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Explainer 5h

Can King Charles learn from Japan’s reformed monarchy?

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Japan’s royal family remain in control and will resist fashionable orthodoxies.

Philip Patrick

Analysis 14h

The European Right is turning on Ukraine

The European Right is turning on Ukraine

William Nattrass

Friday, July 17 Friday
Jul 17^th

Debate 18:00

US politicians can’t keep up with public shift on Israel

Malcom Kyeyune

Analysis 13:00

The problem with Chancellor Shabana Mahmood

Peter Franklin

Reaction 10:00

Trump’s Chinese interference claims show his desperation

Emily Jashinsky

News 07:00

Lucy Connolly: my supporters should also defend Heather Herbert

Lucy Connolly: my supporters should also defend Heather Herbert

Archie Earle

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Christopher Nolan: Hollywood's last hero

Weekend Culture

Christopher Nolan: Hollywood's last hero He still believes in Great Men

Leo Robson

9 mins

Jul 18 2026 - 12:02am

A novelist’s dark portrait of Natalie Portman

A novelist’s dark portrait of Natalie Portman Rachel Cusk’s new book mines the actress’s life

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

Jul 17 2026 - 12:00am

My night in ‘Mamdani-Ville’

My night in ‘Mamdani-Ville’ The mayor fights a homeless camp — very gently

Sohrab Ahmari

5 mins

Jul 15 2026 - 12:00am

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice The musical highlights our broken social bonds

David Littlefair

6 mins

Jul 18 2026 - 12:01am

Burnham faces an insurgent Britain

Burnham faces an insurgent Britain Can confidence in the state be restored?

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Jul 18 2026 - 12:03am

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice The musical highlights our broken social bonds

David Littlefair

6 mins

Jul 18 2026 - 12:01am

Burnham faces an insurgent Britain

Burnham faces an insurgent Britain Can confidence in the state be restored?

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Jul 18 2026 - 12:03am

Christopher Nolan: Hollywood's last hero

Weekend Culture

Christopher Nolan: Hollywood's last hero He still believes in Great Men

Leo Robson

9 mins

Jul 18 2026 - 12:02am

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice The musical highlights our broken social bonds

David Littlefair

6 mins

Jul 18 2026 - 12:01am

From the UK edition

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Reaction 9h

Andy Burnham’s embrace of Hope Not Hate is deeply concerning

Emma Schubart

Friday, July 17 Friday
Jul 17^th

Explainer 15:30

Labour’s Health Bill weakens NHS accountability

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The NHS is still a national love object immune to criticism.

Matthew Bowles

Wednesday, July 15 Wednesday
Jul 15^th

Reaction 13:00

Rachel Reeves’s legacy is a hollow economic project

James Sean Dickson

Sunday, July 12 Sunday
Jul 12^th

Reaction 17:00

Greens’ vegan policy isn’t pro-environment

Richard Crampton-Platt

Thursday, July 9 Thursday
Jul 9^th

Reaction 07:00

Count Binface is the monster Farage helped create

Count Binface is the monster Farage helped create

Thomas Munson

Wednesday, July 8 Wednesday
Jul 8^th

Debate 17:40

Labour can’t even get its Ruth Ellis pardon right

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A reduction of sentence for someone who has already been hanged is obviously pointless.

Yuan Yi Zhu

Tuesday, July 7 Tuesday
Jul 7^th

Debate 07:00

Andy Burnham is ducking questions on puberty blockers

Joan Smith

Friday, July 3 Friday
Jul 3^rd

Reaction 13:00

Andy Burnham will take Britain backwards on AI

Peter Franklin

Monday, June 29 Monday
Jun 29^th

Reaction 15:30

Andy Burnham’s devolution drive is hollow

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His speech today was just another example of the small-mindedness of Westminster politics.

