John Burn-Murdoch

ARE SMARTPHONES CAUSING THE FERTILITY CRISIS?

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What's happening today beneath the surface

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UK net migration drop has only just begun

UK net migration drop has only just begun

James Bowes

Analysis 4h

‘Teen takeovers’ reflect breakdown of adult authority

Santiago Vidal Calvo

Reaction 6h

UK’s easing of Russian oil sanctions was unavoidable

Chris Bayliss

Wednesday, May 20 Wednesday
May 20^th

News 18:30

Pro-Palestine activists turn on Sally Rooney

Pro-Palestine activists turn on Sally Rooney

Archie Earle

Reaction 16:30

Making Washington DC beautiful shouldn't be political

Nicholas Boys Smith

Reaction 13:25

Trump’s betrayal of John Cornyn may haunt the GOP

Trump’s betrayal of John Cornyn may haunt the GOP

Daniel Kalder

Analysis 10:00

Germany’s centrists are driving the rise of the AfD

Peter Franklin

Debate 07:00

Married at First Sight scandal should be the end of reality TV

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It’s a bit like turning the Stanford prison experiment into a TV show.

Mary Harrington

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Alasdair MacIntyre was right all along

Alasdair MacIntyre was right all along His philosophy has new resonance

Ben Cobley

8 mins

May 21 2026 - 12:00am

Aboriginal violence is Australia’s blind spot

Aboriginal violence is Australia’s blind spot

Julie Szego

7 mins

May 21 2026 - 12:02am

The end of Japanese pacifism

The end of Japanese pacifism

Christopher Harding

7 mins

May 21 2026 - 12:01am

Aboriginal violence is Australia’s blind spot

Outback

Aboriginal violence is Australia’s blind spot A child’s death has revived old tensions

Julie Szego

7 mins

May 21 2026 - 12:02am

The end of Japanese pacifism

Asia

The end of Japanese pacifism It risks becoming a ‘merchant of death’

Christopher Harding

7 mins

May 21 2026 - 12:01am

Aboriginal violence is Australia’s blind spot

Aboriginal violence is Australia’s blind spot A child’s death has revived old tensions

Julie Szego

7 mins

May 21 2026 - 12:02am

The end of Japanese pacifism

The end of Japanese pacifism It risks becoming a ‘merchant of death’

Christopher Harding

7 mins

May 21 2026 - 12:01am

From the UK edition

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Analysis 10h

Labour risks sacrificing the center to chase the Left

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The wiser approach is to treat the Green wave less as a threat than an opportunity to consolidate.

Renie Anjeh

Tuesday, May 19 Tuesday
May 19^th

News 17:00

Grooming gangs inquiry chair: authorities were ‘squeamish’ about race

Rob Lownie

Sunday, May 17 Sunday
May 17^th

Dispatch 13:30

Who are Wes Streeting’s people?

Felix Pope

Friday, May 15 Friday
May 15^th

Analysis 10:00

Ed Miliband’s North Sea shutdown is economic vandalism

Kathryn Porter

Tuesday, May 12 Tuesday
May 12^th

Analysis 07:00

Steel nationalization won’t save Starmer

Andrew O'Brien

Monday, May 11 Monday
May 11^th

Explainer 07:00

Will the stalking horse bring down Starmer?

Lee David Evans

Saturday, May 9 Saturday
May 9^th

Reaction 08:00

Scottish election results are a blow to the Union

Iain Macwhirter

Thursday, May 7 Thursday
May 7^th

Debate 16:00

Shabana Mahmood’s push to widen legal refugee routes will backfire

Chris Bayliss

Explainer 06:55

Neither Reform nor the Greens can save Britain’s councils

Jack Shaw

Wednesday, May 6 Wednesday
May 6^th

Debate 16:00

Why Zack Polanski isn’t another Corbyn

Why Zack Polanski isn’t another Corbyn

Peter Franklin

Can Andy Burnham save my town?

Can Andy Burnham save my town? Money alone can’t fix our problems

Aaron Bastani

8 mins

May 21 2026 - 12:03am

Why Iran is right to be paranoid

Why Iran is right to be paranoid Outsiders have interfered for centuries

Peter Frankopan

10 mins

May 20 2026 - 12:04am

Inside the capture of the BBC

Inside the capture of the BBC How transgenderism killed impartiality

Rob Burley

38 mins

May 20 2026 - 12:02am

What tech bros learned from ESPN

What tech bros learned from ESPN True fans always want more

Alys Key

5 mins

May 20 2026 - 12:01am

Watch & listen

John Burn-Murdoch Are smartphones causing the fertility crisis?

