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Multiculturalism

Are Muslims Britain's future? An assertive new generation puts faith first

Rakib Ehsan

Rakib Ehsan

6 mins

10 Dec 2025 -

Civilization

Kenneth Clark: unlikely socialist He wanted the best for the most

Pratinav Anil

Pratinav Anil

6 mins

10 Dec 2025 -


Network states

The tragedy of Keir Starmer’s Substack It yearns for an illusory world

Mary Harrington

Mary Harrington

7 mins

10 Dec 2025 -


immigration

Tommy Robinson is a cynical Christian Hush the noise, ye man of strife

Giles Fraser

Giles Fraser

5 mins

9 Dec 2025 -

inquiry

Labour's grooming gang cowardice Working-class trust has been squandered

David Littlefair

David Littlefair

6 mins

9 Dec 2025 -

One year on

Will civil war return to Syria? Its future is in the balance

Tam Hussein

Tam Hussein

6 mins

8 Dec 2025 -

Real estate

Is Mamdani’s idealism already fading? Rhetoric is meeting reality

Lee Siegel

Lee Siegel

6 mins

9 Dec 2025 -


History

Don’t mention the old World Wars Outdated analogies make bad foreign policy

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

6 mins

23 Oct 2025 -

belief system

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

Alexandra Jones

Alexandra Jones

7 mins

13 Oct 2025 -


The arts

Who created our cultural Dark Ages? Blaming the Right is tempting — and wrong

Ryan Zickgraf

Ryan Zickgraf

6 mins

9 Dec 2025 -

premier league

The triumph of Brexitball Our football style has followed politics

Jonathan Wilson

Jonathan Wilson

7 mins

10 Oct 2025 -

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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America

How Trump conquered Europe His new security strategy reveals an imperial intent

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

8 Dec 2025 -


Architecture

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

Adam Ellwanger and John J. Waters

Adam Ellwanger and John J. Waters

6 mins

23 Sep 2025 -


MAGA

Memelords rule the White House Ragebait is a luxuriant expression of power

Poppy Sowerby

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

9 Dec 2025 -

Dispatch

Estonian opioids are heading for Britain Nitazenes are far deadlier than fentanyl

Michal Kranz

Michal Kranz

11 mins

21 Sep 2025 -

Weekend Essay

The therapy-scholar is killing academia Emoting is valued above intellectual heft

Susan Pickard

Susan Pickard

6 mins

6 Dec 2025 -


Psychedelics

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

Justin Smith-Ruiu

Justin Smith-Ruiu

8 mins

12 Sep 2025 -

Faith

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

Christopher Harding

Christopher Harding

5 mins

1 Sep 2025 -


Mommy wars

Attachment parenting is a guilt-trip Day care has been demonized

Rosie Gray

Rosie Gray

7 mins

8 Dec 2025 -

Energy

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

Matt Huber

Matt Huber

5 mins

30 Jul 2025 -

Weekend Opinion

Eurovision's bum-note boycott Politics has silenced The Joy of Song

Julie Burchill

Julie Burchill

4 mins

6 Dec 2025 -


obituary

Ozzy Osbourne made Birmingham his power He reassured the city's alienated weirdos

Tracy King

Tracy King

5 mins

24 Jul 2025 -

Music

How Black Sabbath transcended Birmingham Heavy metal was forged in the Midlands

Daniel Kalder

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

3 Jul 2025 -


Geopolitics

Silicon Valley strongmen want to lead the West The future belongs to technologists

David Patrikarakos

David Patrikarakos

9 mins

8 Dec 2025 -

War

Trouble in the National Guard Troop morale has rarely been lower

Malcom Kyeyune

Malcom Kyeyune

9 mins

26 Jun 2025 -

Weekend spotlight

The Bermuda Triangle swallowed our reason Conspiracy culture was born in its depths

Frederick Kaufman

Frederick Kaufman

5 mins

6 Dec 2025 -


spooked

Americans are seeing ghosts The paranormal industry is booming

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

5 mins

23 Jun 2025 -

nationalism

The battle for Poland isn’t over Traditional values aren’t welcome in Brussels

Michal Kranz

Michal Kranz

7 mins

6 Jun 2025 -


Weekend analysis

David Cameron was the future once Does the former prime minister have any regrets?

Michael Cockerell

Michael Cockerell

8 mins

6 Dec 2025 -

Review

'I Kissed a Boy' pays lip service to dogma Contestants don't practice what they preach

John Maier

John Maier

8 mins

1 Jun 2025 -

Venezuela

Maduro has called Trump’s bluff

John Masko

John Masko

7 mins

5 Dec 2025 -


culture wars

Can China rescue the classics? Greek philosophy may be of ideological use

Bruce Clark

Bruce Clark

6 mins

13 May 2025 -

AI slop

Welcome to the age of Otaku Ghibli memes are just the start

Louis Elton

Louis Elton

7 mins

4 Apr 2025 -


Ilford

The revolt on Streeting's doorstep Leanne Mohamad is poised to overthrow him

Felix Pope

Felix Pope

7 mins

5 Dec 2025 -

Feud

Japan's humiliation of South Korea They should be the best of friends

Oliver Jia

Oliver Jia

5 mins

21 Mar 2025 -

Southern Spear

Trump’s lawless narco-war The military-industrial complex feeds off conflict

Brandan Buck

Brandan Buck

5 mins

4 Dec 2025 -


critical thinking

Aptitude tests are making us stupid They encourage workplace conservatism

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

9 mins

12 Mar 2025 -

Counterculture

Frank Zappa: America's last rebel The old music gods are cashing out

Daniel Kalder

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

17 Feb 2025 -


Memoir

Can we forgive Olivia Nuzzi? She is a tragic figure

Kat Rosenfield

Kat Rosenfield

6 mins

5 Dec 2025 -

Starmerism

The folly of a British Silicon Valley Starmerism is suffocating its progress

Travis Aaroe

Travis Aaroe

5 mins

7 Feb 2025 -