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The AI extinction myth is a scam

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The Iran war is driving a re-realignment

Sohrab Ahmari

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I’m a grooming gang survivor. This is why Rory Stewart is wrong

I’m a grooming gang survivor. This is why Rory Stewart is wrong

Fiona Goddard

Wednesday, September 16 Wednesday
Sep 16^th

Analysis 18:30

Anthropic’s AI slowdown plan is a gift to China

Elliot Leavy

Analysis 13:00

Is the Democrats’ blue wave an illusion?

Michael Baharaeen

Debate 10:30

Trade unions are undermining Labour’s trans position

Joan Smith

Reaction 07:00

Lucy Letby inquiry has the wrong prescription for the NHS

Lucy Letby inquiry has the wrong prescription for the NHS

Druin Burch

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Fertility-maxing without shame

Love and sex

Fertility-maxing without shame Natalists must discard ‘legitimacy’

Hollis Robbins

6 mins

Sep 17 2026 - 12:00am

What I learned occupying London

Protest

What I learned occupying London

Aaron Bastani

9 mins

Sep 17 2026 - 12:03am

AI is anti-education

Superintelligence

AI is anti-education

Ruxandra Teslo

7 mins

Sep 17 2026 - 12:01am

What I learned occupying London

Protest

What I learned occupying London Elite overproduction causes revolutions

Aaron Bastani

9 mins

Sep 17 2026 - 12:03am

AI is anti-education

Superintelligence

AI is anti-education Human minds need to be challenged

Ruxandra Teslo

7 mins

Sep 17 2026 - 12:01am

What I learned occupying London

Protest

What I learned occupying London Elite overproduction causes revolutions

Aaron Bastani

9 mins

Sep 17 2026 - 12:03am

AI is anti-education

Superintelligence

AI is anti-education Human minds need to be challenged

Ruxandra Teslo

7 mins

Sep 17 2026 - 12:01am

From the UK edition

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Wednesday, September 16 Wednesday
Sep 16^th

Reaction 16:15

Scrapping inheritance tax is a zombie Tory policy

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The Conservative Party is stuck in a rut, defending a status quo that very few people want.

Andrew O'Brien

Tuesday, September 15 Tuesday
Sep 15^th

Analysis 07:00

Unionist shame is opening the door to separatism

David Jeffery

Sunday, September 13 Sunday
Sep 13^th

Analysis 13:00

Kemi Badenoch may have found Labour’s Achilles’ heel

Peter Franklin

Friday, September 11 Friday
Sep 11^th

Debate 07:00

Labour’s tourist tax is a betrayal of British cities

Richard Crampton-Platt

Wednesday, September 9 Wednesday
Sep 9^th

Analysis 10:00

Investor exodus is hitting the UK economy

Andrew O'Brien

Monday, September 7 Monday
Sep 7^th

Reaction 13:00

Andy Burnham’s economic optimism is already unraveling

David Jeffery

Sunday, September 6 Sunday
Sep 6^th

Debate 08:00

Dover migration protests take advantage of a weakened police

Dover migration protests take advantage of a weakened police

Dominic Adler

Friday, September 4 Friday
Sep 4^th

Explainer 10:00

Britain can’t escape the Norman Conquest

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The concept of the ‘Norman yoke’ was admittedly simplistic, but it had enormous rhetorical power.

Niall Gooch

Thursday, September 3 Thursday
Sep 3^rd

Debate 07:00

Labour has no answer to Britain’s prisons crisis

Ian Acheson

Wednesday, September 2 Wednesday
Sep 2^nd

Debate 07:00

Starmer’s seat could become a nightmare for Burnham

Peter Franklin

Inside Britain’s failing Foreign Office

Exposé

Inside Britain’s failing Foreign Office Why have ministers lost control?

Ian Proud

9 mins

Sep 17 2026 - 12:04am

Sweden’s zombie election

Politics

Sweden’s zombie election Politics has become pointless

Malcom Kyeyune

5 mins

Sep 16 2026 - 12:01am

The return of tribalism

Identity

The return of tribalism It's in-group preferences all the way down

Mary Harrington

7 mins

Sep 15 2026 - 12:03am

Space imperialists are galactically wrong

Science fiction

Space imperialists are galactically wrong Don’t give oxygen to their fascist fantasies

C. M. Kosemen

12 mins

Sep 15 2026 - 12:02am

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The Econoclasts The AI extinction myth is a scam

Friday 18th September The Econoclasts Live: The world after capitalism

Helen Andrews Are women to blame for woke?

Aris Roussinos Inside the war for Piddington

The Econoclasts Economic stagnation has broken German democracy

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

9/11 could happen again

9/11 could happen again

William T. Vollmann

11 mins

Get ready for the Trump Slump

Get ready for the Trump Slump

John Rapley

6 mins

Wolfgang Munchau The AfD momentum is unstoppable

Tuesday, September 15 Tuesday
Sep 15^th

Analysis 18:00

Gavin Newsom has a bigger problem than Kamala Harris

James Billot

Reaction 16:00

Sydney Sweeney’s Novig advert sells sex, not sport

Sydney Sweeney’s Novig advert sells sex, not sport

Victoria Smith

Debate 13:00

Israel’s defenders have made Macklemore a free speech martyr

Ralph Leonard

Reaction 10:00

Labour’s school meals policy is a failure of cultural norms

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There is nothing stopping a child from fleeing the gates at four o’clock for the nearest Greggs.