The Econoclasts The US-China conflict has changed

Adrian Wooldridge Why Labour should keep Starmer

Julie Bindel & Buck Angel Strange Bedfellows

The Econoclasts Starmer shares Europe's fatal flaw

Politics

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09.29 2025

Why Portland’s hipsters may secretly approve the National Guard

09.29 2025

Eric Adams exit won’t save Andrew Cuomo

09.29 2025

Gaza flotilla civil war shows the problem with the Omnicause

Angry young women make bad feminists

Angry young women make bad feminists

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

How Westminster broke local democracy

How Westminster broke local democracy

Michael Crick

4 mins

Ian Leslie & Helen Thompson The Beatles: How did they do it?

Tuesday, May 19 Tuesday
May 19^th

Reaction 18:30

Decline of ‘dad books’ is a crisis of cultural inheritance

Decline of ‘dad books’ is a crisis of cultural inheritance

Matthew Gasda

Factcheck 15:00

Are smartphones really to blame for declining birth rates?

Deborah Cohen and Peter Tennant

Explainer 12:30

AOC is no Bernie Sanders

AOC is no Bernie Sanders

Michael Baharaeen

Reaction 10:00

Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall sale harms the monarchy

Niall Gooch

Analysis 07:00

Jordan Bardella eases Europe’s fears about the French Right

Francois Valentin

How Trump and the neocons beat Thomas Massie

How Trump and the neocons beat Thomas Massie His politics will endure

Ross Barkan

5 mins

May 20 2026 - 10:13am

On astonishment and angels Writers must learn to fly backwards

David Keenan

5 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:00am

Can SNL save British comedy? It has caught Donald Trump’s eye

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

Mar 23 2026 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Germany just played into Trump’s hands

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinization’ of America

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinization’ of America

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Invasion of the literary bots

Invasion of the literary bots Did AI game the Commonwealth Prize?

Vincenzo Barney

8 mins

May 20 2026 - 8:30am

Is this the end of Hezbollah? Lebanon is finally taking on the militia

Michal Kranz

5 mins

Mar 5 2026 - 12:00am

Our Mission

When the herd takes off in one direction, what do you do?
UnHerd is for people who dare to think for themselves.

Mission Statement

Algo killed the new-media star

Algo killed the new-media star Buzzfeed & co. put their trust in Big Tech

Richard A. Greenwald

8 mins

May 19 2026 - 12:00am

Monday, May 18 Monday
May 18^th

Debate 18:15

Matt Walsh is promoting junk Civil Rights history

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His inaccurate assertion about ‘playacting’ serves to cast doubt on the evils of segregation.

Sohrab Ahmari

Analysis 16:15

Aipac may defeat Thomas Massie, but it has lost GOP war

Oliver Bateman

Reaction 11:50

First US detransition clinic risks becoming a political tool

Lisa Selin Davis

Debate 09:30

Sandra Hüller is wrong about German guilt

Sandra Hüller is wrong about German guilt

Ralph Leonard

Reaction 07:00

Labour cannot escape Britain’s debt spiral

John Rapley

How Gorton beat Denton The new politics is ethnic, not sectarian

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Feb 28 2026 - 12:15am

Secret societies

On cannibalism and Jeffrey Epstein Liberal institutions function like secret societies

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

9 mins

Feb 25 2026 - 12:02am

Odd Arne Westad Today's eerie echoes of the First World War

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why Iran is right to be paranoid

Why Iran is right to be paranoid Outsiders have interfered for centuries

Peter Frankopan

10 mins

May 20 2026 - 12:04am

Why myths can save humanity Old stories fill our lives with dignity

Martin Shaw

7 mins

Feb 23 2026 - 12:00am

Culture

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02.15 2026

Wetherspoons can be one of Britain’s great cultural exports

01.10 2026

Banning X will not make anyone safer

12.11 2025

Italian food is too diverse for a UNESCO heritage label

North West’s stolen childhood

North West’s stolen childhood

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

How Salford made modern Britain

How Salford made modern Britain

Terry Eagleton

6 mins

The Econoclasts Don't be fooled by the UAE bailout

Sunday, May 17 Sunday
May 17^th

Debate 17:00

Modern cruises have stripped travel of its adventure

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They are an ocean full of boredom-management possibilities.

Richard Crampton-Platt

Dispatch 08:00

Unite the Kingdom marks dawn of Right-wing Omnicause

Unite the Kingdom marks dawn of Right-wing Omnicause

Cosmo Adair

Saturday, May 16 Saturday
May 16^th

Analysis 20:15

Trump’s Poland troop withdrawal will benefit Europe

Michal Kranz

Online 16:00

Confessions of a Starmtrooper

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The People’s Prime Minister, the People’s Keir, is beset by snakes on all sides.

