Election Dispatch

The Hungarian revolution isn’t what it seems Orbán’s defeat is not a liberal victory

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

5 mins

Apr 13 2026 - 8:12am

Gambling

Is Polymarket a threat to democracy? The money is simply too good

John Masko

John Masko

8 mins

Apr 13 2026 - 12:01am


Iran war

The Middle East’s new power brokers Pakistan has supplanted Europe

Lily Lynch

Lily Lynch

8 mins

Apr 13 2026 - 12:03am


Faraway Tree

Enid Blyton’s enchanting provincialism ‘The Faraway Tree’ is a paean to the countryside

Samuel Rubinstein

Samuel Rubinstein

6 mins

Apr 13 2026 - 12:02am

Sovereignty

Is it too late to reindustrialize? Britain faces painful tradeoffs

Rian Chad Whitton

Rian Chad Whitton

11 mins

Apr 9 2026 - 12:02am

Passover

Bibi has become the new King Herod Imperial intrigues are a disaster for Jews

Ben Judah

Ben Judah

8 mins

Apr 8 2026 - 12:01am

Weekend Review

How to defy dictatorship Anatoly Marienhof saw through Soviet communism

William T. Vollmann

William T. Vollmann

6 mins

Apr 12 2026 - 11:59pm


Terrorism

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

Michal Kranz

Michal Kranz

5 mins

Mar 5 2026 - 12:00am

Weekend Essay

How Gorton beat Denton The new politics is ethnic, not sectarian

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Feb 28 2026 - 12:15am


Insanity

Does Kanye deserve our forgiveness? Shame is a vanishing emotion

Kathleen Stock

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:04am

Secret societies

On cannibalism and Jeffrey Epstein Liberal institutions function like secret societies

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

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
Weekend Dispatch

Is this the end of Viktor Orbán? His politics will outlast him

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

11 mins

Apr 11 2026 - 12:10am


Weekend Essay

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

Martin Shaw

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

Poppy Sowerby

4 mins

Feb 6 2026 - 12:00am


Nuclear power

The world has got uranium poisoning Nuclear power is no panacea

Tom Zoellner

Tom Zoellner

6 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:02am

50 years on

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

Alwyn Turner

Alwyn Turner

6 mins

Jan 29 2026 - 12:00am

Weekend essay

Why America is still winning It is building a new Suez in the stars

Pippa Malmgren

Pippa Malmgren

11 mins

Apr 11 2026 - 12:08am


weekend essay

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

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

Jan 24 2026 - 12:00am

The Right

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

Nikos Mohammadi

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

Jan 3 2026 - 12:00am


Science

Robert Trivers: the last wild man of academia He wouldn’t stand a chance today

John Maier

John Maier

7 mins

Apr 9 2026 - 12:01am

Year In Review

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

Kathleen Stock

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Dec 26 2025 - 12:00am

Authoritarianism

Stop worshiping Singapore The Right is wrong about Lee Kuan Yew

Muzainy Shahiefisally

Muzainy Shahiefisally

7 mins

Apr 11 2026 - 12:00am


America

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

Daniel Kalder

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Nov 14 2025 - 12:00am

zoomers

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

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am


Dispatch

Inside Charleston’s craft renaissance Young artisans are defying AI

Farahn Morgan

Farahn Morgan

8 mins

Apr 9 2026 - 12:00am

History

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

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

6 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

Misinformation

How censorship seized America Big Tech did the government’s bidding

Jacob Siegel

Jacob Siegel

9 mins

Apr 10 2026 - 12:01am


belief system

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

Alexandra Jones

Alexandra Jones

7 mins

Oct 13 2025 - 12:00am

premier league

The triumph of Brexitball Our football style has followed politics

Jonathan Wilson

Jonathan Wilson

7 mins

Oct 10 2025 - 12:00am


Technology

Will AI kill off populism? Conspiracy theorists are in the firing line

Richard Hanania

Richard Hanania

7 mins

Apr 8 2026 - 12:04am

South America

The Iron Lady who could save Venezuela

Ian Birrell

Ian Birrell

5 mins

Oct 9 2025 - 11:59pm

America

Against the Mad King Trump makes technocracy look good

Sohrab Ahmari

Sohrab Ahmari

6 mins

Apr 9 2026 - 12:00am


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

Sep 23 2025 - 12:01am

Dispatch

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

Michal Kranz

Michal Kranz

11 mins

Sep 21 2025 - 12:10am


Peace deal

Why I went to Moscow Russians are ready to compromise

Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis

7 mins

Apr 8 2026 - 12:02am

Psychedelics

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

Justin Smith-Ruiu

Justin Smith-Ruiu

8 mins

Sep 12 2025 - 12:00am

Iran war

America will never recover its authority Trump has passed the point of no return

B. Duncan Moench

B. Duncan Moench

5 mins

Apr 8 2026 - 9:59am


Faith

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

Christopher Harding

Christopher Harding

5 mins

Sep 1 2025 - 12:00am

Energy

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

Matt Huber

Matt Huber

5 mins

Jul 30 2025 - 12:00am


Dispatch

Why Orbán needs Ukraine Zelensky is the perfect scapegoat

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

6 mins

Apr 7 2026 - 12:03am

War

Trouble in the National Guard Troop morale has rarely been lower

Malcom Kyeyune

Malcom Kyeyune

9 mins

Jun 26 2025 - 12:03am