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David v Goliath on Teesside: @ladyhaja.bsky.social talks to filmmaker @jeaniefinlay.com about her brilliant, infuriating documentary All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea about the industrial pollution decimating the north-east coast’s ecosystem #AllRiversSpill

Text card says: The new Post Office scandal? Meet the fishermen fighting an ecocide. With a photograph of Teesside skipper Stan Rennie, wearing orange overalls, on a fishing trawler, looking out to sea

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Brexit, Russia, Twitter bots – it’s been a good week for finally acknowledging a decade’s worth of malign influences on Britain. But let’s not overlook perhaps the biggest and most hostile troll of all This week’s Nerve column by Stewart Lee

Putin uses social media to undermine us. And you know who else does? Donald Trump. Stewart Lee on malign influences on Britain. Stylised orange image of Putin holding an index finger to his lips, with a smaller inset of Nigel Farage pulling a funny face

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 17/10/2026

Palantir’s influence across Europe. The most revealing report yet into the AI company’s business across the continent, by @FTM_eu, reveals the extent of contracts – but doubts are growing about it as a partner Sebastiaan Brommersma reports, with an introduction by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

‘A new kind of power’: investigation reveals spread of Palantir’s influence across Europe. Blue and yellow image showing a map of Europe next to Peter Thiel’s face

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 17/10/2026

“One major label boss from America obviously found my conversation particularly scintillating and invited me to a party in his suite” As a new Tate show celebrates the 90s, Kerry Shaw, a fledgling singer and i-D cover star in the pre-#MeToo era, remembers the darker and weirder side of the 90s

Text on card says: ‘It wasn’t all Britpop and Cool Britannia – the 90s had a dark (and weird) side too’. Composite image of 90s figures: Jesus Jones; lead singer of Echobelly, Sonya Madan; Liam Gallagher, Naomi Campbell, Jarvis Cocker, Gwen Stefani and her skinny brows, Tony Blair; in the middle: Kerry and Tamsin Shaw on the cover of i-D magazine, September 1990. Photos: Getty

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 16/10/2026

Review of the Week: @fontainesdc.bsky.social’s Dopamine Chamber ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The outspoken Irish rockers’ new album is a gothic and muscular reckoning with our looming digital apocalypse, writes Nerve music critic @katehutchinson.bsky.social

Review of the Week: Album: Fontaines DC’s Dopamine Chamber, 4 stars. Quote: “Using their voice to express how far we are from humanity”. Photo of the band in a sunny European street, wearing colourful jackets and sunglasses

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 16/10/2026

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 16/10/2026

The Nerve weekend dish: Jacob Kenedy’s ‘nduja & orecchiette 🌶️🍅🧅🍷 The chef-patron of London trattoria Bocca di Lupo shares a recipe from his brand new cookbook

The Nerve Weekend Dish: ‘nduja & orecchiette by Bocca di Lupo’s Jacob Kenedy, pictured in a metallic bowl on a stainless steel table, with cutlery on the side

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 15/10/2026

The internet is changing, and the consequences for democracy could be profound says @mariaressa.bsky.social in conversation with @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Ressa’s new book, The Fight Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Standing Up to Dictators, is out now.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 15/10/2026

“Some parents assume their kids can’t be trying hard enough… You’ve got to be careful not to add shame to disappointment. Be supportive rather than a rescuer” @pperry.bsky.social on the dismal youth job market www.thenerve.news/p/philippa-p...

Philippa Perry: In a dismal job market for young people, parental anxiety isn’t helping. Stylised pink and orange photo of eight young people holding up signs that read ‘Hire me’, ‘I need a job’ and ‘Looking for work’

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/10/2026

🔥 This week's cultural hotlist, from David Threlfall as King Lear to a chilling new documentary about mass killings in Gaza using AI 🔗 full list: www.thenerve.news/p/hotlist-cu...

The Nerve Hotlist: the best culture to see and enjoy this week. Bright yellow background. Picture in the middle: Jonathan Slinger (Gloucester) and David Threlfall (Lear) in King Lear at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. Photo: Helen Murray

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/10/2026

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/10/2026

Green Party leader Zack Polanski did not handle the pointless and damaging conference motion about Zionism well. But why on earth would his own supporters create such a trap for him? By @sangitamyska.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/sangita-my...

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 13/10/2026

For the first time, the British government has acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. So who did BBC Newsnight invite on to discuss what happened? Sergei Markov, Putin’s former spokesman. Par for the course, says Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 1/

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 12/10/2026

‘Generation 6-7 revives May 68’: Inside the French high schoolers’ revolt heard round the world @phineasjfr.bsky.social reports

Teargas, memes and bin barricades: France’s angry students revive the ghosts of ’68. Picture: Protesters fleeing teargas in Marseille, 8 October, 2026

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 11/10/2026

“It’s empathy-building. And that’s something we all need more practice at these days” Maddy Costa on how a new generation of theatre companies is fighting social issues head-on, using clowns, choreography and even food donations from the audience

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‘When you feel something, that’s what fuels you’: how a new generation of performers is reviving the theatre of protest with a collage of different performers: from Stuffed by Ugly Bucket; Un/fortunately by ThisEgg; and These Are Our Neighbours by playwright Katharine Williams

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 11/10/2026

“Everything made of words will be taken over by AI” Yuval Noah Harari spoke to Nobel-winning journalist @mariaressa.bsky.social and the Nerve’s @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about the threat of AI, for an in-depth and sometimes alarming conversation about humanity’s near future

