Weekend essay

Why Easter is our strangest story Its truths are both timebound and timeless

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

6 mins

Apr 4 2026 - 12:04am

Weekend analysis

Europe should secure the Strait America’s war will soon be over

Edward Luttwak

Edward Luttwak

5 mins

Apr 4 2026 - 12:03am


Religion

Can we have the good without Good Friday? ‘The Exorcist’ captures our predicament

Susan Pickard

Susan Pickard

6 mins

Apr 3 2026 - 12:00am


Protests

How Trump saved the Left His hubris reawakened the opposition

Ryan Zickgraf

Ryan Zickgraf

5 mins

Apr 1 2026 - 12:00am


Mideast

The Boomer-uncle war Trump has no strategy beyond spectacle

Heather Penatzer

Heather Penatzer

5 mins

Mar 31 2026 - 12:00am


Protests

How Trump saved the Left His hubris reawakened the opposition

Ryan Zickgraf

Ryan Zickgraf

5 mins

Apr 1 2026 - 12:00am


Mideast

The Boomer-uncle war Trump has no strategy beyond spectacle

Heather Penatzer

Heather Penatzer

5 mins

Mar 31 2026 - 12:00am

Easter Essay

Why we need religion The West must escape Left-brain thinking

Iain McGilchrist

Iain McGilchrist

15 mins

Apr 3 2026 - 12:03am

cheap fakes

The cowardice of the AI plagiarist Writers risk becoming ventriloquist's dummies

Kathleen Stock

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Apr 3 2026 - 12:02am


ideology

Why ethnonationalism endures Westminster is still in denial

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

10 mins

Apr 2 2026 - 8:11pm

War economy

Why Britain can’t rearm Albion has lost its industrial base

Jonny Ball

Jonny Ball

6 mins

Apr 1 2026 - 12:03am

Looksmaxxing

Why politicians should not be hot Thirst-trapping won’t save the Dems

Poppy Sowerby

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

Apr 1 2026 - 12:01am

Mideast

The Boomer-uncle war Trump has no strategy beyond spectacle

Heather Penatzer

Heather Penatzer

5 mins

Mar 31 2026 - 12:00am


Atlanticism

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

Sophie Heawood

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

Mar 23 2026 - 12:00am

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


Easter Essay

Why we need religion The West must escape Left-brain thinking

Iain McGilchrist

Iain McGilchrist

15 mins

Apr 3 2026 - 12:03am

Weekend Essay

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

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

Feb 28 2026 - 12:15am

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
Iran

Trump’s gamble with the West’s future His strategy is just a roll of the dice

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

Mar 30 2026 - 12:03am


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

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


cheap fakes

The cowardice of the AI plagiarist Writers risk becoming ventriloquist's dummies

Kathleen Stock

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Apr 3 2026 - 12:02am

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

Weekend Analysis

The return of feudal diplomacy Statecraft now hinges on personal relationships

Malise Ruthven

Malise Ruthven

6 mins

Mar 28 2026 - 12:20am


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

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

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

Jan 24 2026 - 12:00am


Mental Health

The case against social media bans Prohibitionists rely on faulty arguments

Olympia Campbell

Olympia Campbell

6 mins

Apr 2 2026 - 12:02am

The Right

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

Nikos Mohammadi

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

Jan 3 2026 - 12:00am

Weekend essay

War is being hypernormalized America is resigned to conflict

B. Duncan Moench

B. Duncan Moench

6 mins

Mar 28 2026 - 12:15am


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

America

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

Daniel Kalder

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Nov 14 2025 - 12:00am


Linguistics

The false dawn of the post-literate society LLMs have brought back protowriting

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

6 mins

Apr 2 2026 - 12:01am

zoomers

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

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

Oct 23 2025 - 12:00am

Weekend Opinion

The truth about the Christian revival Vibe shifts are hard to quantify

Justin Brierley

Justin Brierley

4 mins

Mar 28 2026 - 12:05am


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

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


Dispatch

Will Lebanon implode? Israel is inflaming sectarian tensions

Jacob Russell

Jacob Russell

9 mins

Apr 1 2026 - 12:02am

premier league

The triumph of Brexitball Our football style has followed politics

Jonathan Wilson

Jonathan Wilson

7 mins

Oct 10 2025 - 12:00am

Grand strategy

America is losing Cold War II The winner is China

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

9 mins

Mar 27 2026 - 12:02am


South America

The Iron Lady who could save Venezuela

Ian Birrell

Ian Birrell

5 mins

Oct 9 2025 - 11:59pm

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


Space

Artemis mission reeks of Musk Don’t cheer for the Nasa mission

Gerard DeGroot

Gerard DeGroot

5 mins

Apr 1 2026 - 12:00am

Dispatch

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

Michal Kranz

Michal Kranz

11 mins

Sep 21 2025 - 12:10am

The Left

How Democrats win on foreign policy The US is drifting Leftward on Israel and Iran

Ross Barkan

Ross Barkan

5 mins

Mar 25 2026 - 11:46pm


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

Faith

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

Christopher Harding

Christopher Harding

5 mins

Sep 1 2025 - 12:00am


Schism

Is America fighting a holy war? Catholics and evangelicals are at loggerheads

Mary Harrington

Mary Harrington

6 mins

Mar 31 2026 - 12:04am

Music

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

Daniel Kalder

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Jul 3 2025 - 12:00am