Samuel Rubinstein

Debate 13:00

Antiracism is poisoning British policing

Antiracism is poisoning British policing

Dominic Adler

News 08:00

BBC is full of ‘progressive madness’, says former news chief

Archie Earle

How healthmaxxing saved my life

Gen Z

How healthmaxxing saved my life Institutional medicine has failed young women

Emily K. Sipiora

6 mins

May 18 2026 - 12:00am

Suburban sadism

Lucy Letby’s trial by Netflix The former nurse is as banal as she is evil

Poppy Sowerby

4 mins

Feb 6 2026 - 12:00am

Agatha Christie and the red scare Twenties crime capers were obsessed with communism

Alwyn Turner

6 mins

Jan 29 2026 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Europe is sleepwalking into industrial irrelevance

Germany’s economic death trap

Germany’s economic death trap

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why Brexit is back

Why Brexit is back Labour still doesn’t get the revolution

Mary Harrington

6 mins

May 19 2026 - 12:03am

Britain's Atlantic subordination Our place in the world is clear

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

Jan 24 2026 - 12:00am

Science

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11.25 2025

How increased prostate cancer screening can harm men

10.01 2025

Do we really want a world without mothers?

09.30 2025

AI companions are destroying human relationships

Tim Cook's rotten Apple

Tim Cook's rotten Apple

Patrick McGee

4 mins

Robert Trivers: the last wild man of academia

Robert Trivers: the last wild man of academia

John Maier

7 mins

UnHerd Academy Nina Allan on J. G. Ballard

Labour’s battle of ideas

Labour’s battle of ideas Who can fix Britain’s broken economy?

Jonny Ball

8 mins

May 16 2026 - 12:10am

Friday, May 15 Friday
May 15^th

Analysis 18:00

Iran war is eroding American power in Asia

Tom Rogan

News 16:00

Is Reform UK now the party of billionaires?

Is Reform UK now the party of billionaires?

UnHerd Staff

Debate 13:00

Giggle v. Tickle ruling will galvanize Australia’s sex-realists

Josephine Bartosch

Explainer 07:00

British politics is turning into the Premier League

British politics is turning into the Premier League

Jonathan Wilson

Looksmaxxing is the new trans Clavicular’s cybertruck smashes conservative hope

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

Jan 3 2026 - 12:00am

On Bonnie Blue and Roger Scruton We have stripped sex of enchantment

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Dec 26 2025 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Hormuz and the end of petro-dollar hegemony

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Trump is snatching the deep sea's riches

Critical minerals

Trump is snatching the deep sea's riches Britain must head for the frontier

Tom Ough

9 mins

May 19 2026 - 12:02am

The futility of retiree protests Why let Trump ruin your retirement?

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Nov 14 2025 - 12:00am

Faith

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09.26 2025

The Church of England is wrong to condemn migration protests

09.23 2025

Marriage is not just for the wealthy

09.22 2025

Charlie Kirk funeral fuses Christian mercy with MAGA populism

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

John Hooper

7 mins

Can we have the good without Good Friday?

Can we have the good without Good Friday?

Susan Pickard

6 mins

Aris Roussinos Orbán's defeat is not a liberal victory

Thursday, May 14 Thursday
May 14^th

Reaction 18:00

Trump is falling into Xi’s trap on China visit

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Any concession on Taiwan would be a historic mistake.

Luke de Pulford

News 16:00

Birmingham City University to close Black Studies course

UnHerd Staff

Debate 13:00

Banning Unite the Kingdom speakers harms free speech

Jacob Mchangama

Analysis 10:00

Greggs: the true ambassador of British enterprise

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Tyneside may once have exported coal, ships and footballers. Now it exports snacks. But what snacks!

Dan Jackson

Analysis 07:00

Why the Labour Left fears Wes Streeting

Why the Labour Left fears Wes Streeting

Peter Franklin

Wednesday, May 13 Wednesday
May 13^th

Debate 19:00

Do California Democrats have a CCP problem?

William Liang

Reaction 16:00

Zohran Mamdani’s NYC budget doesn’t add up

Seth Barron

Explainer 13:00

SARMs are the dark edge of youth fitness culture

SARMs are the dark edge of youth fitness culture

Josiah Gogarty

Analysis 10:30

Starmer’s downfall mirrors Johnson’s

Loic Fremond

Debate 07:00

Jess Phillips fell short as a champion for women

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Can a woman truly be an ally to other women if she can’t ‘see’ some predators?

