Just wanted to say a huge congratulations. The Nerve is exactly what the media world has been crying out for. Journalism with guts, wit, and absolutely no billionaire leash attached.
We cover the news in our own way. Half outrage, half comedy, occasionally powered by caffeine and disbelief. But you cover it in a way that actually changes things. It is fearless, forensic, and often very funny, which is no small feat when your subjects include Tony Blair (Satan's little helper), a man who seems to collect defence contracts the way most of us collect mugs.
And of course there is Larry Ellison and Rupert Murdoch, the Batman and Robin of billionaire influence, now apparently adding TikTok to their midlife crisis portfolios. Only you could turn that unholy alliance into must-read journalism.
Honestly, thank you. Independent, principled, and gloriously chaotic in the best way. The fact that it is an all-women powerhouse makes it even sweeter.
So here is to The Nerve. May it keep growing, keep stinging, and keep making the powerful very uncomfortable. We are all cheering you on from the sidelines, with love, laughter, and just enough sarcasm to stay sane.
Willy & Bill
TikTok - Algorithmic Failure Meets Statutory Breach - Oh and do check out this!
This is the best news I've heard in years. Looking forward to everything the Nerve will bring that our crime syndicate-owned media would prefer to bury. Thank you for true courage, for determination and a tenacity for finding fact.
Fantastic! Am just a humble reader but a long time admirer of your work Carole. Please go after Farage and Co with all your might. Our the mainstreams to shame.
Aside from wanting to know what it will cost (another broke journalist) I think it's a wonderful thing and hope it lasts . I had to stop reading even the free pages of the Guardian when it began blotting out the first story with bright yellow to get me to pay! My first job was as a secretary at the Guardian. I was 21 and South African. I always loved it and when I got home subscribed to the weekly . I still think it would be among the few left doing a reasonable job. But from when I started as journalist for the Rand Daily Mail which died about a year after I started I have seen by dozens and dozens die and online too. I know why. I'm still steeped in the industry. I do hope yours works . What is the minimum I would have to pay to read it.
Hey Pat, thanks for that & hear you. It’s free to read. We are launching with a membership model whereby paying for it will bring membership and community benefits which will bring readers closer…
Congratulations on the new (ad)venture! Looking forward to reading the best of what The Guardian used to offer. Nice that it's mostly women in a world where female voices are being smothered. Keep on investigating, please!
Thank God for courageous women !
Carole,
Just wanted to say a huge congratulations. The Nerve is exactly what the media world has been crying out for. Journalism with guts, wit, and absolutely no billionaire leash attached.
We cover the news in our own way. Half outrage, half comedy, occasionally powered by caffeine and disbelief. But you cover it in a way that actually changes things. It is fearless, forensic, and often very funny, which is no small feat when your subjects include Tony Blair (Satan's little helper), a man who seems to collect defence contracts the way most of us collect mugs.
And of course there is Larry Ellison and Rupert Murdoch, the Batman and Robin of billionaire influence, now apparently adding TikTok to their midlife crisis portfolios. Only you could turn that unholy alliance into must-read journalism.
Honestly, thank you. Independent, principled, and gloriously chaotic in the best way. The fact that it is an all-women powerhouse makes it even sweeter.
So here is to The Nerve. May it keep growing, keep stinging, and keep making the powerful very uncomfortable. We are all cheering you on from the sidelines, with love, laughter, and just enough sarcasm to stay sane.
Willy & Bill
TikTok - Algorithmic Failure Meets Statutory Breach - Oh and do check out this!
https://satiricalplanet.substack.com/p/mandatory-enforcement-and-systemic
Ah! What a beautiful reply. Thank you so much! Independent, principled & gloriously chaotic’ just about sums it up. Thank you!
Carol, I’m so pleased that you and your powerful women friends have taken this on – for all of us – for the world!
This is the best news I've heard in years. Looking forward to everything the Nerve will bring that our crime syndicate-owned media would prefer to bury. Thank you for true courage, for determination and a tenacity for finding fact.
Fantastic! Am just a humble reader but a long time admirer of your work Carole. Please go after Farage and Co with all your might. Our the mainstreams to shame.
Many, many congratulations, Carole and team. You have the Nerve. You have the Verve! Xx
Thanks so much, Richard! Xx
Aside from wanting to know what it will cost (another broke journalist) I think it's a wonderful thing and hope it lasts . I had to stop reading even the free pages of the Guardian when it began blotting out the first story with bright yellow to get me to pay! My first job was as a secretary at the Guardian. I was 21 and South African. I always loved it and when I got home subscribed to the weekly . I still think it would be among the few left doing a reasonable job. But from when I started as journalist for the Rand Daily Mail which died about a year after I started I have seen by dozens and dozens die and online too. I know why. I'm still steeped in the industry. I do hope yours works . What is the minimum I would have to pay to read it.
Hey Pat, thanks for that & hear you. It’s free to read. We are launching with a membership model whereby paying for it will bring membership and community benefits which will bring readers closer…
I am so unfamiliar with Substack that I have no idea of where to find it. So please can you help
Thanks for the note. Somehow I am getting a lot of notices that I'm subscribed and paying. I can't afford that but I like a lot of what I read.
Congratulations on the new (ad)venture! Looking forward to reading the best of what The Guardian used to offer. Nice that it's mostly women in a world where female voices are being smothered. Keep on investigating, please!
Congratulations and have admired your work for some time
Never underestimate the power of a few good women.
Yep. I am another one, cancelling my Grauniad sub and sending the money to you instead. We need you.
Me too!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I just subscribed as a founding member. Much less than the NYT subscription I canceled long ago.
Ah! Thank you so much. What a vote of confidence 💪💪💪.
Nice. Just subscribed. Keep up the great work.
The Hedge Fund Blackshirts
The studio breathes. Red lights pulse
like arteries. In makeup chairs,
the guests calibrate their anger—
each soundbite a measured dose.
“Are we rolling?” The floor manager
nods. History begins recording.
The autocue scrolls its scripture:
Your heritage. Under attack.
Behind the cameras, capital flows
through fibre optic veins—algorithms
pumping fury frame by frame,
each pixel a viral particle.
The host adjusts his tie. “Now then.”
His smile could cut glass. “You mentioned
the problem with this country…”
The guest’s eyes narrow to slits.
“I mentioned nothing.”
“Nothing?”
“Nothing that matters.”
Silence. The studio holds its breath.
Commercial break. The klieg lights dim
but never die. In the green room,
donors sip champagne from crystal flutes
while the country rots.
The old baronet’s ghost shadows the lens,
his uniform tailored into pinstripes now,
his jackboots now Bloomberg terminals
clicking orders in tribal hate.
“Five seconds.” The cameras wake.
The host leans in like a confessor:
“What would you say to viewers
who think you’ve gone too far?”
“Too far from what?” The guest’s voice
is velvet wrapped around a blade.
“From the truth? From what we owe
our children.” His hands fold like benediction.
The teleprompter scrolls. The viewers
lean closer to their screens, hypnotised
by the drumbeat of curated rage
broadcast live from Studio B.
In the server room, the machines
hum their binary lullabies—
ones and zeros spawning the future
while democracy sleeps in code.
The revolution wears a suit now.
It speaks in quarterly reports.
It marches through the feeds
in formation, vote by vote.
What joyous news for a Monday
Thank you