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Hantavirus outbreak is not an omen for lockdowns

Ammad Butt

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Have these local elections killed the two-party system?

Have these local elections killed the two-party system?

John Oxley

Thursday, May 7 Thursday
May 7^th

Analysis 18:30

Javier Milei’s libertarianism is falling apart

Nick Burns

Reaction 12:30

FDA fruit-flavored vape approval risks new youth addiction crisis

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Among adolescents, vapes may in fact drive cigarette use.

Kevin Sabet

Analysis 10:00

Inflation, not Labour infighting, explains Britain’s bond yield spike

Andrew O'Brien

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The Burnham gambit

Local Elections

The Burnham gambit He is plotting amid the wreckage

Charlie Winstanley

6 mins

May 8 2026 - 10:40am

Angry young women make bad feminists

Angry young women make bad feminists

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

May 8 2026 - 12:02am

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

John Hooper

7 mins

May 8 2026 - 12:01am

Angry young women make bad feminists

Angry young women make bad feminists Their omnicaus obsessions stifle real change

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

May 8 2026 - 12:02am

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

Conclave

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump? Cardinals are no strangers to crusades

John Hooper

7 mins

May 8 2026 - 12:01am

Angry young women make bad feminists

Angry young women make bad feminists Their omnicaus obsessions stifle real change

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

May 8 2026 - 12:02am

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump? Cardinals are no strangers to crusades

John Hooper

7 mins

May 8 2026 - 12:01am

From the UK edition

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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

Explainer 07:00

Is Malcom Offord a first minister in waiting?

Philip Patrick

Tuesday, May 5 Tuesday
May 5^th

News 07:00

Three in five Muslims would back pro-Gaza independents to stop Labour

UnHerd Staff

Monday, May 4 Monday
May 4^th

Analysis 16:00

Does the Green Party have a law and order problem?

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What might have passed as a fleeting controversy has become a marker of political judgement.

James Sean Dickson

Reaction 13:00

Longer sentences won’t deter lone-wolf killers

Ian Acheson

Sunday, May 3 Sunday
May 3^rd

Debate 16:00

Knockers is the death of drag as comedy

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Today’s drag is a world away from the caustic wit of performers such as Lily Savage.

Josephine Bartosch

Analysis 13:00

Labour’s mediocrity will keep Starmer in power

Peter Franklin

Friday, May 1 Friday
May 1^st

Debate 07:00

Golders Green attack exposes UK’s blind spot on violence

Joan Smith

America has lost the will to fight

Iran war

America has lost the will to fight Its heroic age is over

Edward Luttwak

5 mins

May 8 2026 - 12:02am

Pendle: England’s broken bellwether

Pendle: England’s broken bellwether Our atomized future starts here

Cosmo Adair

7 mins

May 7 2026 - 12:02am

How Westminster broke local democracy

How Westminster broke local democracy Councils are punished for national failings

Michael Crick

4 mins

May 6 2026 - 12:02am

When Claudia met Claudius

When Claudia met Claudius So are they really conscious?

Richard Dawkins

7 mins

May 5 2026 - 12:02am

Watch & listen

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

The Econoclasts Germany just played into Trump’s hands

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

The Econoclasts Don’t be fooled by the UAE bailout

The Econoclasts Europe is sleepwalking into industrial irrelevance

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

Should we pity civil servants?

Should we pity civil servants?

Josiah Gogarty

7 mins

Why Labour lost Wales

Why Labour lost Wales

Aaron Bastani

7 mins

UnHerd Academy Nina Allan on J. G. Ballard

Wednesday, May 6 Wednesday
May 6^th

Reaction 22:15

Ted Turner built a media machine that turned on him

Ted Turner built a media machine that turned on him

Oliver Bateman

Analysis 18:30

Trump’s Project Freedom U-turn shows limits of coercion

Daniel DePetris

Reaction 12:30

RJK Jr’s anti-SSRI campaign is long overdue

Stella O'Malley

Analysis 10:00

Starmer’s campus antisemitism crackdown threatens free speech

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Even the threat of legal action can increase censorship inside institutions and chill speech.

Eric Kaufmann

Why NGOs love Tom Steyer

The Left

Why NGOs love Tom Steyer They prefer billionaires to a messy democracy

Michael Lind

7 mins

May 8 2026 - 12:00am

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

Michal Kranz

5 mins

Mar 5 2026 - 12:00am

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

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Feb 28 2026 - 12:15am

The Econoclasts Hormuz and the end of petro-dollar hegemony

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The invention of David Attenborough

National treasure

The invention of David Attenborough He’s not as cuddly as you think

Samuel Rubinstein

8 mins

May 7 2026 - 12:03am

Secret societies

On cannibalism and Jeffrey Epstein Liberal institutions function like secret societies

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

9 mins

Feb 25 2026 - 12:02am

Our Mission

When the herd takes off in one direction, what do you do?
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The uniparty media’s pro-war twins

The uniparty media’s pro-war twins M. Gessen and Marc Thiessen push the same line

Nikos Mohammadi

5 mins

May 7 2026 - 12:11am

Tuesday, May 5 Tuesday
May 5^th

Debate 18:30

Normie Republicans are not the Democrats’ secret weapon

Normie Republicans are not the Democrats’ secret weapon

Emily Jashinsky

Analysis 16:00

US stock rally is built on shaky foundations

John Rapley

Reaction 12:00

The Met Gala captures the moral emptiness of celebrity

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There should be some tether to reality, some deference to taste.

