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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

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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

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November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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...
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
‘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

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November 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Recommender: @nicomuhly.bsky.social’s favourite recent music, books and food tips

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November 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Nerve Weekend Dish: a comforting, autumnal mushroom pie from Beth Adamson, the cook behind the popular social media account Borough Chef

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November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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

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November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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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...
‘He’s so unafraid’: how New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani aced his TikTok game
As New Yorkers vote today, an unapologetically leftwing – and hugely popular – Muslim candidate is leading the polls. His fearless, canny, and often funny, social media posting has played a key part i...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This week's Hotlist 🔥🌶️

From Dave to a bromance in space, the week's best culture chosen by our team of editors and writers

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November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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

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Review of the week: The Line of Beauty at the Almeida theatre
This adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst’s subtle Booker winner is broader than the novel, but still achieves an explosive payoff, writes Dorian Lynskey
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November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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...
‘He’s so unafraid’: how New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani aced his TikTok game
As New Yorkers vote today, an unapologetically leftwing – and hugely popular – Muslim candidate is leading the polls. His fearless, canny, and often funny, social media posting has played a key part i...
www.thenerve.news
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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
November 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“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
November 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Made this yesterday evening and it was delicious
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'

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November 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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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-...
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
HOW TO BEAT NIGEL FARAGE, by @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social & @plaidcymru.bsky.social Lindsay Whittle

A thread 🧵
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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-...
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In her latest column, Nerve ‘cultural agony aunt’ @pperry.bsky.social digs into the issue of protest using lessons learnt in couples counselling training

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October 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This week's hotlist 🔥

From Lily Allen's new tell-all album to this year's exquisitely installed Turner Prize in Bradford

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October 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Who's got the biggest, tallest, longest? Welcome to the juvenile world of tech-bro architecture

Phin Harper reports

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October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🚨 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-...
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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

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October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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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) 🧵
October 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM