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Explainer 4h

The Cornell Seven is fueling a campus media frenzy

The Cornell Seven is fueling a campus media frenzy

Nikos Mohammadi

News 10h

Friends of the Earth chief: Palestine is a climate justice issue

Archie Earle

Saturday, October 3 Saturday
Oct 3^rd

Reaction 19:45

Jacob Rees-Mogg gave Tucker Carlson a lesson in British conservatism

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UK conservatism is more religious than its US counterpart — and all the better for it.

Peter Franklin

Debate 13:00

Christa Pike’s botched execution is the death penalty at its worst

Peter Hitchens

News 08:00

Number of children receiving disability benefits triples since 2010

Shea Ferguson

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Digger: the flawed masterpiece we deserve

Weekend Culture

Digger: the flawed masterpiece we deserve The idiotic has become axiomatic

David Thomson

6 mins

Oct 3 2026 - 12:05am

How the West got addicted to trauma

Society

How the West got addicted to trauma The new psychology is wholly bourgeois

Sam Jennings

9 mins

Oct 3 2026 - 12:00am

Inside a ‘rape’ kangaroo court at Cornell

Inside a ‘rape’ kangaroo court at Cornell Injustice to men won’t save women

Sohrab Ahmari and Valerie Stivers

10 mins

Oct 1 2026 - 2:42am

What Burnham gets wrong about the Eighties

What Burnham gets wrong about the Eighties Thatcher offered voters a whole new world

John Merrick

7 mins

Oct 3 2026 - 12:15am

How MAHA grew up

Health

How MAHA grew up ‘Selling out’ is a sign of success

James Billot

5 mins

Oct 2 2026 - 12:00am

What Burnham gets wrong about the Eighties

What Burnham gets wrong about the Eighties Thatcher offered voters a whole new world

John Merrick

7 mins

Oct 3 2026 - 12:15am

How MAHA grew up

Health

How MAHA grew up ‘Selling out’ is a sign of success

James Billot

5 mins

Oct 2 2026 - 12:00am

Leave Ranulph Fiennes alone

Social Care

Leave Ranulph Fiennes alone His life is none of our business

Kathleen Stock

5 mins

Oct 2 2026 - 12:03am

Britain’s military bases are imperiled

Britain’s military bases are imperiled RAF Fairford was just the start

David Shipley

6 mins

Oct 2 2026 - 12:01am

From the UK edition

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Reaction 6h

Greens’ Zionism vote is the price of activist politics

Joan Smith

Analysis 15h

Rejoining the EU would throttle Britain’s AI industry

Rejoining the EU would throttle Britain’s AI industry

Wolfgang Munchau

Friday, October 2 Friday
Oct 2^nd

News 19:30

Green official: dress modestly to appeal to Muslim voters

Green official: dress modestly to appeal to Muslim voters

Archie Earle

Analysis 07:00

Right to Buy deserves to die

Fraser Maclean

Thursday, October 1 Thursday
Oct 1^st

Debate 16:00

Early prisoner releases will plague Andy Burnham

Early prisoner releases will plague Andy Burnham

Ian Acheson

Wednesday, September 30 Wednesday
Sep 30^th

Reaction 16:00

Burnham’s EU plans make a mockery of Manchesterism

Adam James Pollock

Tuesday, September 29 Tuesday
Sep 29^th

Reaction 16:15

Burnham’s triple lock pledge is an economic gamble

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The past financial largesse of all developed economies is starting to bite.

John Rapley

Sunday, September 27 Sunday
Sep 27^th

News 18:00

Maurice Glasman: there is a void at the heart of Burnhamism

Rob Lownie

Saturday, September 26 Saturday
Sep 26^th

Reaction 13:00

Kemi Badenoch’s welfare crackdown could realign the Right

David Jeffery

Wednesday, September 23 Wednesday
Sep 23^rd

Reaction 10:30

Is it time for the Lib Dems to ditch Davey?

Josephine Bartosch

Have the Greens lost all hope?

Have the Greens lost all hope? Burnham has made Polanski irrelevant

Aaron Bastani

7 mins

Oct 2 2026 - 12:02am

Fear and loathing in the House of Saud

War

Fear and loathing in the House of Saud The kingdom cannot defend itself

Edward Luttwak

5 mins

Oct 1 2026 - 12:04am

Why Leo can’t bring peace to the Church

Catholicism

Why Leo can’t bring peace to the Church His inertia won’t quell mass discontent

Damian Thompson

5 mins

Oct 1 2026 - 12:02am

The death of prep-school England

Education

The death of prep-school England Boarding changed my life — and Charles Spencer’s

Cosmo Adair

8 mins

Oct 1 2026 - 12:01am

Watch & listen

The Econoclasts Europe’s war fever is getting dangerous

Iain McGilchrist AI versus the human soul

Nick Bostrom The truth about the AI panic

The Econoclasts The center-Left’s betrayal destroyed Europe

The Econoclasts The AI extinction myth is a scam

Politics

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07.22 2026

Are Britain’s prisons beyond saving?

