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With Digital ID, Starmer has pulled off a remarkable feat - he's united Nigel Farage, Zack Polanski, Jeremy Corbyn, Kemi Badenoch, Boris Johnson & Ed Davey on the same team.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
With Digital ID, Starmer has pulled off a remarkable feat - he's united Nigel Farage, Zack Polanski, Jeremy Corbyn, Kemi Badenoch, Boris Johnson & Ed Davey on the same team.
A "techno-authoritarian's wet dream": @carolecadwalla.bsky.social for the Nerve on digital ID
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December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A "techno-authoritarian's wet dream": @carolecadwalla.bsky.social for the Nerve on digital ID
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This week’s hotlist 🔥▶️
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This week’s hotlist 🔥▶️
Featuring @lanre-bakare.bsky.social @joemayes.bsky.social and more! Read the full list: www.thenerve.news/p/books-of-2...
December 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Featuring @lanre-bakare.bsky.social @joemayes.bsky.social and more! Read the full list: www.thenerve.news/p/books-of-2...
Still looking to invest in Christmas gifts?
Here are 2025's top memoir, novels, and politics and history books - straight from independent booksellers around the country.
Here are 2025's top memoir, novels, and politics and history books - straight from independent booksellers around the country.
December 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Still looking to invest in Christmas gifts?
Here are 2025's top memoir, novels, and politics and history books - straight from independent booksellers around the country.
Here are 2025's top memoir, novels, and politics and history books - straight from independent booksellers around the country.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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The extraordinary new film by dissident Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi is a thriller, a fable about state repression, and a road movie all at once, writes Nerve film critic @ellenejones.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The extraordinary new film by dissident Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi is a thriller, a fable about state repression, and a road movie all at once, writes Nerve film critic @ellenejones.bsky.social
"I’m already wondering what’s in my inbox in case Claude Opus 4 turns on me for writing this devastating exposé. So why is AI still so useless at shopping?"
This week's column by Stewart Lee
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This week's column by Stewart Lee
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December 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"I’m already wondering what’s in my inbox in case Claude Opus 4 turns on me for writing this devastating exposé. So why is AI still so useless at shopping?"
This week's column by Stewart Lee
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This week's column by Stewart Lee
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The Recommender: actor Bel Powley - who is starring in Christmas Day at the Almeida Theatre, on her latest art and culture discoveries.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Recommender: actor Bel Powley - who is starring in Christmas Day at the Almeida Theatre, on her latest art and culture discoveries.
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From a moving rumination on class to a gripping novel about desire, our team of writers and editors each recommend a title they've loved over the past 12 months - and one they're hoping to get for Christmas.
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
From a moving rumination on class to a gripping novel about desire, our team of writers and editors each recommend a title they've loved over the past 12 months - and one they're hoping to get for Christmas.
Out now: The Nerve's Best Books of 2025.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Out now: The Nerve's Best Books of 2025.
Feat: @elizabethalker.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @sevenstories.bsky.social @jonathancape.bsky.social @beckybarnicoat.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social @sceptrebooks.bsky.social @jennashworth.bsky.social
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London restaurateurs Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda share an easy but indulgent Italian favourite from their award-winning cookbook. Read the full piece here: www.thenerve.news/p/the-weeken...
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
London restaurateurs Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda share an easy but indulgent Italian favourite from their award-winning cookbook. Read the full piece here: www.thenerve.news/p/the-weeken...
“The systems are not working. We have to take responsibility when people step into the breach and do terrible things.” On the anniversary of the UnitedHealthcare boss’ death, John H Richardson, author of a new book about Mangione, talks to John Mulholland about ‘distress’ endemic in US society.
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“The systems are not working. We have to take responsibility when people step into the breach and do terrible things.” On the anniversary of the UnitedHealthcare boss’ death, John H Richardson, author of a new book about Mangione, talks to John Mulholland about ‘distress’ endemic in US society.
Richardson is the author of a new book about Luigi Mangione.
December 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Richardson is the author of a new book about Luigi Mangione.
"I'd abolish the role of prime minister...l'm only half joking!"
Musician @richardhawley.bsky.social talks to @juderogers.bsky.social about songs, socialism, swearing…and the joy of dogs.