Andrew O'Brien

Reaction 10:45

Ben Stokes saved English cricket

Jon Hotten

Why the British hate their local councils

Labour

Why the British hate their local councils Bring back the Victorian do-gooder

Wessie du Toit

8 mins

Jul 17 2026 - 12:02am

England’s blind hope

England’s blind hope Failure binds us tighter than glory

Simon Critchley

6 mins

Jul 16 2026 - 9:38am

A day in the life of Farageland's Wetherspoons

A day in the life of Farageland's Wetherspoons Clacton is old England’s last bastion

Felix Pope

9 mins

Jul 16 2026 - 12:03am

Argentina: World Cup villains

Argentina: World Cup villains The nation is united by grievance

Nick Burns

5 mins

Jul 16 2026 - 12:02am

Watch & listen

The Econoclasts The war on populism is backfiring

The Econoclasts The Ukraine turnaround is a media illusion

Jonathan Haidt Why the Right should support the social media ban

Norman Finkelstein How Israel lost the Right

The Econoclasts The Brexit report is built on fake data

Politics

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06.29 2026

Andy Burnham’s devolution drive is hollow

06.27 2026

How Andy Burnham cracked vibes politics

06.26 2026

Failed Senate revolt proves Trump’s hold over the GOP

Why Farage's mates love Montenegro

Why Farage's mates love Montenegro

Matt Broomfield

6 mins

How Tommy Robinson radicalized my mom

How Tommy Robinson radicalized my mom

Nicola Wilding

7 mins

The Econoclasts Europe’s rigged energy market is killing innovation

Thursday, July 16 Thursday
Jul 16^th

Debate 19:00

Are Russian oligarchs really challenging Putin?

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Melnichenko’s essay is a stern critique of The Economist’s entire line on Russia.

Anatol Lieven

Explainer 16:10

Sacked Tufts professor was funded by Mellon Foundation

John Sailer

Reaction 12:30

New London-Cologne train gives Eurostar overdue competition

New London-Cologne train gives Eurostar overdue competition

Jonathan Glancey

Analysis 10:00

Violent porn is behind the rise in youth sexual offenses

Stella O'Malley

Reaction 07:00

Moving exams online betrays working-class pupils

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Paper exams, marked blindly, remain the fairest way to measure attainment.

David James

The triumph of Lindsey Graham

Obituary

The triumph of Lindsey Graham Populists should learn from the late senator

Sohrab Ahmari

4 mins

Jul 12 2026 - 6:06pm

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

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

Turi Munthe

5 mins

Jul 2 2026 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Starmer’s fall exposes the West’s leadership crisis

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Christopher Nolan: Hollywood's last hero

Weekend Culture

Christopher Nolan: Hollywood's last hero He still believes in Great Men

Leo Robson

9 mins

Jul 18 2026 - 12:02am

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

Jonny Ball

7 mins

May 25 2026 - 12:00am

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When the herd takes off in one direction, what do you do?
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The Trump Accounts’ false promise

Finance

The Trump Accounts’ false promise The government is stealing from the crib

Richard A. Greenwald

8 mins

Jul 10 2026 - 12:00am

Wednesday, July 15 Wednesday
Jul 15^th

Reaction 18:00

European inaction is driving China’s car industry dominance

Miquel Vila

Debate 16:00

Ann Widdecombe’s death has been weaponized for online safety laws

Ann Widdecombe’s death has been weaponized for online safety laws

Finlay McLaren

Explainer 10:00

England vs Argentina: a battle of faded powers

Yuan Yi Zhu

Analysis 07:00

Kemi Badenoch’s purge of Tory wets won’t stop Farage

Kemi Badenoch’s purge of Tory wets won’t stop Farage

Chris Middleton

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

Jake Sullivan Trump has handed Iran victory

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice The musical highlights our broken social bonds

David Littlefair

6 mins

Jul 18 2026 - 12:01am

On astonishment and angels Writers must learn to fly backwards

David Keenan

5 mins

Apr 10 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

Slough after The Office

Slough after The Office

Fred Sculthorp

7 mins

Katie Price's horror show

Katie Price's horror show

Sarah Ditum

7 mins

The Econoclasts Military spending won’t save Europe

Tuesday, July 14 Tuesday
Jul 14^th

Debate 19:00

Is Gavin Newsom’s White House dream fading?

