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What's happening today beneath the surface

Sunday, April 19th Sunday
Apr 19^th

Explainer 18:00

Cash makes a comeback as Europeans prepare for war

Susanne Mundschenk

Analysis 16:00

Jordan Bardella is splitting from Marine Le Pen

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His onetime mentor is a weight he may not want to carry forever.

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Reaction 13:00

The Guardian is late to the party on sex-based reporting

The Guardian is late to the party on sex-based reporting

Victoria Smith

Explainer 08:00

Epsom rape case exposes falling trust in police

Dominic Adler

Saturday, April 18th Saturday
Apr 18^th

Debate 16:00

Is Hampshire College closure the endpoint of progressive academia?

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Society can accommodate only so many institutions that relentlessly critique dominant systems of power.

John Murawski

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Behind the ‘disappearing scientists’ hysteria

Behind the ‘disappearing scientists’ hysteria The GOP trades logic for conspiracy theories

Richard Hanania

6 mins

Apr 20 2026 - 12:00am

Forecasts are for losers

Forecasts are for losers

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

Apr 20 2026 - 12:03am

How to get rich off the Strait of Hormuz

How to get rich off the Strait of Hormuz

Rose George

4 mins

Apr 20 2026 - 12:02am

Forecasts are for losers

Forecasts are for losers Geopolitics is all about uncertainty

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

Apr 20 2026 - 12:03am

How to get rich off the Strait of Hormuz

Blockade

How to get rich off the Strait of Hormuz Shipowners have the world over a barrel

Rose George

4 mins

Apr 20 2026 - 12:02am

Forecasts are for losers

Forecasts are for losers Geopolitics is all about uncertainty

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

Apr 20 2026 - 12:03am

How to get rich off the Strait of Hormuz

How to get rich off the Strait of Hormuz Shipowners have the world over a barrel

Rose George

4 mins

Apr 20 2026 - 12:02am

From the UK edition

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Saturday, April 18th Saturday
Apr 18^th

Reaction 13:00

Nigel Farage shouldn’t let Bromley leave London

Nigel Farage shouldn’t let Bromley leave London

Niall Gooch

Debate 08:00

Kemi Badenoch should overhaul her top team to avoid extinction

Peter Franklin

Friday, April 17th Friday
Apr 17^th

Analysis 10:00

Olly Robbins has been sacrificed to protect Starmer

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Mandelson faced none of the correct scrutiny because he was given the job in a hurry.

Ian Proud

Monday, April 13th Monday
Apr 13^th

Debate 16:00

Labour’s asylum hotel crackdown is only a temporary fix

Rakib Ehsan

Analysis 13:00

Does Kemi Badenoch understand Britain’s military dysfunction?

Chris Bayliss

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

The grim truth about remigration

The grim truth about remigration Salonica’s fate shows the cost of cohesion

Boyd Tonkin

7 mins

Apr 20 2026 - 12:00am

How Salford made modern Britain

How Salford made modern Britain The dirty old town birthed generations of artists

Terry Eagleton

6 mins

Apr 17 2026 - 12:01am

The gray belt was made for Big Tech

The gray belt was made for Big Tech But Labour can’t explain why

Greg Noone

8 mins

Apr 15 2026 - 12:00am

Axel Rudakubana and the moral rot of the state

Axel Rudakubana and the moral rot of the state The Southport inquiry exposes buck-passing bureaucrats

Adam King

5 mins

Apr 14 2026 - 9:43am

Watch & listen

The Econoclasts Hormuz and the end of petro-dollar hegemony

Aris Roussinos Orbán’s defeat is not a liberal victory

Julie Bindel & Buck Angel Strange Bedfellows

UnHerd Academy Tom Hodgkinson on Stoicism

Francis Young A brief history of fairies

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

Why Orbán needs Ukraine

Why Orbán needs Ukraine

Aris Roussinos

6 mins

How to save liberalism

How to save liberalism

Adrian Wooldridge

10 mins

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

Friday, April 17th Friday
Apr 17^th

Analysis 18:00

California governor’s race declares war on Big Tech

Joel Kotkin

Debate 16:00

Prince Harry is putting unhelpful pressure on parents

Prince Harry is putting unhelpful pressure on parents

Stella O'Malley

Reaction 13:00

The Covid Inquiry is still ignoring vaccine victims

David Paton

Reaction 07:00

Israel’s buffer zone in Lebanon risks repeating old failures

Thomas Munson

Why the US economy beats Europe

Why the US economy beats Europe Big Business is good, actually

Michael Lind

8 mins

Apr 18 2026 - 12:15am

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

Dr. Iain McGilchrist How to escape Left-brain thinking

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Is Bulgaria Putin's next target?

Weekend Dispatch

Is Bulgaria Putin's next target? He could use energy as a weapon

Michal Kranz

10 mins

Apr 18 2026 - 12:25am

Secret societies

On cannibalism and Jeffrey Epstein Liberal institutions function like secret societies

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

9 mins

Feb 25 2026 - 12:02am

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

What next for Europe’s postliberals?

Budapest

What next for Europe’s postliberals? JD Vance will Americanize their cause

Samuel Rubinstein

6 mins

Apr 17 2026 - 12:02am

Thursday, April 16th Thursday
Apr 16^th

Review 18:30

RFK Jr’s podcast is a pitch to make America military-ready again

RFK Jr’s podcast is a pitch to make America military-ready again

Oliver Bateman

Debate 16:00

The hidden conservatism of ‘Euphoria’

Jesse Arm

Analysis 13:00

Trump’s trade threat lays bare Britain’s fragile economy

Andrew O'Brien

Debate 10:00

Britain will be poorer without its tabloids

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They exercised power on behalf of their readers, and they were funny while they did it.

