Zohran Mamdani is just the beginning

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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

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Who’s afraid of the Abdul bros?

Who’s afraid of the Abdul bros? Centrist Dems use woke tropes against the Left — again

Zaid Jilani

6 mins

Jul 22 2026 - 12:00am

Burnham's potemkin radicalism

Burnham's potemkin radicalism

Jonny Ball

6 mins

Jul 22 2026 - 12:03am

The scandal of moonlighting doctors

The scandal of moonlighting doctors

Dr Emma Jones

9 mins

Jul 22 2026 - 12:03am

Burnham's potemkin radicalism

Burnham's potemkin radicalism Neoliberalism died decades ago

Jonny Ball

6 mins

Jul 22 2026 - 12:03am

The scandal of moonlighting doctors

NHS

The scandal of moonlighting doctors Taxpayers are funding private careers

Dr Emma Jones

9 mins

Jul 22 2026 - 12:03am

Burnham's potemkin radicalism

Burnham's potemkin radicalism Neoliberalism died decades ago

Jonny Ball

6 mins

Jul 22 2026 - 12:03am

The scandal of moonlighting doctors

The scandal of moonlighting doctors Taxpayers are funding private careers

Dr Emma Jones

9 mins

Jul 22 2026 - 12:03am

From the UK edition

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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

Kevin Keegan: true King of the North

Obituary

Kevin Keegan: true King of the North Heroism ran in the family

Dan Jackson

6 mins

Jul 22 2026 - 12:03am

Shabana Mahmood: human shield

Shabana Mahmood: human shield She is doing Burnham’s dirty work

Samuel Rubinstein

6 mins

Jul 21 2026 - 12:02am

Trump’s shadow economy

Prediction markets

Trump’s shadow economy Prediction markets reward those in the know

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

Jul 21 2026 - 12:01am

Andy Burnham’s missing economic strategy

Andy Burnham’s missing economic strategy Britain’s new premier has no plan

Wolfgang Munchau

6 mins

Jul 20 2026 - 12:03am

Watch & listen

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

Norman Finkelstein How Israel lost the Right

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

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

The Econoclasts The Brexit report is built on fake data

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

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

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

Jonny Ball

7 mins

May 25 2026 - 12:00am

Inside the capture of the BBC How transgenderism killed impartiality

Rob Burley

38 mins

May 20 2026 - 12:02am

The Econoclasts Europe’s rigged energy market is killing innovation

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Burnham’s afternoon of the long knives

Burnham’s afternoon of the long knives The soft Left can be ruthless, too

Aaron Bastani

6 mins

Jul 21 2026 - 12:03am

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

Our Mission

When the herd takes off in one direction, what do you do?
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Why Ukrainian liberals love conscription

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

Marta Havryshko

7 mins

Jul 20 2026 - 12:01am

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

On astonishment and angels Writers must learn to fly backwards

David Keenan

5 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:00am

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

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

Mar 23 2026 - 12:00am

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

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

2025: The West’s annus horribilis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Trump’s shadow economy

Prediction markets

Trump’s shadow economy Prediction markets reward those in the know

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

Jul 21 2026 - 12:01am

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

Michal Kranz

5 mins

Mar 5 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

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

Jake Sullivan Trump has handed Iran victory

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

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

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

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

The Econoclasts Military spending won’t save Europe

Germany’s economic death trap

Germany’s economic death trap

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Andy Burnham’s missing economic strategy

Andy Burnham’s missing economic strategy Britain’s new premier has no plan

Wolfgang Munchau

6 mins

Jul 20 2026 - 12:03am

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

Martin Shaw

7 mins

Feb 23 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?

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

Former Labour leader: Neil Kinnock

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

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

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

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

Alwyn Turner

6 mins

Jan 29 2026 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts Germany’s security council defeat is no surprise

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

Greece’s lethal warning to Europe

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

How Ferrari lost its sex appeal

How Ferrari lost its sex appeal Sports cars have been enshittified

Ed Wiseman

8 mins

Jul 20 2026 - 12:00am

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

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

Jan 24 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 Anglo-Gaullism Debate

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

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

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

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

Jan 3 2026 - 12:00am

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

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Dec 26 2025 - 12:00am

The Econoclasts The transhumanist future is closer than you think

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks

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

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

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Nov 14 2025 - 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

UnHerd Academy Tom Hodgkinson on Stoicism

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

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

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

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

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

Michael Lind

6 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

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

Europe’s identity crisis

Europe’s identity crisis

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Inside Liz Truss's America-brained CPAC

Inside Liz Truss's America-brained CPAC Farage is the British Right’s real star

Rob Lownie

8 mins

Jul 18 2026 - 12:01am

Why Human Design is perfect for our age It’s religion for the LinkedIn class

Alexandra Jones

7 mins

Oct 13 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

The Econoclasts Europe’s trade war with China will backfire

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

AOC’s Leftist headache

AOC’s Leftist headache Hardliners see her as a sellout

Ross Barkan

6 mins

Jul 14 2026 - 12:00am

The triumph of Brexitball Our football style has followed politics

Jonathan Wilson

7 mins

Oct 10 2025 - 12:00am

Nobel peace prize

The Iron Lady who could save Venezuela

Ian Birrell

5 mins

Oct 9 2025 - 11:59pm

John Burn-Murdoch Are smartphones causing the fertility crisis?

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

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 - 12:00am

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

Justin Smith-Ruiu

8 mins

Sep 12 2025 - 12:00am