newsletter shares a recipe that combines comfort food 'with a little tickle of heat' www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

In her latest column, Nerve ‘cultural agony aunt’ @pperry.bsky.social digs into the issue of protest using lessons learnt in couples counselling training www.thenerve.news/p/bp-climate...

This week's hotlist 🔥 From Lily Allen's new tell-all album to this year's exquisitely installed Turner Prize in Bradford www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

Who's got the biggest, tallest, longest? Welcome to the juvenile world of tech-bro architecture Phin Harper reports www.thenerve.news/p/tech-bro-a...

🚨 NEW FROM US! This week's Tuesday edition newsletter: a dissection of tech bro architecture, Philippa Perry's advice to protestors, our latest Hotlist, and @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social's Reform UK film. Also - last chance for our special launch offer! 🌟 Read now: www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

Review of the Week: Big Kiss, Bye-Bye @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social Claire-Louise Bennett’s free-floating love story is an intelligent, unclassifiable delight, writes Alex Clark www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...

What’s missing in much of the pundit analysis of Caerphilly byelection is due credit to Plaid Cymru’s candidate Lindsay Whittle. The Nerve’s intrepid @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social filmed a brilliant interview with Whittle on polling day (Reform UK’s Llyr Powell was nowhere to be found) 🧵

In this week’s column for the Nerve, Stewart Lee wonders how all these rightwing astroturfers get on the telly and radio. Doesn’t anyone Google them first? 🤔

Incredibly, NONE of the broadsheets reported the death of the great Jamaican-born theatre pioneer Yvonne Brewster, or ran an obit. Here's a fitting tribute... please share and let's celebrate this giant of British theatre. 🙏 💪

‘She made us feel we could do whatever we want’: Yvonne Brewster, a giant of Black theatre, remembered by Nerve contributing editor @adjoa.andoh in conversation with Doña Croll www.thenerve.news/p/yvonne-bre...

The Recommender: Heartstopper star Joe Locke’s favourite recent music, books and food tips www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...

"It's democracy, but not as we know it" Nerve Reform UK correspondent @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social went to Caerphilly on byelection day. Where *was* candidate Llŷr Powell, ex-colleague of Russian puppet Nathan Gill? And what did Plaid Cymru's Lindsay Whittle say? www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq83...

Puttanesca galette with a lemon ricotta filling: the Nerve weekend dish, by chef and Ottolenghi collaborator Helen Goh www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

Sorcery in Caerphilly: @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate. Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve

I've read quite a few western journalists telling us what to think about Saudi Arabia recently, and none of them take the time to talk to Saudi women. If you want a different perspective, I urge you to read the Saudi Whisperer Substack, authored by a Saudi woman 1/3

How can culture fight back in a turbulent world? The Nerve roundtable, featuring @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @carolvorders.bsky.social @ellenejones.bsky.social & Stewart Lee

From @kojeyradical.bsky.social to Alan Partridge: the best culture to see and enjoy this week www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...

Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity

Did Spotify kill the music biopic? In the age of streaming and social media, big Hollywood music bios like Scott Cooper's hymn to the Boss feel increasingly old-fashioned, writes @ellenejones.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/bruce-spri...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review of the week: Little Simz @katehutchinson.bsky.social sees the UK rapper - and national treasure - triumph in Manchester www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...

More disturbing reporting from The Nerve. How can a scrappy startup in 3 weeks leave BBC trailing in its coverage of Russian interference in our politics?

The Recommender: writer and actor Jack Holden shares his cultural picks ahead of his adaptation of The Line of Beauty for @almeida.co.uk www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...

Last weekend's recipe... bestselling British-Iranian chef Sabrina Ghayour shares her baharat chicken traybake – easy, family-friendly and packed with Middle Eastern flavour www.thenerve.news/p/weekend-di...

“Rude jokes cracking through the polite surface of people bring me joy” In last week’s Q&A, @juderogers.bsky.social spoke to poet @holliemcnish.bsky.social about politics, parenthood and the enduring power of Dirty Dancing www.thenerve.news/p/poet-holli...

In this week’s column for the Nerve, the incomparable Stewart Lee wonders what Lenny Bruce and a generation he inspired would make of those on stage at the Riyadh comedy festival