Yuval Noah Harari on the threat of AI: ‘Fascism isn’t the worst-case scenario. Fascism is still human’. Photograph: Yuval Noah Harari in conversation with Maria Ressa and Carole Cadwalladr in an ornate hall

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 10/10/2026

Sarah appeared in a similar - silent - fashion at the Hay festival earlier this year after Meta’s lawyers wrote to the festival organisers. Following that appearance, she was sued - yet again. 3/

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 10/10/2026

“She has been silenced by Facebook. She has been sued by Facebook.” Sarah appeared on stage at the screening but had to remain silent (yet again) at a pre-release screening of the Social Reckoning in London this Wednesday hosted by @all_the_citizens and @peoplevsbigtech 2/

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 10/10/2026

“She definitely shouldn’t be here tonight.” The Nerve’s @carolecadwalla.bsky.social introduces silenced Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams at a screening of the Social Reckoning, where fellow whistleblower Frances Haugen - whose story inspired the film - spoke out on Sarah’s behalf 🧵

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 10/10/2026

Interview with the Bard of Salford aka the great John Cooper Clarke. “The defining nature of art is its uselessness. As soon as it becomes useful, it's something else” @johncooperclarke.bsky.social Q&A by Ursula Kenny www.thenerve.news/p/john-coope...

The Nerve Q&A: John Cooper Clarke, pictured looking downcast in a hat, red patterned scarf and sunglasses: ‘I could go to six funerals a week. But no man can live on vol au vents alone’

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/10/2026

Review of the Week: The 90s: Art and Fashion @tate.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️ We were due a rigorous cultural appraisal of an increasingly mythologised decade. Sadly, this jarring clash of modern masterpieces and glossy-mag photoshoots is not it, writes Nerve art critic @benlukeart.bsky.social

Text card saying review of the Week: Art: The 90s: Art and Fashion, Tate Britain, London, until 14 February 2027. Two stars. With the photo by Eddie Otchere, Metalheadz Sunday Sessions in the Blue Note, Hoxton Square 1995-1996. With the quote: “Sentimentality is an inevitable danger”

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/10/2026

The Nerve weekend dish: Ali Stoner’s Cullen skink bake The cook, influencer and former Masterchef Australia contestant shares a new twist on an old Scottish favourite from her debut recipe book www.thenerve.news/p/weekend-di...

The Nerve Weekend Dish: Ali Stoner’s Cullen skink bake, pictured on two plates, one pie opened along the middle to reveal the filling, served with a green salad, with cutlery on the side

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 08/10/2026

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 08/10/2026

“Fraternities are where young men’s values are formed and minds are shaped” @theguiltyfeminist.bsky.social’s @dfdubz.bsky.social on the Cornell Seven and how frat-house culture spreads

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 07/10/2026

🔥 This week's cultural hotlist, from Salman Toor’s richly imagined queer worlds to AK Blakemore’s dazzling novel of a 19th-century English revolt 🔗 full list: www.thenerve.news/p/hotlist-cu...

The Nerve Hotlist: the best culture to see and enjoy this week. Bright yellow background. Picture in the middle: The Bar on East 13th Street. Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, and Thomas Dane Gallery

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 07/10/2026

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 07/10/2026

“Mark has been allowed to continue in the form he was in when he was 20, for his entire adult life, and the movie depicts how sad this is” Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen speaks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Zuckerberg, tech and The Social Reckoning www.thenerve.news/p/frances-ha...

‘We have a $1tn company acting desperate’: Frances Haugen (pictured in a green dress, in the middle of a black and white patterned floor, staring at the camera with her arms crossed) on Zuckerberg and The Social Reckoning

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 04/10/2026

Good morning. Just how much have successive UK governments spent - or is the current one due to spend - with Peter Thiel’s Palantir? 🧵⤵️

Graphic showing Palantir founder Peter Thiel and totals of money spent since 2014 – or due to be spent – by UK government departments and agencies. Design: Lynsey Irvine

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 03/10/2026

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White text out of black: As a new documentary remembers the three decade fatawa against the novelist that led to his near-fatal knife attack in 2022, he and his wife discuss hope, history and how his life was saved by the courage of strangers. By Dorian Lynskey

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 03/10/2026

“The audience saved my life. Because he wasn’t planning to stop” Salman Rushdie and his wife Rachel Eliza Griffiths talk to @dorianlynskey.bsky.social about his near-fatal knife attack, history and hope

Salman Rushdie and Rachel Eliza Griffiths – pictured wearing dark suits, embracing against a burgundy backdrop – on surviving assassination. Photograph by Pål Hansen

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 03/10/2026

The Recommender: Kiell Smith-Bynoe The star of #BBCGhosts, #StathLetsFlats and #WickerMovie shares his favourite recent cultural experiences

The recommender: Kiell Smith-Bynoe, actor and comedian, pictured in orange sunglasses, with a hand on his chest, and a houndstooth patterned jacket

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 03/10/2026

2/ How the £1bn UK state contracts with Peter Thiel’s firm since 2014 that the Nerve has identified break down across departments and agencies

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 03/10/2026

REVEALED Britain’s contracts with Palantir hit £1bn The government has spent or agreed to spend at least £992m on contracts with Palantir Technologies, the Nerve’s Max Colbert - @mc00.bsky.social - can reveal 🧵

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 02/10/2026

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