Dr. Iain McGilchrist

THE WEST NEEDS TO REDISCOVER RELIGION

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What's happening today beneath the surface

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Trump’s Hormuz blockade won’t push Iran toward concessions

Daniel DePetris

Dispatch 4h

Ireland’s fuel protests point to a deeper malaise

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As in the UK, the economics of Irish farming have gone from bad to appalling.

Alexander Poots

Explainer 7h

Why you should cancel your holiday to save British business

Andrew O'Brien

News 12h

Boris Johnson: Trump has made a big mistake in Iran

Boris Johnson: Trump has made a big mistake in Iran

Rob Lownie

Saturday, April 11th Saturday
Apr 11^th

Analysis 16:00

Zohran Mamdani’s racial equity plan is bad economics

Santiago Vidal Calvo

Reaction 13:00

Can Lidl save Northern Ireland’s pubs?

Adam James Pollock

Explainer 08:00

Future of Iran war hinges on Lebanon

Future of Iran war hinges on Lebanon

Michal Kranz

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Is this the end of Viktor Orbán?

Weekend Dispatch

Is this the end of Viktor Orbán? His politics will outlast him

Aris Roussinos

11 mins

Apr 11 2026 - 12:10am

Stop worshiping Singapore

Authoritarianism

Stop worshiping Singapore The Right is wrong about Lee Kuan Yew

Muzainy Shahiefisally

7 mins

Apr 11 2026 - 12:00am

Why America is still winning

Why America is still winning It is building a new Suez in the stars

Pippa Malmgren

11 mins

Apr 11 2026 - 12:08am

How to defy dictatorship

How to defy dictatorship Anatoly Marienhof saw through Soviet communism

William T. Vollmann

6 mins

Apr 11 2026 - 12:05am

Against the Mad King

America

Against the Mad King Trump makes technocracy look good

Sohrab Ahmari

6 mins

Apr 9 2026 - 12:00am

How to defy dictatorship

How to defy dictatorship Anatoly Marienhof saw through Soviet communism

William T. Vollmann

6 mins

Apr 11 2026 - 12:05am

Against the Mad King

America

Against the Mad King Trump makes technocracy look good

Sohrab Ahmari

6 mins

Apr 9 2026 - 12:00am

Does Kanye deserve our forgiveness?

Does Kanye deserve our forgiveness? Shame is a vanishing emotion

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:04am

The world has got uranium poisoning

The world has got uranium poisoning Nuclear power is no panacea

Tom Zoellner

6 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:02am

From the UK edition

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Friday, April 10th Friday
Apr 10^th

Analysis 13:00

Starmer is losing the narrative war to the Greens

James Sean Dickson

Thursday, April 9th Thursday
Apr 9^th

Analysis 07:00

Reform UK reveals hollowness of slavery reparations claims

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This whole tedious business raises a larger question: what, exactly, is the point in the Commonwealth?

Michael Murphy

Wednesday, April 8th Wednesday
Apr 8^th

Reaction 10:00

Labour’s knife crime plan is an empty PR stunt

David Matthews

Tuesday, April 7th Tuesday
Apr 7^th

Reaction 10:00

Kemi Badenoch is in denial about broken Britain

Peter Franklin

Monday, April 6th Monday
Apr 6^th

Debate 16:00

Releasing 12,000 shoplifters shows limits of progressive policing

Dominic Adler

Reaction 08:00

Sarah Mullally gives British Christians reason for pride

Niall Gooch

Saturday, April 4th Saturday
Apr 4^th

Analysis 08:00

Your Party has been cannibalized by the Greens

Jonny Ball

Friday, April 3rd Friday
Apr 3^rd

Reaction 10:00

Farage’s triple lock decision will condemn the Right to irrelevance

Peter Franklin

Thursday, April 2nd Thursday
Apr 2^nd

Reaction 10:00

Clapham chaos shows the reality of two-tier policing

Clapham chaos shows the reality of two-tier policing

Chris Bayliss

Wednesday, April 1st Wednesday
Apr 1^st

Reaction 07:00

Grooming gangs inquiry could shatter trust in Labour councils

Joan Smith

Is it too late to reindustrialize?

Is it too late to reindustrialize? Britain faces painful tradeoffs

Rian Chad Whitton

11 mins

Apr 9 2026 - 12:02am

Bibi has become the new King Herod

Bibi has become the new King Herod Imperial intrigues are a disaster for Jews

Ben Judah

8 mins

Apr 8 2026 - 12:01am

What Playboy got right about men

What Playboy got right about men Lust and literacy can coexist

Kat Rosenfield

7 mins

Apr 7 2026 - 11:59pm

Demis Hassabis: renaissance man

Demis Hassabis: renaissance man He knows that image is everything

Alys Key

5 mins

Apr 7 2026 - 12:01am

Watch & listen

Dr. Iain McGilchrist How to escape Left-brain thinking

John Bolton Trump should finish the job

The Econoclasts Iran left Trump with no alternative

Debate: This house believes assisted dying is wrong

The Econoclasts Europe is about to get much weaker

Politics

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29.09 2025

Why Portland’s hipsters may secretly approve the National Guard

29.09 2025

Eric Adams exit won’t save Andrew Cuomo

29.09 2025

Gaza flotilla civil war shows the problem with the Omnicause

How to save liberalism

How to save liberalism

Adrian Wooldridge

10 mins

Things can't get worse in Gorton and Denton

Things can't get worse in Gorton and Denton

Tanya Gold

8 mins

Major General Randy Manner Hegseth will be tried at The Hague

Friday, April 10th Friday
Apr 10^th

Analysis 18:00

California’s aging population will cripple the state economy

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Lawmakers are exploring options to make residents pay to leave — a kind of migratory ransom.

Joel Kotkin

Reaction 16:00

Trump can’t afford a fight with the Vatican

Alexander Lucie-Smith

Debate 10:30

It’s time to kick Pride out of soccer

It’s time to kick Pride out of soccer

Julie Bindel

Explainer 07:00

Israel’s Lebanon talks are political theater

Tom Rogan

Against the Mad King

America

Against the Mad King Trump makes technocracy look good

Sohrab Ahmari

6 mins

Apr 9 2026 - 12:00am

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

Econoclasts Live: Who will dominate the New World Disorder?

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Does Kanye deserve our forgiveness?

Does Kanye deserve our forgiveness? Shame is a vanishing emotion

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:04am

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

America will never recover its authority

Iran war

America will never recover its authority Trump has passed the point of no return

B. Duncan Moench

5 mins

Apr 8 2026 - 9:59am

Thursday, April 9th Thursday
Apr 9^th

Debate 18:00

Muslims and the uneasy truth about assimilation

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Societies are not sustained by declarations of inclusion alone.

Glenn Loury

Analysis 16:00

Iran is not Trump’s Suez Crisis

Richard Vinen

Reaction 13:00

The music industry was a slop factory long before Eddie Dalton

The music industry was a slop factory long before Eddie Dalton

Lias Saoudi

Reaction 10:00

Democrats are still falling into Trump’s trap on trans issues

Ben Appel

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

Joe Kent Why Trump went to war

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The world has got uranium poisoning

The world has got uranium poisoning Nuclear power is no panacea

Tom Zoellner

6 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:02am

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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15.02 2026

Wetherspoons can be one of Britain’s great cultural exports

10.01 2026

Banning X will not make anyone safer

11.12 2025

Italian food is too diverse for a UNESCO heritage label

Farewell to England's showmen

Farewell to England's showmen

Wessie du Toit

8 mins

Tracey Emin: the last of her kind

Tracey Emin: the last of her kind

Ben Lewis

9 mins

Shashank Joshi The age of drone warfare has begun

Wednesday, April 8th Wednesday
Apr 8^th

Reaction 19:30

Tucker Carlson is forcing a Christian reckoning on the Right

Emily Jashinsky

Debate 18:00

Kanye West ban highlights the perils of state morality

Jide Ehizele

Analysis 16:00

Iran ceasefire won’t erase months of market turmoil

Iran ceasefire won’t erase months of market turmoil

John Rapley

Explainer 12:30

Polymarket and Kalshi: the new gods of the attention economy

Ryan Zickgraf

Debate 07:00

Kanye West visa ban sets a dangerous precedent

Kanye West visa ban sets a dangerous precedent

Sarah McLaughlin

Tuesday, April 7th Tuesday
Apr 7^th

Explainer 19:00

Trump and Crassus share a fatal misunderstanding of Iranian civilization

Antonio de Loera-Brust

Reaction 16:00

Fatherlessness is fueling Britain’s masculinity crisis

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With 2.5 million children in the UK living without a father figure, the sociological impact is shaping our lives.

Stella O'Malley

Analysis 13:00

Anthropic’s new AI model could lead to White House reconciliation

Gavin Haynes

Analysis 07:00

Fuel rationing is a symptom of the EU’s energy naivety

Fuel rationing is a symptom of the EU’s energy naivety

William Nattrass

China will win the Iran War

China will win the Iran War Its factories are ready for a step change

Aaron Bastani

8 mins

Apr 7 2026 - 12:05am

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

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

Germany’s economic death trap

Germany’s economic death trap

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Robert Trivers: the last wild man of academia

Robert Trivers: the last wild man of academia He wouldn’t stand a chance today

John Maier

7 mins

Apr 9 2026 - 12:01am

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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25.11 2025

How increased prostate cancer screening can harm men

01.10 2025

Do we really want a world without mothers?

30.09 2025

AI companions are destroying human relationships

The book that could shake the Pope’s faith

The book that could shake the Pope’s faith

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Lies, damned lies, and reality TV

Lies, damned lies, and reality TV

Tom Chivers

6 mins

The Econoclasts Russia and China’s Iran windfall

The twilight of America’s sky knights

Military Revolution

The twilight of America’s sky knights Fighter jets are an anachronism

Malcom Kyeyune

11 mins

Apr 7 2026 - 12:02am

Monday, April 6th Monday
Apr 6^th

Online 19:45

Bluesky is already running out of steam

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Bluesky's brief period as the heir to Twitter looks less like a turning point and more like a blip.

Oliver Bateman

Explainer 12:30

Democrats have a Hasan Piker problem

Democrats have a Hasan Piker problem

Michael Baharaeen

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

Prof. Robert Pape Is Iran winning the war?

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Inside Charleston’s craft renaissance

Inside Charleston’s craft renaissance Young artisans are defying AI

Farahn Morgan

8 mins

Apr 9 2026 - 12:00am

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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26.09 2025

The Church of England is wrong to condemn migration protests

23.09 2025

Marriage is not just for the wealthy

22.09 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 boom in British exorcisms

Sunday, April 5th Sunday
Apr 5^th

Reaction 19:00

Zohran Mamdani is pushing New York towards fiscal disaster

Seth Barron

Debate 16:00

Sectarians are exploiting Britain’s fractured society

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In the absence of a thick, functioning civil society, appeals to British values sound performative.

Ralph Leonard

Analysis 13:00

The world no longer needs a reserve currency

Charles Gave

Factcheck 08:00

The FT’s AI optimism rests on shaky science

The FT’s AI optimism rests on shaky science

James Rosen-Birch

Saturday, April 4th Saturday
Apr 4^th

Explainer 16:00

I have watched Antifa grow more extreme

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Antifa’s tactics are becoming more dangerous — and more lethal.

Richie McGinniss

Reaction 13:00

Downed fighter jets over Iran mark a dangerous turning point

Christopher McCallion

On love and sacrifice

On love and sacrifice Easter is a celebration of absence

Terry Eagleton

6 mins

Apr 5 2026 - 12:10am

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

The Econoclasts The Left are wrong about Iran

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Will AI kill off populism?