Sarah Ditum

Analysis 07:00

Opec slump points to lasting oil crisis

Opec slump points to lasting oil crisis

Maximilian Hess

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

John Bolton Trump should finish the job

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Starmer’s weaponized incompetence

Weekend Analysis

Starmer’s weaponized incompetence Labour isn’t working — it’s shirking responsibility

Jonny Ball

5 mins

Apr 18 2026 - 12:20am

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

Alwyn Turner

6 mins

Jan 29 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

The Econoclasts Iran left Trump with no alternative

Wednesday, April 15th Wednesday
Apr 15^th

Reaction 18:30

Democrats’ 25th Amendment threats are pure virtue-signaling

Kyle Sammin

Analysis 16:15

Are Democrats getting complacent about the midterms?

Michael Baharaeen

Reaction 12:30

TMZ DC is tailor-made for America’s ruling class

Ryan Zickgraf

Debate 10:00

No, Richard Dawkins, let’s not bring back Neanderthals

No, Richard Dawkins, let’s not bring back Neanderthals

Peter Franklin

Explainer 07:00

Viktor Orbán’s defeat isn’t good news for Ukraine

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Hungary is not going to turn into a staunch ally of its eastern neighbour overnight.

Bethany Elliott

Tuesday, April 14th Tuesday
Apr 14^th

Analysis 18:00

The problem with Mark Carney’s majority

Michael Cuenco

Reaction 16:00

Donald Trump’s Jesus complex is the height of kitsch

Giles Fraser

Debate 13:00

Six-year-olds don’t need to go to primary school

Six-year-olds don’t need to go to primary school

Kristina Murkett

Analysis 10:40

JD Vance has become MAGA’s fall guy

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He will undoubtedly lose some voters’ trust for backing this war after publicly warning against it.

Emily Jashinsky

Explainer 07:00

Rolls-Royce deal is a key step toward UK energy independence

Adam James Pollock

When will the Hormuz recession hit?

Iran war

When will the Hormuz recession hit? Our buffer is running out

John Rapley

6 mins

Apr 16 2026 - 12:03am

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

Debate: This house believes assisted dying is wrong

Germany’s economic death trap

Germany’s economic death trap

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Spare me Labour's summer of sex

Spare me Labour's summer of sex Vibrators can’t teach consent

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Apr 17 2026 - 12:03am

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

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Dec 26 2025 - 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 Europe is about to get much weaker

The Pope versus the President

War

The Pope versus the President Conservative Catholics face a choice

Sohrab Ahmari

10 mins

Apr 16 2026 - 12:00am

Monday, April 13th Monday
Apr 13^th

Reaction 18:00

Why is the media promoting polyamory?

Why is the media promoting polyamory?

Carolyn D. Gorman

Debate 10:00

Iran war could trigger a new refugee crisis

Iran war could trigger a new refugee crisis

Elnaz Sharifi

Reaction 07:00

Péter Magyar has begun his purge of Orbánism

William Nattrass

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

Major General Randy Manner Hegseth will be tried at The Hague

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Why contemporary artists worship tech

Why contemporary artists worship tech The New Museum envisions a bleak future

Matthew Gasda

5 mins

Apr 17 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

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

Econoclasts Live: Who will dominate the New World Disorder?

Sunday, April 12th Sunday
Apr 12^th

Analysis 19:00

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

Daniel DePetris

Dispatch 16:15

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 13:00

Why you should cancel your holiday to save British business

Andrew O'Brien

News 08:00

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

National populism has outgrown America

Ideology

National populism has outgrown America Trump is now a liability

Mary Harrington

6 mins

Apr 14 2026 - 12:03am

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

Joe Kent Why Trump went to war

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Clavicular: the digital Dorian Gray

Clavicular: the digital Dorian Gray He is an ugly cipher for our time

Cosmo Adair

6 mins

Apr 16 2026 - 12:15am

The Iron Lady who could save Venezuela

Ian Birrell

5 mins

Oct 9 2025 - 11:59pm

War

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13.04 2026

Does Kemi Badenoch understand Britain’s military dysfunction?

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

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

Shashank Joshi The age of drone warfare has begun

Inside the #MeToo unraveling of Eric Swalwell

Inside the #MeToo unraveling of Eric Swalwell His staffers turned on him

William Liang

6 mins

Apr 12 2026 - 11:59pm

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

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

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

Europe’s identity crisis

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

What Ireland teaches us about Iran

What Ireland teaches us about Iran Martyrdom turns suffering into strength

Malise Ruthven

8 mins

Apr 16 2026 - 12:01am

Should philosophers take drugs? We must embrace the weirdness of the world

Justin Smith-Ruiu

8 mins

Sep 12 2025 - 12:00am

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 Russia and China’s Iran windfall

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

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

How to defy dictatorship

How to defy dictatorship Anatoly Marienhof saw through Soviet communism

William T. Vollmann

6 mins

Apr 12 2026 - 11:59pm

Faith

The war for China's soul Xi sees Christianity as spiritual opium

Christopher Harding

5 mins

Sep 1 2025 - 12:00am

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

Matt Huber

5 mins

Jul 30 2025 - 12:00am

Prof. Robert Pape Is Iran winning the war?

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

In defense of Lena Dunham

In defense of Lena Dunham She understands your body horror

Poppy Sowerby

6 mins

Apr 16 2026 - 12:00am

War

Trouble in the National Guard Troop morale has rarely been lower

Malcom Kyeyune

9 mins

Jun 26 2025 - 12:03am