Weekend Edition, 23 September 2023

Weekend Essay
Rupert Murdoch was my fiercest competitor

He presided over a culture of total war

23 Sep
6 mins
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16:10

Ibram X. Kendi’s race hustle deserves to fail

Accusations of fund mismanagement at the academic's centre are no surprise

| 22 September
Weekend analysis
Net zero and the politics of narcissism

Climate hysteria is symptomatic of our absurdist age

Climate hysteria is symptomatic of our absurdist age

23 Sep
5 mins
Opinion
The Noughties enabled Russell Brand

In a culture of viciousness, he was adored

In a culture of viciousness, he was adored

19 Sep
6 mins
Opinion
Russell Brand’s sexual apocalypse

He is a creature of the MSM he so despises

He is a creature of the MSM he so despises

18 Sep
7 mins
Essay
Peep Show is a national humiliation

Its nihilism speaks for us all

Its nihilism speaks for us all

18 Sep
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Ibram X. Kendi’s race hustle deserves to fail

Accusations of fund mismanagement at the academic's centre are no surprise

| 22 September

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Philosophy professors are no longer safe

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Will we execute the Russian oligarchs? 

The West's moral fervour breeds persecution

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Russell Brand and the presumption of innocence

The public loses from such unserious debate

21 Sep
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Opinion

Keir Starmer will never rejoin the EU

The land of Remainer dreams is finished

22 Sep
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The Centrist Dads won’t save Britain

Do we really need more 'intelligent' leaders?

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The Russian invasion was a rational act

It is in the West's interest to take Putin seriously

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Analysis

Blue-collar workers are our only hope

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Immigration is religion’s only hope

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20 Sep
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Keir Starmer still doesn’t get Brexit

The Labour leader discusses Europe the way Clinton discussed sex

19 Sep
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Interviews.

we sit down with original thinkers and talk ideas

 The Russell Brand divide: could both sides be right?

Mary Harrington spoke to UnHerd about the accusations against the comedian

 Steven Berkoff: Offensive art is liberating

The actor spoke to UnHerd about the dangers of self-censorship

 Gad Saad: Postmodernism is making us miserable

The behavioural scientist told UnHerd how we can find happiness in a confusing world

 Wolfgang Münchau: the end of the German era

AfD voters are rebelling against a failing economy

 Inside Tony Blair Inc.

The former PM's new empire is growing

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Project Veritas was never going to outlast James O’Keefe

The Right-wing sting site ceased operations this week

| 22 September
Analysis
10:00

When will the WHO acknowledge its Covid policy failures?

The organisation missed another opportunity at this week's UN summit

| 22 September
Idea
07:00

Does France want a king?

King Charles's warm reception in Paris suggests it might

| 22 September
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19:30

In Canada, the gender wars are now a national issue

Thousands of Canadians protested against trans ideology this week

| 21 September
Debate
16:00

The EU won’t save Giorgia Meloni on immigration

Arrivals from Africa are destabilising Italy's government

| 21 September
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13:00

The Bank of England’s interest rate decision is short-termist

Rising energy prices could fuel inflation further

| 21 September
Analysis
10:30

Has Poland grown sick of helping Ukraine?

The country's leaders are choosing national interest over foreign aid

| 21 September
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07:00

Why do so many teenage girls feel unsafe?

A new survey found that nearly half are afraid to walk the streets alone

| 21 September
Profile
18:30

British Vogue’s virtue-signalling may be coming to an end

Incoming editor Chioma Nnadi is decidedly less political than her predecessor

| 20 September
News
16:10

Arts Council England agrees to pay compensation to feminist

The organisation has reached a settlement with Denise Fahmy

| 20 September
Weekend essays

The paranoia behind China’s spy war

Espionage is a fact of geopolitical life

16 Sep
5 mins
The ‘segregated’ playdate that led to a bomb threat

Moral revolutionaries targeted my Californian community

9 Sep
7 mins
Why we need Oliver Anthony

Britain needs a cultural rebellion

2 Sep
9 mins
What’s the point of the Women’s World Cup?

Grandiose claims about deeper meaning aren't always the answer

19 Aug
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Spotlight

Confessions of a Russell Brand superfan

My obsession hasn't been entirely straightforward

22 Sep
3 mins
The lies of trauma merchants

Hasan Minhaj won over liberals by playing the victim

21 Sep
7 mins
How American liberals can win

Masculinity and nationalism must not be off-limits

20 Sep
6 mins
Elon Musk hasn’t betrayed Ukraine

Starlink worked for the military from the start

19 Sep
7 mins
Essays

The gladiatorial art of the quiz show

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is a Roman circus

21 Sep
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is a Roman circus

21 Sep
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Why we sacrifice young girls

We're in denial about male desire

20 Sep
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Will Dominic Cummings destroy Westminster?

A new party isn't a substitute for revolutionary zeal

20 Sep
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