Weekend Essay

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

Susan Pickard

Susan Pickard

6 mins

6 Dec 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 -


Southern Spear

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

Brandan Buck

Brandan Buck

5 mins

4 Dec 2025 -


Money

Asset-hoarding boomers rob the young Our finances have gone ‘Vanity Fair’

Matthew Gasda

Matthew Gasda

4 mins

2 Dec 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 -


Money

Asset-hoarding boomers rob the young Our finances have gone ‘Vanity Fair’

Matthew Gasda

Matthew Gasda

4 mins

2 Dec 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 -

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 -

Ilford

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

Felix Pope

Felix Pope

7 mins

5 Dec 2025 -



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folklore

The parable of Sycamore Gap The tree has become a fantasy object

Kathleen Stock

Kathleen Stock

5 mins

5 Dec 2025 -


Sex

Why I miss the pick-up artists At least they knew how to flirt

Sarah Fletcher

Sarah Fletcher

8 mins

4 Dec 2025 -

Review

Jacinda Ardern is painfully relatable She is wrong about rehumanizing politics

Poppy Sowerby

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

3 Dec 2025 -

Secularism

Why Quebec banned God It is now a hostile place for the faithful

Giles Fraser

Giles Fraser

5 mins

3 Dec 2025 -

Space

Will Trump destroy Nasa? Its moonshot is a fantasy

Robert Zubrin

Robert Zubrin

8 mins

3 Dec 2025 -


America

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

Daniel Kalder

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

14 Nov 2025 -

zoomers

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

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

23 Oct 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 -

History

Don’t mention the old World Wars Outdated analogies make bad foreign policy

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

6 mins

23 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.

Mission Statement
war

Will Sushi Diplomacy protect Taiwan? The island is loyal to Japan

Christopher Harding

Christopher Harding

5 mins

2 Dec 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 -

premier league

The triumph of Brexitball Our football style has followed politics

Jonathan Wilson

Jonathan Wilson

7 mins

10 Oct 2025 -


Ilford

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

Felix Pope

Felix Pope

7 mins

5 Dec 2025 -

Peace deal

Europe’s humiliation over Ukraine Kaja Kallas is embarrassing to watch

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau

6 mins

1 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 -

Dispatch

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

Michal Kranz

Michal Kranz

11 mins

21 Sep 2025 -


Memoir

Can we forgive Olivia Nuzzi? She is a tragic figure

Kat Rosenfield

Kat Rosenfield

6 mins

5 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 -

Restaurants

How FoodTok killed the critic London’s top chefs cook for clicks

Jack Burke

Jack Burke

7 mins

30 Nov 2025 -


Faith

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

Christopher Harding

Christopher Harding

5 mins

1 Sep 2025 -

Energy

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

Matt Huber

Matt Huber

5 mins

30 Jul 2025 -


Economics

Big Tech are the new Soviets The Magnificent Seven rule us now

Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis

7 mins

4 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 -

Weekend Interview

Kevin Sabet: reefer madness is here Can the last drug warrior beat back Big Weed?

Sohrab Ahmari

Sohrab Ahmari

7 mins

29 Nov 2025 -


Music

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

Daniel Kalder

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

3 Jul 2025 -

War

Trouble in the National Guard Troop morale has rarely been lower

Malcom Kyeyune

Malcom Kyeyune

9 mins

26 Jun 2025 -


obituary

The transgressions of Tom Stoppard His ‘outsider’ status was a gift

Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton

6 mins

4 Dec 2025 -

spooked

Americans are seeing ghosts The paranormal industry is booming

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

5 mins

23 Jun 2025 -

Weekend Essay

Britain can't escape its imperial master Washington has ended Atlanticist fantasies

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

6 mins

29 Nov 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 -

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 -


Family

Liberal women have abandoned marriage Right-wing chauvinism doesn’t help

Patrick T. Brown

Patrick T. Brown

5 mins

3 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 -

weekend sketch

Zarah Sultana's Poundshop revolution She can't get Your Party started

Tanya Gold

Tanya Gold

5 mins

29 Nov 2025 -


AI slop

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

Louis Elton

Louis Elton

7 mins

4 Apr 2025 -

Feud

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

Oliver Jia

Oliver Jia

5 mins

21 Mar 2025 -


Demographics

Is Britain heading for net zero migration? Falling numbers spell trouble for Reform

Freddie Sayers

Freddie Sayers

6 mins

3 Dec 2025 -

20 years on

How YouTube forged the online Right Its polemicists radicalized a generation

Gavin Haynes

Gavin Haynes

6 mins

14 Feb 2025 -