06.29 2026

Andy Burnham’s devolution drive is hollow

06.27 2026

How Andy Burnham cracked vibes politics

Andy Burnham: vibelord

Andy Burnham: vibelord

Jonny Ball

6 mins

The English Question

The English Question

Aris Roussinos

11 mins

The Econoclasts Live: The world after capitalism

Friday, October 2 Friday
Oct 2^nd

Explainer 18:00

Trump’s diesel order leaves Britain’s energy supply exposed

Chris Bayliss

News 16:15

Zohran Mamdani: joining the DSA helped my anxiety

Zohran Mamdani: joining the DSA helped my anxiety

UnHerd Staff

Debate 13:10

Europe is losing patience with Ukraine’s demands

William Nattrass

Reaction 10:00

How Jane Eyre could inspire a youth rebellion in China

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It is, above all, the story of a weak and apparently vulnerable person taking decisive action against authority.

Philip Hensher

America’s new geography of opportunity

Urbanism

America’s new geography of opportunity Citizens prefer the business-friendly fringes

Joel Kotkin

7 mins

Sep 30 2026 - 12:00am

Special Report

Piddington’s very English revolution Westminster has radicalized the shires

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Sep 14 2026 - 12:20am

Norman Yoke

Who owns the Bayeux Tapestry? It’s embroidered countless ideologies

Julian Jackson

7 mins

Sep 7 2026 - 12:00am

Helen Andrews Are women to blame for woke?

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinization’ of America

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinization’ of America

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Leave Ranulph Fiennes alone

Social Care

Leave Ranulph Fiennes alone His life is none of our business

Kathleen Stock

5 mins

Oct 2 2026 - 12:03am

deep history

The sacred art of graffiti On cave drawings, teenage vandals and future ruins

David Keenan

6 mins

Aug 21 2026 - 10:12am

Our Mission

When the herd takes off in one direction, what do you do?
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Mission Statement

Can a union man win in Nebraska?

Midterms

Can a union man win in Nebraska? Dan Osborn is trying to figure it out

Emily Jashinsky

6 mins

Sep 29 2026 - 12:00am

Thursday, October 1 Thursday
Oct 1^st

Reaction 18:00

Xavier Becerra: California’s charisma-free next governor

Joel Kotkin

Analysis 12:30

America.gov is taking on dysfunctional bureaucracy

Tom Ough

Debate 10:00

Rape victims should never be forced to use their attackers’ pronouns

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Sex matters whenever we talk about gender and power.

Victoria Smith

Reaction 07:00

Censoring Horrible Histories won't make history less horrible

Pratinav Anil

Weekend Dispatch

Trump’s plan for Nato 3.0 The alliance relies on coercion and censorship

Lily Lynch

7 mins

Jul 11 2026 - 12:03am

Conservatives

Why hot people are Right-wing The beautiful inhabit a different reality

Turi Munthe

5 mins

Jul 2 2026 - 12:00am

Aris Roussinos Inside the war for Piddington

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Britain’s military bases are imperiled

Britain’s military bases are imperiled RAF Fairford was just the start

David Shipley

6 mins

Oct 2 2026 - 12:01am

Weekend Essay

Can Burnham banish Maggie's ghost? She’s the root of Labour’s woes

Jonny Ball

7 mins

May 25 2026 - 12:00am

Culture

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08.04 2026

Is the age of slop films coming to an end?

07.19 2026

Broadway is now a failing machine

02.15 2026

Wetherspoons can be one of Britain’s great cultural exports

The cinema of 9/11

The cinema of 9/11

David Thomson

6 mins

MR James still haunts England

MR James still haunts England

Alexander Poots

6 mins

The Econoclasts Economic stagnation has broken German democracy

Wednesday, September 30 Wednesday
Sep 30^th

Debate 18:00

Even Zohran Mamdani is failing the anti-Zionism purity test

Even Zohran Mamdani is failing the anti-Zionism purity test

Josh Appel

Analysis 13:00

Reopening Strait of Hormuz leaves US with mixed success

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Less Iranian power will not automatically translate into more regional stability.

Daniel DePetris

Reaction 10:00

France’s establishment is struggling to stop Marine Le Pen

Peter Franklin

Debate 07:00

Are labradors really far-Right?