Joan Smith

How (not) to launch a Labour coup

weekend analysis

How (not) to launch a Labour coup Failure haunts the knife-wielders

Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky

6 mins

May 16 2026 - 12:00am

What young Republicans are telling us Racial language-policing has failed

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

Don’t mention the old World Wars Outdated analogies make bad foreign policy

Michael Lind

6 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

Dr. Iain McGilchrist How to escape Left-brain thinking

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

How broken children became big business

How broken children became big business Vulnerable kids are dumped in illegal homes

Ian Birrell

7 mins

May 18 2026 - 12:02am

Why Human Design is perfect for our age It’s religion for the LinkedIn class

Alexandra Jones

7 mins

Oct 13 2025 - 12:00am

War

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04.13 2026

Does Kemi Badenoch understand Britain’s military dysfunction?

03.20 2026

US is spending $2 billion a day on Iran war

03.14 2026

Poll: majority of Britons think World War III likely in next decade

America has lost the will to fight

America has lost the will to fight

Edward Luttwak

5 mins

The uniparty media’s pro-war twins

The uniparty media’s pro-war twins

Nikos Mohammadi

5 mins

John Bolton Trump should finish the job

The new epidemic of black youth violence

The new epidemic of black youth violence Liberal delusion costs lives

Alicia Nieves

7 mins

May 15 2026 - 12:00am

Tuesday, May 12 Tuesday
May 12^th

Analysis 18:45

Is Spencer Pratt the hero LA needs?

Is Spencer Pratt the hero LA needs?

Joel Kotkin

Explainer 16:00

The ‘beta mum’ trend is a new kind of virtue signaling

Valerie Stivers

Analysis 12:45

Reviving Biden’s foreign policy will doom the Democrats

Ben Burgis

Debate 10:00

Labour MPs don’t have a plan after Starmer

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What is conceivably gained by replacing him with Burnham, Streeting, or whoever emerges in the end?

Wolfgang Munchau

The triumph of Brexitball Our football style has followed politics

Jonathan Wilson

7 mins

Oct 10 2025 - 12:00am

The Iron Lady who could save Venezuela

Ian Birrell

5 mins

Oct 9 2025 - 11:59pm

The Econoclasts Iran left Trump with no alternative

Europe’s identity crisis

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

America is crumbling like Safavid Iran

America is crumbling like Safavid Iran The Safavids depended too much on their currency

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

6 mins

May 18 2026 - 12:01am

Trump’s monumentalistic aesthetic He wants to memorialize America's greatness

Adam Ellwanger and John J. Waters

6 mins

Sep 23 2025 - 12:01am

Society

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09.29 2025

Did Trump’s Ryder Cup visit backfire?

09.28 2025

The WHO’s anti-alcohol campaign is a war against joy

09.25 2025

ICE shooting doesn’t herald a new era of Left-wing violence

London police’s rape blind spot

London police’s rape blind spot

Julie Bindel

5 mins

The invention of David Attenborough

The invention of David Attenborough

Samuel Rubinstein

8 mins

Debate: This house believes assisted dying is wrong

Monday, May 11 Monday
May 11^th

Reaction 18:00

Elliot Page as Achilles is not as far-fetched as it seems

Elliot Page as Achilles is not as far-fetched as it seems

Spencer A. Klavan

Explainer 16:00

Is Australia heading for a Reform-style insurgency?

Rocco Loiacono

Analysis 12:30

Starmer’s limp speech has sealed his fate

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The mutiny is in full swing now, and has gathered a momentum of its own.

Jonny Ball

Reaction 10:00

Putin has no intention of ending the Ukraine war

Bethany Elliott

Sunday, May 10 Sunday
May 10^th

Analysis 19:00

UniCredit Russia withdrawal weakens Germany’s hand

UniCredit Russia withdrawal weakens Germany’s hand

Jack Smith

Debate 16:00

Don’t blame Covid for violent young women

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There's a dark side of girl power, where women are rewarded for acting more aggressively.

Kristina Murkett

Debate 13:15

Brown and Starmer are trapped in a cargo cult of New Labour

Peter Franklin

Analysis 08:00

Labour collapse risks accelerating Birmingham’s decline

Rakib Ehsan

Why plutocrats love Trump’s war

Iran

Why plutocrats love Trump’s war The base bleeds; the top feasts

Yanis Varoufakis

7 mins

May 14 2026 - 12:02am

Estonian opioids are heading for Britain Nitazenes are far deadlier than fentanyl

Michal Kranz

11 mins

Sep 21 2025 - 12:10am

Should philosophers take drugs? We must embrace the weirdness of the world

Justin Smith-Ruiu

8 mins

Sep 12 2025 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Europe is about to get much weaker

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The day the music critic died

weekend culture

The day the music critic died Pitchfork’s decline is bad for art

Sam Jennings

8 mins

May 16 2026 - 12:05am

Ozzy Osbourne made Birmingham his power He reassured the city's alienated weirdos

Tracy King

5 mins

Jul 24 2025 - 12:00am