If you can't beat them, join them. Don't worry if you don't fancy becoming an actual nerd. Pat Fitzpatrick has the 10-step guide to faking it.

My lovely boyfriend is a classic nerd: board games, Magic the Gathering, video games, nerd sites, comic books, being tall, skinny and awkward… EVERYTHING.

Nerd has been part of our lexicon for three-quarters of a century, its geeky meaning embodied by some of the most ...

The hosts of the Nerdette podcast bring their safe space to The Gist for a round of nerd confessions.