Joel Kotkin

Reaction 16:00

Marco Rubio’s war on the ICC is a distraction from Iran

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He appears to be looking for a crisis where none exists.

Tom Rogan

Dispatch 12:45

Mamdani’s socialism has no answer for New York homelessness

Mamdani’s socialism has no answer for New York homelessness

Stephen Eide

Analysis 10:00

Britain’s IRGC ban focuses on the wrong target

Limor Simhony Philpott

Debate 07:00

Predatory MP dossier risks becoming a political weapon

Victoria Smith

Monday, July 13 Monday
Jul 13^th

Reaction 18:15

Beware Ro Khanna’s fair-weather radicalism

Kyle Sammin

Debate 15:15

Did SpaceX puncture the AI bubble?

Did SpaceX puncture the AI bubble?

John Rapley

Explainer 13:00

Zelensky’s reshuffle reveals his diplomatic vulnerability

William Nattrass

Analysis 10:00

Andy Burnham’s tax agenda could unravel quickly

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At a basic level, Burnham must decide what type of prime minister he is going to be.

Andrew O'Brien

Reaction 07:00

Has Reform UK’s support hit a ceiling?

Peter Franklin

Mamdani’s MAGA power

Politics

Mamdani’s MAGA power The populist will remake his party

Ross Barkan

5 mins

Jul 9 2026 - 12:00am

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

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

Mar 23 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

Former Labour leader: Neil Kinnock

Germany’s economic death trap

Germany’s economic death trap

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The Labour party is insulting

The Labour party is insulting The Left has a history of cruelty

Kathleen Stock

5 mins

Jul 17 2026 - 12:03am

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

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Feb 28 2026 - 12:15am

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?

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 Germany’s security council defeat is no surprise

JD Vance’s convenient Catholicism

Review

JD Vance’s convenient Catholicism The VP’s memoir is unmistakably Millennial

Samuel Rubinstein

10 mins

Jul 8 2026 - 12:03am

Sunday, July 12 Sunday
Jul 12^th

Analysis 20:00

Democrats are belatedly standing up to socialism

Democrats are belatedly standing up to socialism

Michael Baharaeen

Debate 13:00

Ann Widdecombe murder probe raises new problems for police

Ann Widdecombe murder probe raises new problems for police

Dominic Adler

Explainer 08:00

Strait of Hormuz strikes leave Iran ceasefire in doubt

Susanne Mundschenk

Secret societies

On cannibalism and Jeffrey Epstein Liberal institutions function like secret societies

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

9 mins

Feb 25 2026 - 12:02am

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

Martin Shaw

7 mins

Feb 23 2026 - 12:00am

The Anglo-Gaullism Debate

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Israel doesn't need friends

Israel doesn't need friends Foreign threats breed self-sufficiency

Edward Luttwak

6 mins

Jul 17 2026 - 12:01am

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

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

Is Andy Burnham a plastic Papist?

Is Andy Burnham a plastic Papist?

Samuel Rubinstein

6 mins

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump?

John Hooper

7 mins

The Econoclasts The transhumanist future is closer than you think

Saturday, July 11 Saturday
Jul 11^th

Reaction 17:00

Gary Stevenson is peddling fantasy economics

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Monomania is a sliding tax on the soul that, left unchecked, eventually reaches 100%.

Michael Murphy

Analysis 13:00

EU Chat Control extension is an insult to democracy

Thomas Fazi

Reaction 08:00

Ann Widdecombe was principled, not ‘divisive’

Georgia Gilholy

Friday, July 10 Friday
Jul 10^th

Explainer 18:45

Christianity’s next culture war: polyamory

Christianity’s next culture war: polyamory

John Murawski

Analysis 16:45

The truth about Europe’s migrant trafficking industry

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People on the move are exploited, coerced and folded into the very machinery of violence.

Sally Howard

Explainer 12:30

The humiliation of Andrew Yang

The humiliation of Andrew Yang

Ryan Zickgraf

Reaction 10:00

Sporting boycott against Russia is breaking down

Bethany Elliott

Analysis 07:00

Is Britain’s multicultural project unraveling?

Rakib Ehsan

Can Los Angeles be saved?

The Left

Can Los Angeles be saved? A great American city is in decline

Joel Kotkin

9 mins

Jul 6 2026 - 11:59pm

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

Alwyn Turner

6 mins

Jan 29 2026 - 12:00am

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

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

Jan 24 2026 - 12:00am

UnHerd Academy Tom Hodgkinson on Stoicism

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Argentina: World Cup villains

Argentina: World Cup villains The nation is united by grievance

Nick Burns

5 mins

Jul 16 2026 - 12:02am

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

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

Jan 3 2026 - 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

Iran has humiliated America’s military

Iran has humiliated America’s military

Edward Luttwak

6 mins

Can Britain's military be saved?

Can Britain's military be saved?

Edward Luttwak

5 mins

Michael Knowles & Sohrab Ahmari Will Pope Leo divide the Right?

Why populism fails

Excerpt

Why populism fails In a kakistocracy, the worst people come out on top

Richard Hanania

8 mins

Jul 6 2026 - 12:00am

Thursday, July 9 Thursday
Jul 9^th

Debate 18:00

Post-literacy will usher in a political dark age

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Without an active bourgeoisie, you can’t muster the social infrastructure for constituency politics.

Mary Harrington

Online 16:00

Charlie Kirk conspiracies are winning the information war

Charlie Kirk conspiracies are winning the information war

James Billot

Reaction 13:00

New Children’s Laureate is prioritizing social justice over literature

Josephine Bartosch

Explainer 10:00

ADHD benefits are undermining Britain’s work ethic

Stella O'Malley

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

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Dec 26 2025 - 12:00am

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

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Nov 14 2025 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Europe’s trade war with China will backfire

Europe’s identity crisis

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why true crime isn't real

Why true crime isn't real Alex Murdaugh isn’t a compelling killer

Kat Rosenfield

6 mins

Jul 16 2026 - 12:01am

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

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

Oct 23 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

Chinese livestreamers are hypnotizing the West

Chinese livestreamers are hypnotizing the West

Poppy Sowerby

4 mins

How drug gangs threaten the World Cup

How drug gangs threaten the World Cup

Jeff Farrell

8 mins

John Burn-Murdoch Are smartphones causing the fertility crisis?

Wednesday, July 8 Wednesday
Jul 8^th

Analysis 19:00

The real reason Hamas is dissolving its government in Gaza

Limor Simhony Philpott

News 16:00

Matt Brittin: BBC can be ‘disinfectant’ against misinformation

Archie Earle

Analysis 12:45

Nigel Farage deserves more security protection

Dominic Adler

Debate 10:00

Marine Le Pen comeback is a blow to Jordan Bardella

Marine Le Pen comeback is a blow to Jordan Bardella

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Reaction 07:00

Farage’s by-election gamble will deepen divide on the Right

Peter Franklin

Tuesday, July 7 Tuesday
Jul 7^th

News 18:30

Kemi Badenoch: I feel sorry for Keir Starmer

Archie Earle

Explainer 16:00

Lupita Nyong’o doesn’t understand women in the Odyssey

Lupita Nyong’o doesn’t understand women in the Odyssey

Spencer A. Klavan

Analysis 14:15

Marine Le Pen verdict could transform the 2027 presidential race

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Le Pen’s decade-long detoxification campaign has produced a new generation of nationalist leaders.

Francois Valentin

Reaction 10:40

New Platner allegations are a test of Democrats’ moral limits

Emily Jashinsky

The euthanasia of the West

The euthanasia of the West Assisted dying is indefensible

Michel Houellebecq

9 mins

Jul 4 2026 - 12:04am

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

Michael Lind

6 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

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 Econoclasts The US-China conflict has changed

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

How David Miliband failed upwards

How David Miliband failed upwards Will he wind up in Burnham’s Cabinet?

Ian Birrell

8 mins

Jul 15 2026 - 12:03am

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

Adam Ellwanger and John J. Waters

6 mins

Sep 23 2025 - 12:01am