Are labradors really far-Right?

Wessie du Toit

Tuesday, September 29 Tuesday
Sep 29^th

News 18:30

Number of young teenagers identifying as LGB falls by over a third

Shea Ferguson

Debate 12:50

Title IX revision is a welcome return to biological reality

Ben Appel

Analysis 10:00

Nato needs to be accurate about the Russian threat

Nato needs to be accurate about the Russian threat

Michal Kranz

Reaction 07:00

Afghan women resettlement scheme is no betrayal of border control

Josephine Bartosch

Retiring the ‘R-word’ — again

Dignity of life

Retiring the ‘R-word’ — again Pope Leo’s care for the disabled can spur a counter-trend

Sohrab Ahmari

5 mins

Sep 28 2026 - 2:57am

Exclusive

Inside the capture of the BBC How transgenderism killed impartiality

Rob Burley

38 mins

May 20 2026 - 12:02am

Weekend Spotlight

The twilight of the intellectual dark web Heterodox thinkers have become circus acts

B. Duncan Moench

8 mins

May 9 2026 - 12:10am

Wolfgang Munchau The AfD momentum is unstoppable

Germany’s economic death trap

Germany’s economic death trap

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Fear and loathing in the House of Saud

War

Fear and loathing in the House of Saud The kingdom cannot defend itself

Edward Luttwak

5 mins

Oct 1 2026 - 12:04am

writing

On astonishment and angels Writers must learn to fly backwards

David Keenan

5 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:00am

Science

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06.18 2026

Federal lawsuit could spell end of WPATH

11.25 2025

How increased prostate cancer screening can harm men

10.01 2025

Do we really want a world without mothers?

AI is Trump’s Manhattan Project

AI is Trump’s Manhattan Project

Pippa Malmgren

8 mins

Tim Cook's rotten Apple

Tim Cook's rotten Apple

Patrick McGee

4 mins

The Econoclasts Iceland has exposed Europe's unity illusion

Iain McGilchrist: AI versus the human soul

Weekend Interview

Iain McGilchrist: AI versus the human soul

Iain McGilchrist

17 mins

Sep 27 2026 - 12:15am

Monday, September 28 Monday
Sep 28^th

Debate 17:45

Saturday Night Live has lost its touch

Emily Jashinsky

Debate 15:45

John Healey is turning into Rachel Reeves

John Healey is turning into Rachel Reeves

Andrew O'Brien

Analysis 11:30

RAF Fairford incident could accelerate IRGC threat to Britain

Kyle Orton

Reaction 07:00

Hamas asylum case shows depth of Whitehall’s ideological bias

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The further down the ladder one goes, the less important political impartiality becomes.

Arthur Reynolds

Atlanticism

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

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

Mar 23 2026 - 12:00am

Terrorism

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

Michal Kranz

5 mins

Mar 5 2026 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts America is spiraling towards a debt crisis

Greece's lethal warning to Europe

Greece's lethal warning to Europe

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why Leo can’t bring peace to the Church

Catholicism

Why Leo can’t bring peace to the Church His inertia won’t quell mass discontent

Damian Thompson

5 mins

Oct 1 2026 - 12:02am

Weekend Essay

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

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Feb 28 2026 - 12:15am

Faith

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09.19 2026

Muslim cleric’s award withdrawal shows limits of liberal Christianity

07.05 2026

Christianity has made a return to the World Cup

09.26 2025

The Church of England is wrong to condemn migration protests

How Tarot re-enchanted my life

How Tarot re-enchanted my life

Rob Doyle

6 mins

Is Andy Burnham a plastic Papist?

Is Andy Burnham a plastic Papist?

Samuel Rubinstein

6 mins

Simon Sebag Montefiore What historians get wrong about the Middle East

Sunday, September 27 Sunday
Sep 27^th

News 16:30

Peter Thiel: AfD is wrong about Ukraine, Israel and China

Archie Earle

Debate 13:00

Left-wing push to rejoin EU only benefits Farage

Left-wing push to rejoin EU only benefits Farage

Lee David Evans

Explainer 08:00

Britain is entering the age of space warfare

Gabriel Elefteriu

Saturday, September 26 Saturday
Sep 26^th

Reaction 18:00

Mamdani’s opera giveaway embarrasses conservatives

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The New York experiment opens the turnstiles to taxpayers, bypassing bien-pensant gatekeepers.

Damian Thompson

Analysis 16:00

Netanyahu is playing the colonial blame game with Britain

Samuel Rubinstein

Explainer 08:00

Why is the Foreign Office funding abortions in Afghanistan?