Matthew Gasda

Explainer 10:00

London’s £10 pints are just the beginning

Henry Jeffreys

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

Martin Shaw

7 mins

Feb 23 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

Aris Roussinos Orbán’s defeat is not a liberal victory

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The lesson of Weimar? Don’t ban the AfD

The lesson of Weimar? Don’t ban the AfD Lawfare always backfires

Katja Hoyer

6 mins

May 7 2026 - 12:01am

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

Alwyn Turner

6 mins

Jan 29 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

How Salford made modern Britain

How Salford made modern Britain

Terry Eagleton

6 mins

Farewell to England's showmen

Farewell to England's showmen

Wessie du Toit

8 mins

Dr. Iain McGilchrist How to escape Left-brain thinking

Monday, May 4 Monday
May 4^th

Explainer 18:30

End of Ask Jeeves reflects UK’s diminished soft power

End of Ask Jeeves reflects UK’s diminished soft power

Tom Ough

News 08:00

BBC ran four times more stories on trans victims than perpetrators

UnHerd Staff

Sunday, May 3 Sunday
May 3^rd

Factcheck 19:00

How much support does Tucker Carlson really have?

How much support does Tucker Carlson really have?

Oliver Bateman

Explainer 08:00

Trump’s troop withdrawal from Germany is no threat to Nato

Tom Rogan

Redeeming Harold Bloom

Sex

Redeeming Harold Bloom

Blake Bailey

10 mins

May 6 2026 - 12:01am

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

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

Jan 24 2026 - 12:00am

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

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

Jan 3 2026 - 12:00am

John Bolton Trump should finish the job

Germany’s economic death trap

Germany’s economic death trap

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Virginia’s gerrymandering lobster

Virginia’s gerrymandering lobster State Republicans are being silenced

Farahn Morgan

8 mins

May 6 2026 - 12:10am

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

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Dec 26 2025 - 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

The Econoclasts Iran left Trump with no alternative

Why Ohioans still love Trump

primary election

Why Ohioans still love Trump Middle-class Democrats don’t get it

Jeff Bloodworth

8 mins

May 5 2026 - 12:00am

Saturday, May 2 Saturday
May 2^nd

Reaction 18:00

America’s political violence is now self-sustaining

America’s political violence is now self-sustaining

Daniel Kalder

Online 13:00

JP Morgan sex scandal inverts the #MeToo stereotype

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If I were of a betting disposition, I confess my money would not be on Rana receiving a payout.

Mary Harrington

Reaction 08:00

New statue proves Banksy has lost his anti-establishment streak

J.J. Charlesworth

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

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Nov 14 2025 - 12:00am

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

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

Debate: This house believes assisted dying is wrong

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Rules are for suckers in two-tier Britain

Rules are for suckers in two-tier Britain We punish the law-abiding citizen

Mary Harrington

6 mins

May 6 2026 - 12:03am

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

Michael Lind

6 mins

Oct 23 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

Can we have the good without Good Friday?

Can we have the good without Good Friday?

Susan Pickard

6 mins

Will the Church of England rise again?

Will the Church of England rise again?

Tim Wyatt

12 mins

The Econoclasts Europe is about to get much weaker

Friday, May 1 Friday
May 1^st

Explainer 18:30

Graham Platner is forcing Democratic leadership into retreat

Emily Jashinsky

Debate 16:30

Golders Green attack does not justify banning Palestine marches

Golders Green attack does not justify banning Palestine marches

Ralph Leonard

Review 13:30

The quiet conservatism of Andy Serkis’s Animal Farm

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This is not a rejection of capitalism so much as a critique of its worst distortions.

Ryan Zickgraf

Reaction 10:00

Why are the Lib Dems so afraid of Christianity?

Adam James Pollock

Thursday, April 30 Thursday
Apr 30^th

Explainer 20:30

Supreme Court ruling will erode Democrats’ working-class base

Supreme Court ruling will erode Democrats’ working-class base

Michael Baharaeen

Analysis 13:00

Soaring BP profits are not an outrage

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By indulging in this kind of populist rhetoric, the Government has created a rod for its own back.

