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What's happening today beneath the surface

Analysis 3h

Liberal internationalism is stifling Trump’s tariffs

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A retreat from global free trade and unilateral world policing was inevitable.

Michael Lind

Reaction 8h

White House Correspondents’ Dinner deepens Trump’s press codependency

Ryan Zickgraf

Debate 13h

Axel Rudakubana symbolizes failure of UK justice system

Axel Rudakubana symbolizes failure of UK justice system

Chris Bayliss

Friday, July 24 Friday
Jul 24^th

Explainer 18:00

Troy Jackson is about to learn why Susan Collins keeps winning

Emily Jashinsky

Analysis 16:00

New Russia sanctions are the EU at its most impotent

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Brussels has already surrendered much of its leverage on the oil trade through import bans.

William Nattrass

Debate 13:00

AI primary schools distort the purpose of education

Kristina Murkett

Factcheck 07:00

The truth behind Sadiq Khan’s claims of falling London crime

The truth behind Sadiq Khan’s claims of falling London crime

Archie Earle

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Escape from Trad-Land

Weekend spotlight

Escape from Trad-Land I saw SSPX abuse firsthand

Louis Massett

8 mins

Jul 25 2026 - 12:00am

The American disaster

The American disaster Can British democracy avoid the same fate?

Jonathan Sumption

19 mins

Jul 25 2026 - 12:05am

Why we can’t outrun the Neanderthals

weekend culture

Why we can’t outrun the Neanderthals Their phantoms will forever haunt us

Ben Judah

8 mins

Jul 25 2026 - 12:01am

The Democrats’ soul-healer

The Democrats’ soul-healer Chris Murphy brings Left conservatism to America

Sohrab Ahmari

7 mins

Jul 24 2026 - 12:47am

Serfdom, Republican-style

Serfdom, Republican-style Why is the GOP pushing more unfree foreign labor?

Michael Lind

7 mins

Jul 23 2026 - 12:00am

The Democrats’ soul-healer

The Democrats’ soul-healer Chris Murphy brings Left conservatism to America

Sohrab Ahmari

7 mins

Jul 24 2026 - 12:47am

Serfdom, Republican-style

Serfdom, Republican-style Why is the GOP pushing more unfree foreign labor?

Michael Lind

7 mins

Jul 23 2026 - 12:00am

The poet who invented Burnham’s North

Weekend analysis

The poet who invented Burnham’s North Basil Bunting believed in cultural devolution

Alex Niven

8 mins

Jul 25 2026 - 12:02am

Why we can’t outrun the Neanderthals

weekend culture

Why we can’t outrun the Neanderthals Their phantoms will forever haunt us

Ben Judah

8 mins

Jul 25 2026 - 12:01am

From the UK edition

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Friday, July 24 Friday
Jul 24^th

Analysis 10:00

Anas Sarwar’s departure leaves Scottish Labour at a crossroads

Iain Macwhirter

Thursday, July 23 Thursday
Jul 23^rd

Reaction 10:00

Release of Andrew Harper killers reveals Britain’s broken justice system

David Matthews

Explainer 07:00

Will Tories become the party of the South?

Peter Franklin

Wednesday, July 22 Wednesday
Jul 22^nd

Reaction 07:00

Farewell Patrick Vallance, the scientist who symbolized pandemic hubris

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These people used their positions to brand anyone who dared challenge their stance as ‘conspiracy theorists’.

Ian Birrell

Tuesday, July 21 Tuesday
Jul 21^st

Explainer 10:00

John Healey can be a radical chancellor

Andrew O'Brien

Monday, July 20 Monday
Jul 20^th

Analysis 17:10

Andy Burnham’s anti-Thatcherism is built on a myth

Lee David Evans

Analysis 07:00

Burnham’s North Sea gas policy condemns Britain to mediocrity

Kathryn Porter

Sunday, July 19 Sunday
Jul 19^th

Reaction 08:00

Green Party’s “sanctuary boroughs” only help criminals

Chris Bayliss

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

Inside Britain's DEI police force

Inside Britain's DEI police force Fantasies of inclusion are colliding with reality

Dominic Adler

11 mins

Jul 24 2026 - 12:03am

The great Net Zero showdown

The great Net Zero showdown Can’t afford to keep it, can’t afford to drop it

John Rapley

6 mins

Jul 24 2026 - 12:02am

How Mayfair became an Emirate

How Mayfair became an Emirate The capital has sold itself too cheap

Caroline Knowles

5 mins

Jul 24 2026 - 12:01am

Don’t fall for Project Smear, Mr Burnham

Don’t fall for Project Smear, Mr Burnham The Rejoiners are wrong about Europe

Yanis Varoufakis

8 mins

Jul 23 2026 - 12:03am

Watch & listen

The Econoclasts Andy Burnham is misjudging Britain’s real crisis

Ross Barkan Zohran Mamdani is just the beginning

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

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

Labour's next civil war

Labour's next civil war

Andrew O'Brien

9 mins

Why the British hate their local councils

Why the British hate their local councils

Wessie du Toit

8 mins

Norman Finkelstein How Israel lost the Right

Thursday, July 23 Thursday
Jul 23^rd

Reaction 18:00

Katie Porter’s political career ends with a whimper

Joel Kotkin

Reaction 16:00

Jameela Jamil doesn’t understand the British Empire

Samuel Rubinstein

Debate 13:00

Mango boss death shows dangers of therapy culture

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As a psychotherapist, I have become increasingly uneasy about the direction my profession has taken.

