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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
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On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, @juderogers.bsky.social heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly, the disaster was barely referred to in Westminster and the national press

www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Review of the week: Wes Anderson: The Archives @designmuseum.bsky.social
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Emily LaBarge is charmed by a deep dive into the pastel-hued world of the American film director, through the lens of his costumes, props, scripts and more

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November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The digital version of our Nathan Gill timeline is now online ⬇️⏳

www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A pile of toxic filth has been dumped in the British countryside. This has put me in mind of Nigel Farage

This week’s column by Stewart Lee, on Reform poisoning our national discourse

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
On the frontline of a deluge on the Welsh borders, @juderogers.bsky.social heard local stories of devastation and heroism – but incredibly, the disaster was barely referred to in Westminster and the national press

www.thenerve.news/p/storm-clau...
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Recommender: Oyinkan Braithwaite

The award-winning author of My Sister, the Serial Killer – whose latest book Cursed Daughters @atlanticbooks.bsky.social has just been shortlisted for the 2025 #NeroBookAwards – shares her latest cultural discoveries

www.thenerve.news/p/the-recomm...
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Anyone want to see the video of Nathan Gill being interviewed by police?

‘Do you know what the ‘Xmas gifts’ [refers to]?’

‘No comment’

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NEW: Former Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10.5 years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent.

The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Funchoza (Uyghur Noodles With Minced Lamb): the Nerve weekend dish, by Anna Ansari

Interview by Lisa O’Kelly

www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social again with the latest on the Nathan Gill sentencing...and a personal message.
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
NEW: Former Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10.5 years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent.

The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
BREAKING: Former Ukip / Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to ten and a half years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent... MORE SOON
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social at the Old Bailey, waiting to hear ex-Reform politician Nathan Gill’s sentence, armed with a detailed timeline of his relationship with pro-Russian figures and the bribery involved. Follow along here, full breakdown soon.
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The Nerve is at the Old Bailey today for the sentencing of Nathan Gill. It's a complex story and the Nerve is here with our first print edition - a handy fold out timeline detailing the whole affair...!

More soon...
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Meg Molloy was the first person in her family to go to university, and had to fight both for her career, and to fit in. Now, with Working Arts Club, she wants to open the doors of the art world to people like her.
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🔊 Sound on!

Watch @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social chase Nigel Farage across the Essex Riviera: Clacton-upon-Sea.

With a very simple question that the Reform leader is refusing to answer...

"Mr Farage, who introduced Nathan Gill to a Russian spy?"
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November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Even the tech bros are getting nervous. But it will be the rest of us who feel the pain when the AI bubble bursts. @carolecadwalla.bsky.social reports.

www.thenerve.news/p/carole-cad...
AI boom? Or AI bust? Are even the broligarchs admitting AI is a bubble?
Peter Thiel is panic-dumping stock. Sam Altman is getting twitchy in interviews. The world is waking up to a trillion dollar emperor with no clothes, writes Carole Cadwalladr
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November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This week‘s cultural Hotlist🔥

Ft @cmatbaby.bsky.social, Gillian Anderson, and more.

www.thenerve.news/p/the-nerve-...
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
On the trail of the elusive leader of Reform, @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits his struggling constituency – where even the prospect of Putin undermining British politics doesn’t raise many eyebrows
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Review of the week: Wet Leg live @royalalberthall.bsky.social
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They may have started off as self-deprecating jokers, but this pulsating live show is final proof that the Isle of Wight rockers are now something much bigger, writes @katehutchinson.bsky.social

www.thenerve.news/p/wet-leg-to...
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Traitors on the inside, Trump on the outside ... who’d want to run the BBC now? Actually, I would

This week’s column by Stewart Lee

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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...
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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-...
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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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...
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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...
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM