Brexit

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

Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis

8 mins

23 Jul 2026 - 12:03am

Political wives

Frankie goes to Downing Street

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

23 Jul 2026 - 12:02am


The Odyssey

Why you don’t really get Homer

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

6 mins

23 Jul 2026 - 12:01am


Political wives

Frankie goes to Downing Street Should political wives be seen and not heard?

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

23 Jul 2026 - 12:02am


The Odyssey

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

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

6 mins

23 Jul 2026 - 12:01am


Immigration

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

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

7 mins

23 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Economics

Burnham’s Potemkin radicalism Neoliberalism died decades ago

Jonny Ball

Jonny Ball

6 mins

22 Jul 2026 - 12:03am

Political wives

Frankie goes to Downing Street Should political wives be seen and not heard?

Sophie Heawood

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

23 Jul 2026 - 12:02am

The Odyssey

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

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

6 mins

23 Jul 2026 - 12:01am


Immigration

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

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

7 mins

23 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Progressives

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

Zaid Jilani

Zaid Jilani

6 mins

22 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Immigration

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

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

7 mins

23 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Progressives

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

Zaid Jilani

Zaid Jilani

6 mins

22 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

The Far Right

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

Richard Hanania

Richard Hanania

8 mins

21 Jul 2026 - 4:20am

Literature

A novelist’s dark portrait of Natalie Portman Rachel Cusk’s new book mines the actress’s life

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

17 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Reshuffle

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

Aaron Bastani

Aaron Bastani

6 mins

21 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


NHS

The scandal of moonlighting doctors Taxpayers are funding private careers

Dr Emma Jones

Dr Emma Jones

9 mins

22 Jul 2026 - 12:03am

The Far Right

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

Richard Hanania

Richard Hanania

8 mins

21 Jul 2026 - 4:20am

Obituary

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

Dan Jackson

Dan Jackson

6 mins

22 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Literature

A novelist’s dark portrait of Natalie Portman Rachel Cusk’s new book mines the actress’s life

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

17 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Aesthetics

How Ferrari lost its sex appeal Sports cars have been enshittified

Ed Wiseman

Ed Wiseman

8 mins

20 Jul 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.

Mission Statement
Politics

Where’s the economic strategy, Andy? Our new PM has no plan

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau

6 mins

20 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Immigration

Shabana Mahmood: English patriot She is doing Burnham’s dirty work

Samuel Rubinstein

Samuel Rubinstein

6 mins

21 Jul 2026 - 12:02am

Big Tech

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

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

8 mins

16 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Murder Mystery

Why true crime isn’t real Alex Murdaugh isn’t a compelling killer

Kat Rosenfield

Kat Rosenfield

6 mins

16 Jul 2026 - 12:01am

Prediction markets

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

Poppy Sowerby

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

21 Jul 2026 - 12:01am

New York City

My night in ‘Mamdani-Ville’ The mayor fights a homeless camp — very gently

Sohrab Ahmari

Sohrab Ahmari

5 mins

15 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Weekend Essay

Burnham faces an insurgent Britain Can confidence in the state be restored?

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

18 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Socialism

AOC’s Leftist headache Hardliners see her as a sellout

Ross Barkan

Ross Barkan

6 mins

14 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Religion

Are influencers ruining the Camino de Santiago? The pilgrimage isn’t intended to be self-help