Stella O'Malley

The poverty of white nationalism

The poverty of white nationalism Even smarter advocates fail the logic test

Richard Hanania

8 mins

Jul 21 2026 - 4:20am

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 The Brexit report is built on fake data

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

The poet who invented Burnham’s North

Weekend analysis

The poet who invented Burnham’s North Basil Bunting believed in cultural devolution

Alex Niven

8 mins

Jul 25 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

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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Why Ukrainian liberals love conscription

War

Why Ukrainian liberals love conscription Hypocritical propagandists aren’t forced to fight

Marta Havryshko

7 mins

Jul 20 2026 - 12:01am

Wednesday, July 22 Wednesday
Jul 22^nd

Reaction 18:00

Mamdani’s Netanyahu arrest threat is performative populism

Josh Appel

Analysis 16:00

Houthi blockade on Saudi Arabia will escalate US-Iran war

Houthi blockade on Saudi Arabia will escalate US-Iran war

Jack Smith

Debate 13:00

Are Britain’s prisons beyond saving?

Steve Gallant

Analysis 10:00

New army chief can’t hide Ukraine’s military dysfunction

Jennifer Kavanagh

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

The Econoclasts Europe’s rigged energy market is killing innovation

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why we can’t outrun the Neanderthals

weekend culture

Why we can’t outrun the Neanderthals Their phantoms will forever haunt us

Ben Judah

8 mins

Jul 25 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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07.19 2026

Broadway is now a failing machine

02.15 2026

Wetherspoons can be one of Britain’s great cultural exports

01.10 2026

Banning X will not make anyone safer

Holden Caulfield: the original incel

Holden Caulfield: the original incel

Poppy Sowerby

6 mins

Slough after The Office

Slough after The Office

Fred Sculthorp

7 mins

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

Tuesday, July 21 Tuesday
Jul 21^st

Debate 18:00

PEN America’s BDS row highlights problem with political litmus tests

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To further our literary culture, we need ideological diversity.

Ross Barkan

News 15:00

Nick Clegg: the Left doesn’t understand economics

Nick Clegg: the Left doesn’t understand economics

Archie Earle

Analysis 12:30

AOC tries and fails to replicate Obama’s appeal

Michael Baharaeen

Reaction 07:00

Government misinformation report has a gender blind spot

Government misinformation report has a gender blind spot

Victoria Smith

Monday, July 20 Monday
Jul 20^th

Debate 18:30

Don’t let Fifa Americanize future World Cups

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International football is so beloved because it is anti-commercial by design.

B. Duncan Moench

Reaction 13:00

Boris Johnson is still in denial about his immigration failures

George Spencer

Dispatch 10:55

In New York, the World Cup final becomes a Gaza proxy war

In New York, the World Cup final becomes a Gaza proxy war

Nikos Mohammadi

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

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

Jake Sullivan Trump has handed Iran victory

Germany’s economic death trap

Germany’s economic death trap

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Inside Britain's DEI police force

Inside Britain's DEI police force Fantasies of inclusion are colliding with reality

Dominic Adler

11 mins

Jul 24 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 Military spending won’t save Europe

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

Sunday, July 19 Sunday
Jul 19^th

Debate 19:10

America is losing its appetite for political sex scandals

Katherine Dee

Explainer 16:30

European tariffs on China would backfire

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It’s highly likely that a trade war would bring victory for neither side.

Wolfgang Munchau

Analysis 13:00

Broadway is now a failing machine

Broadway is now a failing machine

Matthew Gasda

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

Former Labour leader: Neil Kinnock

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

How Mayfair became an Emirate

How Mayfair became an Emirate The capital has sold itself too cheap

Caroline Knowles

5 mins

Jul 24 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 Germany’s security council defeat is no surprise

Saturday, July 18 Saturday
Jul 18^th

Explainer 17:00

Can King Charles learn from Japan’s reformed monarchy?

Philip Patrick

Reaction 13:00

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

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Public patience with ideological experimentation is already wearing thin.

Emma Schubart

Analysis 08:00

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

How passwords stole my sanity

Big Tech

How passwords stole my sanity Digital bureaucracy has become ‘The Tangle’

Michael Lind

8 mins

Jul 16 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

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

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

Jan 24 2026 - 12:00am

The Anglo-Gaullism Debate

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Don’t fall for Project Smear, Mr Burnham

Don’t fall for Project Smear, Mr Burnham The Rejoiners are wrong about Europe

Yanis Varoufakis

8 mins

Jul 23 2026 - 12:03am

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

The Econoclasts The transhumanist future is closer than you think

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

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

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

UnHerd Academy Tom Hodgkinson on Stoicism

Europe’s identity crisis

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why you don’t really get Homer

Why you don’t really get Homer The 21st century has crushed the human intellect

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

6 mins

Jul 23 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

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

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

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

AOC’s Leftist headache

AOC’s Leftist headache Hardliners see her as a sellout

Ross Barkan

6 mins

Jul 14 2026 - 12:00am

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 Europe’s trade war with China will backfire

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Burnham's potemkin radicalism

Burnham's potemkin radicalism Neoliberalism died decades ago

Jonny Ball

6 mins

Jul 22 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