Will AI kill off populism? Conspiracy theorists are in the firing line

Richard Hanania

7 mins

Apr 8 2026 - 12:04am

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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20.03 2026

US is spending $2 billion a day on Iran war

14.03 2026

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

07.03 2026

Iran war is turning Nigel Farage into a neocon

Britain’s chance to escape America

Britain’s chance to escape America

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Trump is trapped by the logic of war

Trump is trapped by the logic of war

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson

Where baseball is bigger than God

Dispatch

Where baseball is bigger than God Can the Cardinals redeem St. Louis?

Jeff Bloodworth

7 mins

Apr 5 2026 - 12:05am

Friday, April 3rd Friday
Apr 3^rd

Reaction 18:30

Todd Blanche inherits the Epstein mess he helped shape

Michael Tracey

Analysis 16:22

Is SpaceX’s IPO just a hype bubble?

Is SpaceX’s IPO just a hype bubble?

Alys Key

Debate 13:00

ITV’s transgender Elizabeth I: a strangely reactionary revisionism

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Femininity and masculinity, in her case, functioned less as essences than as repertoires.

Pratinav Anil

Analysis 07:00

A food inflation crisis is coming

Andrew O'Brien

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

Debate This house believes the reformation was a mistake

Europe’s identity crisis

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why I went to Moscow

Why I went to Moscow Russians are ready to compromise

Yanis Varoufakis

7 mins

Apr 8 2026 - 12:02am

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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29.09 2025

Did Trump’s Ryder Cup visit backfire?

28.09 2025

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

25.09 2025

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

Who killed the East London mobster?

Who killed the East London mobster?

Dominic Adler

5 mins

The battle behind digital IDs

The battle behind digital IDs

Toby Green

8 mins

The Econoclasts NATO expansion was never about security

Thursday, April 2nd Thursday
Apr 2^nd

Explainer 22:00

Pam Bondi was never going to survive in Trump’s DOJ

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Bondi's dismissal ends a short tenure that will be mostly remembered for making no one happy.

Tom Rogan

Dispatch 19:00

Race to replace Nancy Pelosi tests limits of liberal Zionism

Race to replace Nancy Pelosi tests limits of liberal Zionism

William Liang

Reaction 15:00

Cosmeticorexia is a symptom of social media replacing play

Kristina Murkett

Debate 12:30

Has Alex Preston AI saga killed the literary critic?

Cosmo Adair

Analysis 07:00

Nato can’t afford to drive Trump away

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The transatlantic alliance will not recover from Europe's coordinated refusal to help the US in this war.

Wolfgang Munchau

Wednesday, April 1st Wednesday
Apr 1^st

Explainer 19:00

Why are there no books in the Trump and Obama presidential libraries?

Nicholas Boys Smith

Reaction 17:25

Bryon Noem scandal punctures myth of rural American innocence

Bryon Noem scandal punctures myth of rural American innocence

Sohrab Ahmari

Analysis 15:00

Italian soccer is trapped in the past — just like Italy

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In a country often devoid of meritocracy, the sport is bossed by elderly men with no vision.

Tobias Jones

Debate 13:00

Supreme Court conversion therapy ruling is a blow to gender ideology

Ben Appel

Explainer 10:00

Rise of ‘brotox’ ushers in new age of male beauty standards

Rise of ‘brotox’ ushers in new age of male beauty standards

Oliver Bateman

Why Easter is our strangest story

Why Easter is our strangest story Its truths are both timebound and timeless

Martin Shaw

6 mins

Apr 4 2026 - 12:04am

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

Edward Luttwak & Arta Moeini What happens next inside Iran?

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why Orbán needs Ukraine

Why Orbán needs Ukraine Zelensky is the perfect scapegoat

Aris Roussinos

6 mins

Apr 7 2026 - 12:03am

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

Tracy King

5 mins

Jul 24 2025 - 12:00am