Why is the Foreign Office funding abortions in Afghanistan?

Adam James Pollock

The center Left’s slow suicide

The center Left’s slow suicide A compromised Left is the Right’s delight

Yanis Varoufakis

7 mins

Sep 26 2026 - 12:10am

Secret societies

On cannibalism and Jeffrey Epstein Liberal institutions function like secret societies

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

9 mins

Feb 25 2026 - 12:02am

Weekend Essay

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

Martin Shaw

7 mins

Feb 23 2026 - 12:00am

Richard D. Wolff The decline of the US empire

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why cultural boycotts are bad politics

resistance

Why cultural boycotts are bad politics Writers are critical for reform

Lee Child

4 mins

Sep 30 2026 - 12:02am

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

War

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08.27 2026

How Westerners are lured into Russia’s army

08.08 2026

The Mecca pact could be a gift to Trump

07.31 2026

Will Hamas really surrender its weapons?

Mark Carney's EU delusion

Mark Carney's EU delusion

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

9/11 could happen again

9/11 could happen again

William T. Vollmann

11 mins

The Econoclasts Wealth taxes won’t fix Europe

Andy Burnham should embrace his inner Trotsky

Weekend analysis

Andy Burnham should embrace his inner Trotsky Revolutionary politics can save Labour

Jonny Ball

5 mins

Sep 26 2026 - 12:05am

Friday, September 25 Friday
Sep 25^th

Review 18:45

Barack Obama’s podcast is a liberal comfort blanket

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The dialectic of the guests doesn't map onto the deep antagonisms of our current moment.

Matthew Gasda

Reaction 16:00

Trust is breaking down between Britain’s police and courts

Chris Bayliss

Debate 13:00

Cosmetic surgery is the new self-harm

Kristina Murkett

Analysis 10:00

Don’t write off Reform UK just yet

Don’t write off Reform UK just yet

Peter Franklin

Debate 07:00

Bringing booze back to football won't make it more fun

Philip Patrick

50 years on

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

Alwyn Turner

6 mins

Jan 29 2026 - 12:00am

weekend essay

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

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

Jan 24 2026 - 12:00am

Ron Paul The US bailout machine is spiraling

Europe’s identity crisis

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The Nineties weren't for wet wipes

Tate Britain

The Nineties weren't for wet wipes Treated like adults, we were free to be children

Julie Burchill

5 mins

Sep 30 2026 - 12:01am

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

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

Jan 3 2026 - 12:00am

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

Aposhcalypse Now

Aposhcalypse Now

Mary Harrington

6 mins

Is Flock spying on you?

Is Flock spying on you?

Poppy Sowerby

7 mins

Kathleen Stock The scandal of Jason Arday

Thursday, September 24 Thursday
Sep 24^th

Analysis 18:00

The rise of the Potemkin Democrat

The rise of the Potemkin Democrat

James Billot

Reaction 16:00

Why men are dominating the Booker Prize again

Philip Hensher

Explainer 13:00

Germany’s far-Left takes inspiration from AOC and Mamdani

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Half of Berlin's under-25s — and a similar proportion of the city’s 400,000 Muslim population — voted for Die Linke.

Wolfgang Munchau

Debate 10:00

Scotland’s liberal drugs policy is driving addiction

Scotland’s liberal drugs policy is driving addiction

Iain Macwhirter

Reaction 07:00

Burnham’s disinformation unit could repeat Covid-era censorship

Jake Hurfurt

Wednesday, September 23 Wednesday
Sep 23^rd

Analysis 18:00

GOP war chest is Trump’s secret midterm weapon

Michael Baharaeen

Explainer 16:00

America and China are stuck in different AI races

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Securing ASI before its American rival has not been the priority for the Chinese regime.

John Rapley

Debate 12:30

Kamala Harris alliance is a gamble for Abdul El-Sayed

Emily Jashinsky

Analysis 07:00

Andy Burnham is wise to avoid a fight with Trump

Andy Burnham is wise to avoid a fight with Trump

John Oxley

Zohran’s conservative muse

Weekend Interview

Zohran’s conservative muse Bhaskar Sunkara wants progressives to embrace order

Nikos Mohammadi

7 mins

Sep 26 2026 - 12:00am

Year In Review

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

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Dec 26 2025 - 12:00am

America

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

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Nov 14 2025 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts China's hidden economic crisis

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Britain can't win the Everywhere War

Terrorism

Britain can't win the Everywhere War The Long Peace is long gone

Mary Harrington

6 mins

Sep 29 2026 - 12:03am

belief system

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

Alexandra Jones

7 mins

Oct 13 2025 - 12:00am