Chris Bayliss

Factcheck 10:00

The ONS is overestimating projected net migration

The ONS is overestimating projected net migration

James Bowes

Dems’ Israel purity test

The Left

Dems’ Israel purity test That way lies Corbynization and defeat

James Billot

5 mins

May 4 2026 - 12:01am

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

Alexandra Jones

7 mins

Oct 13 2025 - 12:00am

The triumph of Brexitball Our football style has followed politics

Jonathan Wilson

7 mins

Oct 10 2025 - 12:00am

Major General Randy Manner Hegseth will be tried at The Hague

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Friedrich Merz: Europe’s Wormtongue

Friedrich Merz: Europe’s Wormtongue The EU can’t admit its powerlessness

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

May 5 2026 - 12:04am

The Iron Lady who could save Venezuela

Ian Birrell

5 mins

Oct 9 2025 - 11:59pm

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

A new Iraq war is coming

A new Iraq war is coming

Matt Broomfield

6 mins

How shipowners are getting rich off Hormuz

How shipowners are getting rich off Hormuz

Rose George

4 mins

Econoclasts Live: Who will dominate the New World Disorder?

Why Jews fear Zack Polanski

Why Jews fear Zack Polanski The Greens present a deceptively benign countenance

Howard Jacobson

5 mins

May 2 2026 - 12:30am

Wednesday, April 29 Wednesday
Apr 29^th

Analysis 18:00

China is threatening Europe’s reindustrialization drive

Miquel Vila

Reaction 15:45

Golders Green stabbing proves antisemitism is now a feature of British life

Golders Green stabbing proves antisemitism is now a feature of British life

Ashley Rindsberg

Analysis 12:30

James Comey indictment undermines Trump’s fight against lawfare

Kyle Sammin

Debate 10:00

It’s time to end the tyranny of service charge

Richard Crampton-Platt

Analysis 07:00

King Charles is the last statesman of a vanishing world

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Watching Charles was like viewing a classic BBC adaptation from 50 years ago.

Niall Gooch

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

Adam Ellwanger and John J. Waters

6 mins

Sep 23 2025 - 12:01am

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

Michal Kranz

11 mins

Sep 21 2025 - 12:10am

Joe Kent Why Trump went to war

Europe’s identity crisis

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

North West’s stolen childhood

North West’s stolen childhood She is the voice of an overexposed generation

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

May 5 2026 - 12:01am

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

Justin Smith-Ruiu

8 mins

Sep 12 2025 - 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

The return of Britain’s slums

The return of Britain’s slums

Mary Harrington

7 mins

The grim truth about remigration

The grim truth about remigration

Boyd Tonkin

7 mins

Shashank Joshi The age of drone warfare has begun

Tuesday, April 28 Tuesday
Apr 28^th

Reaction 21:30

UAE break from Opec signals new era of energy independence

Kathryn Porter

Analysis 18:00

Iran is racing against a shrinking de-escalation window

Susanne Mundschenk

Explainer 15:00

Modern therapy is erasing responsibility

Modern therapy is erasing responsibility

Stella O'Malley

Online 12:40

Cole Allen wasn’t radicalized by Bluesky

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The platform is monocultural because monoculture is what its arrivals were shopping for.

Katherine Dee

Reaction 10:00

Friedrich Merz’s Iran intervention won’t discourage Trump

Daniel DePetris

Monday, April 27 Monday
Apr 27^th

Reaction 21:15

Jimmy Kimmel proves the White House can’t take a joke

Jimmy Kimmel proves the White House can’t take a joke

Angel Eduardo

Reaction 16:15

Why shouldn’t MPs drink on the job?

Rowan Pelling

Explainer 10:00

Cole Allen: another shooter shaped by elite overproduction

Cole Allen: another shooter shaped by elite overproduction

Oliver Bateman

Reaction 07:00

Keir Starmer should not be afraid to sack Rachel Reeves

Richard Johnson

The People vs. Anthony Fauci

Lab leak

The People vs. Anthony Fauci Prosecuting him is our last chance for Covid justice

John D. Davidson

6 mins

May 2 2026 - 12:25am

Faith

The war for China's soul Xi sees Christianity as spiritual opium

Christopher Harding

5 mins

Sep 1 2025 - 12:00am

Trump’s climate policy is class warfare MAGA wants to own the libs

Matt Huber

5 mins

Jul 30 2025 - 12:00am

Helen Thompson Was closing the Strait of Hormuz part of Trump’s plan?

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Elon Musk’s plan to save humanity

Techno Futurism

Elon Musk’s plan to save humanity He is bent on remaking the world

James Kingston

12 mins

May 4 2026 - 12:03am

War

Trouble in the National Guard Troop morale has rarely been lower

Malcom Kyeyune

9 mins

Jun 26 2025 - 12:03am