Richard Crampton-Platt

How ‘Progress, Inc.’ neuters the working class

The Left

How ‘Progress, Inc.’ neuters the working class They want blue-collar vibes, not policies

Evan Barker

6 mins

Sep 16 2026 - 12:00am

deep history

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

David Keenan

6 mins

Aug 21 2026 - 10:12am

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

The Econoclasts Iceland has exposed Europe's unity illusion

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinization’ of America

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinization’ of America

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Claude: tyranny’s little helper

Artificial intelligence

Claude: tyranny’s little helper Our enemies are weaponizing AI

Peter Frankopan

6 mins

Sep 16 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

Our Mission

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

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The lobby at war with learning

The lobby at war with learning Teachers unions serve no one but themselves

Joel Kotkin

6 mins

Sep 15 2026 - 12:00am

Monday, September 14 Monday
Sep 14^th

Explainer 19:00

Mark Carney is better off allying with America than Europe

Hina Husain

Reaction 17:00

Farewell Judge Judy, America’s last great moralist

Farewell Judge Judy, America’s last great moralist

Ryan Zickgraf

Debate 13:00

Le Pen-proofing the EU won’t stop the populist wave

William Nattrass

Explainer 10:00

Will the AI labs let inspectors in?

Tom Ough

Analysis 07:15

Sweden election shows power of competent conservatism

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The legacy Right can still contain anti-establishment parties, even from within government.

Johan Wennström

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

Exclusive

Inside the capture of the BBC How transgenderism killed impartiality

Rob Burley

38 mins

May 20 2026 - 12:02am

The Econoclasts America is spiraling towards a debt crisis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Is Flock spying on you?

Big brother

Is Flock spying on you? AI cameras are terrorizing California

Poppy Sowerby

7 mins

Sep 16 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

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

How Domesday made modern England

How Domesday made modern England

Max Adams

8 mins

Why you don’t really get Homer

Why you don’t really get Homer

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

6 mins

Simon Sebag Montefiore What historians get wrong about the Middle East

Sunday, September 13 Sunday
Sep 13^th

Debate 18:30

Why can’t the Right accept Indian-American Longhorn fans?

Richard Hanania

Reaction 15:00

Trump doesn’t understand the messy politics of Irish reunification

Trump doesn’t understand the messy politics of Irish reunification

Gerry Lynch

Explainer 08:00

Reform UK’s record donations risk Americanizing British politics

Lee David Evans

Saturday, September 12 Saturday
Sep 12^th

Analysis 16:30

Tucker Carlson’s 9/11 comments show why he broke with Trump

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Carlson is now using his large platform to poke holes in Republican campaigns.

Emily Jashinsky

Reaction 13:00

Medical journals have chosen activism over science

Druin Burch

News 08:00

Alistair Harrison: the power behind the Restore Britain throne

Alistair Harrison: the power behind the Restore Britain throne

Shea Ferguson

The West is losing two wars at once

The West is losing two wars at once Overconfidence is our weakness

Wolfgang Munchau

6 mins

Sep 14 2026 - 12:03am

writing

On astonishment and angels Writers must learn to fly backwards

David Keenan

5 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:00am

Atlanticism

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

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

Mar 23 2026 - 12:00am

Richard D. Wolff The decline of the US empire

Germany’s economic death trap

Germany’s economic death trap

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The return of tribalism

Identity

The return of tribalism It's in-group preferences all the way down

Mary Harrington

7 mins

Sep 15 2026 - 12:03am

Terrorism

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

Michal Kranz

5 mins

Mar 5 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 Wealth taxes won’t fix Europe

Trump's Boomer-palooza

Trump's Boomer-palooza His GOP is losing the youth

James Billot

5 mins

Sep 12 2026 - 12:10am

Friday, September 11 Friday
Sep 11^th

News 18:45

Poll: 62% of 5Pillars readers believe Israel was responsible for 9/11

Rob Lownie

Reaction 17:00

Assisted dying bill’s defeat is a victory for human dignity

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Cautionary tales from places such as Canada and the Netherlands have stopped its progress.

Yuan Yi Zhu

Debate 13:30

Farage is making a mistake by cozying up to Israel

Farage is making a mistake by cozying up to Israel

Ralph Leonard

Analysis 10:00

Does Generation Z care about 9/11?

