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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

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

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Was AI called by Cthulhu?

Was AI called by Cthulhu? Anthropic’s new platform is straight from Lovecraft

Michael Cuenco

8 mins

May 9 2026 - 12:00am

The twilight of the intellectual dark web

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

Six coping myths about the local election

Weekend Analysis

Six coping myths about the local election Don't believe the 'post-match' spin

Patrick Flynn and Matthew Price

5 mins

May 9 2026 - 12:05am

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

Redeeming Harold Bloom

Sex

Redeeming Harold Bloom

Blake Bailey

10 mins

May 6 2026 - 12:01am

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

Redeeming Harold Bloom

Sex

Redeeming Harold Bloom

Blake Bailey

10 mins

May 6 2026 - 12:01am

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

Book clubs are for phonies

Literacy Crisis

Book clubs are for phonies Good readers don’t relate to characters

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

May 15 2026 - 12:02am

From the UK edition

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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

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

What Burnham can learn from Boris

King in the North

What Burnham can learn from Boris Unite the people, not the party

Aaron Bastani

5 mins

May 15 2026 - 12:04am

Why the New Right hates the King

Why the New Right hates the King Republicanism isn’t just for the Left

Rob Lownie

9 mins

May 15 2026 - 12:01am

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

The stink on Labour's doorstep

The stink on Labour's doorstep Makerfield is buried in waste

Felix Pope

8 mins

May 14 2026 - 12:10am

Watch & listen

Adrian Wooldridge Why Labour should keep Starmer

The Econoclasts Starmer shares Europe's fatal flaw

Julie Bindel & Buck Angel Strange Bedfellows

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

The Econoclasts Germany just played into Trump’s hands

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

How Westminster broke local democracy

How Westminster broke local democracy

Michael Crick

4 mins

Why Ohioans still love Trump

Why Ohioans still love Trump

Jeff Bloodworth

8 mins

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

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

Britain is embarrassing itself

The Labour Coup

Britain is embarrassing itself America needs a functioning ally

Sohrab Ahmari

5 mins

May 13 2026 - 12:03am

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

On astonishment and angels Writers must learn to fly backwards

David Keenan

5 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Don't be fooled by the UAE bailout

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinization’ of America

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinization’ of America

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

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

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

Mar 23 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

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s purity trap

Millennial Leftism

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s purity trap Politics is a game of addition

Sohrab Ahmari

5 mins

May 12 2026 - 12:01am

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

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 Europe is sleepwalking into industrial irrelevance

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Book clubs are for phonies

Literacy Crisis

Book clubs are for phonies Good readers don’t relate to characters

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

May 15 2026 - 12:02am

Secret societies

On cannibalism and Jeffrey Epstein Liberal institutions function like secret societies

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

9 mins

Feb 25 2026 - 12:02am

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

UnHerd Academy Nina Allan on J. G. Ballard

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

Boots-on-the-ground is Trump’s best option

war

Boots-on-the-ground is Trump’s best option It’s what the logic of war dictates

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

May 11 2026 - 12:02am

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

The Econoclasts Hormuz and the end of petro-dollar hegemony

Germany’s economic death trap

Germany’s economic death trap

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why the New Right hates the King

Why the New Right hates the King Republicanism isn’t just for the Left

Rob Lownie

9 mins

May 15 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

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

Aris Roussinos Orbán's defeat is not a liberal victory

Cosmic Scallies are radicalizing Liverpool

Cosmic Scallies are radicalizing Liverpool The Red City is eyeing up Reform

Jonny Ball

10 mins

May 9 2026 - 12:15am

Saturday, May 9 Saturday
May 9^th

Reaction 19:00

Trump’s UFO files are victory for transparency

Trump’s UFO files are victory for transparency

Avi Loeb

Debate 16:00

Virginia Supreme Court decision is a blessing in disguise for Democrats

Michael Baharaeen

Explainer 13:00

How Labour lost its grip on Newcastle

Chris Middleton

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

Dr. Iain McGilchrist How to escape Left-brain thinking

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The stink on Labour's doorstep

The stink on Labour's doorstep Makerfield is buried in waste

Felix Pope

8 mins

May 14 2026 - 12:10am

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

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Dec 26 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

John Bolton Trump should finish the job

Friday, May 8 Friday
May 8^th

Debate 18:30

Obama is a hypocrite to call out Trump’s justice record

Obama is a hypocrite to call out Trump’s justice record

Kyle Sammin

Explainer 16:30

Living funerals: a troubling consequence of secularization

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In the 21st-century West, there is no shortage of people telling us to love ourselves more.

Niall Gooch

Debate 13:15

Spain’s migration experiment is far from a success story

Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski

Factcheck 10:45

Hantavirus outbreak is not an omen for lockdowns

Ammad Butt

Reaction 07:30

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

Was AI called by Cthulhu?

Was AI called by Cthulhu? Anthropic’s new platform is straight from Lovecraft

Michael Cuenco

8 mins

May 9 2026 - 12:00am

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

The Econoclasts Iran left Trump with no alternative

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Britain’s absurd panic attack

Britain’s absurd panic attack The media speculates crises into being

John Maier

6 mins

May 14 2026 - 12:01am

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

Michael Lind

6 mins

Oct 23 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

A new Iraq war is coming

A new Iraq war is coming

Matt Broomfield

6 mins

Debate: This house believes assisted dying is wrong

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

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 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

The Econoclasts Europe is about to get much weaker

Europe’s identity crisis

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Robo-dogs will ruin your life

Robo-dogs will ruin your life AI pets are evil

Marilyn Simon

5 mins

May 14 2026 - 12:01am

The Iron Lady who could save Venezuela

Ian Birrell

5 mins

Oct 9 2025 - 11:59pm

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

Shoplifting isn’t a political statement

Shoplifting isn’t a political statement

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

Major General Randy Manner Hegseth will be tried at The Hague

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

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

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

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

Econoclasts Live: Who will dominate the New World Disorder?

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

‘Suicidal empathy’ is fake science

‘Suicidal empathy’ is fake science Humans are more than animals

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

May 13 2026 - 12:10am

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

Matt Huber

5 mins

Jul 30 2025 - 12:00am