Musician @richardhawley.bsky.social talks to @juderogers.bsky.social about songs, socialism, swearing…and the joy of dogs.
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"I'd abolish the role of prime minister...l'm only half joking!"
Musician @richardhawley.bsky.social talks to @juderogers.bsky.social about songs, socialism, swearing…and the joy of dogs.
Musician @richardhawley.bsky.social talks to @juderogers.bsky.social about songs, socialism, swearing…and the joy of dogs.
Press ▶️▶️on this week‘s Hotlist 🔥🔥
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Press ▶️▶️on this week‘s Hotlist 🔥🔥
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December 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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“Finch has made comments that have potential to jeopardise a fair trial, harm the victim - and waste a huge amount of public money.”
Our Reform correspondent @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social assesses George Finch’s recent controversial comments - and says he’s skating on thin ice.
Our Reform correspondent @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social assesses George Finch’s recent controversial comments - and says he’s skating on thin ice.
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Finch has made comments that have potential to jeopardise a fair trial, harm the victim - and waste a huge amount of public money.”
Our Reform correspondent @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social assesses George Finch’s recent controversial comments - and says he’s skating on thin ice.
Our Reform correspondent @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social assesses George Finch’s recent controversial comments - and says he’s skating on thin ice.
👋Stewart Lee fans. The Nerve is hosting a special members' evening with Stewart and our co-founder Carole in London on Dec 10.
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
👋Stewart Lee fans. The Nerve is hosting a special members' evening with Stewart and our co-founder Carole in London on Dec 10.
Review of the Week: All My Sons, Wyndham’s
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10 years after his first triumph with an Arthur Miller play, director Ivo Van Hove has returned to the American poet and produced another masterpiece that feels startlingly current, writes @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
10 years after his first triumph with an Arthur Miller play, director Ivo Van Hove has returned to the American poet and produced another masterpiece that feels startlingly current, writes @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
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December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Review of the Week: All My Sons, Wyndham’s
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
10 years after his first triumph with an Arthur Miller play, director Ivo Van Hove has returned to the American poet and produced another masterpiece that feels startlingly current, writes @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
10 years after his first triumph with an Arthur Miller play, director Ivo Van Hove has returned to the American poet and produced another masterpiece that feels startlingly current, writes @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
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You would think the alleged indiscretions of the schoolboy Nigel Farage would have drawn outrage from a just, impartial British media. Strangely, it seems they have not.
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
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This week’s column by Stewart Lee
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November 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
You would think the alleged indiscretions of the schoolboy Nigel Farage would have drawn outrage from a just, impartial British media. Strangely, it seems they have not.
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
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This week’s column by Stewart Lee
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👋 Ed. We are a tiny news start-up borne out of mass redundancies at the Guardian in the UK ⬇️
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November 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
👋 Ed. We are a tiny news start-up borne out of mass redundancies at the Guardian in the UK ⬇️
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Is the current generation of leading men our best ever?
No longer dreaming of playing Bond, today’s group of young British and Irish actors are fun, thoughtful and helping to redefine masculinity. Let's celebrate, says Nerve film critic @ellenejones.bsky.social
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No longer dreaming of playing Bond, today’s group of young British and Irish actors are fun, thoughtful and helping to redefine masculinity. Let's celebrate, says Nerve film critic @ellenejones.bsky.social
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November 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Is the current generation of leading men our best ever?
No longer dreaming of playing Bond, today’s group of young British and Irish actors are fun, thoughtful and helping to redefine masculinity. Let's celebrate, says Nerve film critic @ellenejones.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/new-genera...
No longer dreaming of playing Bond, today’s group of young British and Irish actors are fun, thoughtful and helping to redefine masculinity. Let's celebrate, says Nerve film critic @ellenejones.bsky.social
www.thenerve.news/p/new-genera...
The Recommender: writer and poet Derek Owusu – whose new book Borderline Fiction has just been published by @canongate.co.uk – on his recent cultural tips, from Lana Del Rey to David Szalay
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November 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The Recommender: writer and poet Derek Owusu – whose new book Borderline Fiction has just been published by @canongate.co.uk – on his recent cultural tips, from Lana Del Rey to David Szalay
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