David Masciotra

Weekend Essay

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

Ron Paul The US bailout machine is spiraling

Greece's lethal warning to Europe

Greece's lethal warning to Europe

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Space imperialists are galactically wrong

Science fiction

Space imperialists are galactically wrong Don’t give oxygen to their fascist fantasies

C. M. Kosemen

12 mins

Sep 15 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

Faith

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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

09.23 2025

Marriage is not just for the wealthy

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

Kathleen Stock The scandal of Jason Arday

Thursday, September 10 Thursday
Sep 10^th

Analysis 18:00

It’s time for Trump to dump Kushner and Witkoff

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Their partnership has been far too casual for the task it seeks to accomplish.

James Carden

Explainer 16:00

Britain’s falling food production is a national security threat

Liam Stokes

Reaction 13:00

Sarah Mullally is outshining Justin Welby on assisted dying

Sarah Mullally is outshining Justin Welby on assisted dying

Gerry Lynch

Debate 10:00

Will artificial superintelligence really wipe out humanity?

Timandra Harkness

Analysis 07:00

New attempts to ban the AfD will only boost its support

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To dismiss the party as extremist misjudges what is going on in German politics.

Wolfgang Munchau

Wednesday, September 9 Wednesday
Sep 9^th

Reaction 18:00

The truth about the blue-collar job ‘boom’

Dustin Guastella

Explainer 15:45

Why Tokyo is cracking down on Airbnb

Why Tokyo is cracking down on Airbnb

Philip Patrick

Reaction 11:55

Ed Miliband’s anti-Israel pivot could rebuild the Labour Left

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The political risks of the new settlement goods boycotts are few.

Jonny Ball

News 07:00

NYU ranked America’s worst college for free speech

Archie Earle

The cinema of 9/11

Weekend Analysis

The cinema of 9/11 Films have nullified the crowd

David Thomson

6 mins

Sep 12 2026 - 12:05am

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

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

The Econoclasts China's hidden economic crisis

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Let Gen X fix the sex recession

eroticism

Let Gen X fix the sex recession

Sophie Heawood

5 mins

Sep 14 2026 - 12:02am

weekend essay

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

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

Jan 24 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?

How the Euro elite helps Trump

How the Euro elite helps Trump

Samuel Rubinstein

6 mins

Somali pirates are back

Somali pirates are back

Rose George

6 mins

The Econoclasts Andy Burnham is misjudging Britain’s real crisis

MR James still haunts England

MR James still haunts England The country is ancient and uncanny

Alexander Poots

6 mins

Sep 12 2026 - 12:00am

Tuesday, September 8 Tuesday
Sep 8^th

Debate 18:00

Hunter Biden’s memecoin: the Democrats’ latest Trumpian turn

Ryan Zickgraf

Reaction 16:10

Stella Creasy is giving Muslim misogyny a free pass

Stella Creasy is giving Muslim misogyny a free pass

Joan Smith

Analysis 13:00

Jordan Bardella’s Farage deal has alienated France

Harrison Stetler

Debate 10:40

The AfD is still missing an economic agenda

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This was primarily a vote about pensions, wages, energy bills and war — not about migration.

Thomas Fazi

Dispatch 07:00

Reform UK is taking on the youth masculinity crisis

Archie Earle

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

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

Jan 3 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

Ross Barkan Zohran Mamdani is just the beginning

Europe’s identity crisis

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The shock of Edna O'Brien

Literature

The shock of Edna O'Brien The country girl is among the immortals

John Banville

7 mins

Sep 14 2026 - 12:01am

America

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

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Nov 14 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

Who owns Meghan Markle?

Who owns Meghan Markle?

Terry Eagleton

6 mins

Why universities embrace cheats

Why universities embrace cheats

Kathleen Stock

5 mins

The Econoclasts The war on populism is backfiring

Monday, September 7 Monday
Sep 7^th

Reaction 18:00

Safety culture is harming children’s development

Stella O'Malley

Debate 16:00

Why can’t the Home Office stop asylum fraud?

Why can’t the Home Office stop asylum fraud?

Chris Bayliss

Analysis 10:30

Trump no longer has a plan for the Ukraine war

Bethany Elliott

Reaction 07:00

The AfD has breached Germany’s firewall

The AfD has breached Germany’s firewall

Katja Hoyer

Sunday, September 6 Sunday
Sep 6^th

Debate 19:00

Democrats would be foolish to drop John Fetterman

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The willingness to support more authentic candidates is a healthy electoral impulse.

Sam Kahn

Reaction 16:00

Revised assisted dying estimates show bill is not fit for purpose

Adam James Pollock

Analysis 13:00

Is Zia Yusuf preparing to succeed Farage?

Peter Franklin

How America became the Middle East

How America became the Middle East After 9/11, it was supposed to be the other way around

Sohrab Ahmari

6 mins

Sep 11 2026 - 4:44am

zoomers

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

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

History

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 Ukraine turnaround is a media illusion

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Liberalism can't tame lust

Intimate injustice

Liberalism can't tame lust Desire can't be policed

Kathleen Stock

5 mins

Sep 11 2026 - 12:03am

Nobel peace prize

The Iron Lady who could save Venezuela

Ian Birrell

5 mins

Oct 9 2025 - 11:59pm