Chloe Hoyle

Chloe Hoyle

9 mins

14 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Westminster

Labour’s next civil war It’s Philosophers versus Economists

Andrew O'Brien

Andrew O'Brien

9 mins

20 Jul 2026 - 12:02am

Obituary

The triumph of Lindsey Graham Populists should learn from the late senator

Sohrab Ahmari

Sohrab Ahmari

4 mins

12 Jul 2026 - 6:06pm

Westminster

The Labour Party is insulting The Left has a history of cruelty

Kathleen Stock

Kathleen Stock

5 mins

17 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Gen Z

The end of going out New York has become boring and algorithmic

Matthew Gasda

Matthew Gasda

5 mins

11 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Finance

The Trump Accounts’ false promise The government is stealing from the crib

Richard A. Greenwald

Richard A. Greenwald

8 mins

10 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


War

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

Marta Havryshko

Marta Havryshko

7 mins

20 Jul 2026 - 12:01am

Review

Justice for ‘Citizen Vigilante’? The movie is right for the wrong reasons

Nikos Mohammadi

Nikos Mohammadi

7 mins

10 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

World Cup

England’s blind hope Failure binds us tighter than glory

Simon Critchley

Simon Critchley

6 mins

16 Jul 2026 - 9:38am


Politics

Mamdani’s MAGA power The populist will remake his party

Ross Barkan

Ross Barkan

5 mins

9 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Film

Did Homer have a woman problem? The Odyssey is intriguingly feminine

Philip Hensher

Philip Hensher

4 mins

8 Jul 2026 - 12:01am


Weekend Culture

Christopher Nolan: Hollywood’s last hero He still believes in Great Men

Leo Robson

Leo Robson

9 mins

18 Jul 2026 - 12:02am

Books

A cancelation novel’s lunar sequel Emmalea Russo’s ‘The Moon Papers’ demands freedom to create

Paul Franz

Paul Franz

6 mins

8 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Profile

How David Miliband failed upwards Will he wind up in Burnham’s Cabinet?

Ian Birrell

Ian Birrell

8 mins

15 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Dispatch

Meet Ulster’s young Orangemen Kids are sick of old-school Unionism

Adam James Pollock

Adam James Pollock

7 mins

7 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

politics

Why populism fails In a kakistocracy, the worst people come out on top

Richard Hanania

Richard Hanania

8 mins

6 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Weekend Sketch

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

Rob Lownie

Rob Lownie

8 mins

18 Jul 2026 - 12:01am

America 250

America’s other constitution The Articles of Confederation were our true liberty document

Vincenzo Barney

Vincenzo Barney

19 mins

3 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Obituary

Ann Widdecombe: Britain’s last Battleaxe We have grown simpering and sentimental

Mary Harrington

Mary Harrington

6 mins

14 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Conservatives

Why hot people are Right-wing The beautiful inhabit a different reality

Turi Munthe

Turi Munthe

5 mins

2 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Urban Left

How socialist transplants ruined my New York They’ve turned Queens into a college town

Stiven Peter

Stiven Peter

6 mins

1 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Weekend Review

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice The musical highlights our broken social bonds

David Littlefair

David Littlefair

6 mins

18 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Westminster

Does Manchesterism need Miliband? Red Ed has a radical vision for Britain

Wessie du Toit

Wessie du Toit

7 mins

30 Jun 2026 - 12:00am

lawfare

Why the campaign against Farage will fail The establishment refuses to learn from its mistakes

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

13 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


America 250

How the Constitution failed America The UK system is better at thwarting tyranny

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

7 mins

29 Jun 2026 - 12:00am

Weekend Review

AI: A God we can’t trust The tech threatens end times

George Scialabba

George Scialabba

5 mins

27 Jun 2026 - 12:00am


Labour

What Burnham gets wrong about the elites Bring back the Victorian do-gooder

Wessie du Toit

Wessie du Toit

8 mins

17 Jul 2026 - 12:02am

Big Tech

In defence of data centres The opposition is virtue-signalling

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

7 mins

26 Jun 2026 - 12:00am

Weekend Dispatch

Trump’s plan for Nato 3.0 The alliance relies on coercion and censorship

Lily Lynch

Lily Lynch

7 mins

11 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Heatwave

The sun gods are punishing Britain Mythologists fear heatwaves

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

6 mins

25 Jun 2026 - 12:01am

USA

How military schools warp American manhood Boys aren’t violent by nature

Jasper Craven

Jasper Craven

9 mins

24 Jun 2026 - 9:39am


Great Power

Israel doesn’t need friends Foreign threats breed self-sufficiency

Edward Luttwak

Edward Luttwak

6 mins

17 Jul 2026 - 12:01am

10 years on

How Britain lost control Brexit left us subservient to America

Jonathan Sumption

Jonathan Sumption

18 mins

23 Jun 2026 - 12:03am