Books

‘Suicidal empathy’ is fake science Humans are more than animals

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

May 13 2026 - 12:10am

US-China summit

Xi Jinping wants Taiwan for free Trump must hold the line

Eyck Freymann

Eyck Freymann

4 mins

May 13 2026 - 12:01am


Substack

Why everyone’s reading the Worst Boyfriend Ever The Gen Z writer is a post-MeToo monster

Poppy Sowerby

Poppy Sowerby

6 mins

May 13 2026 - 12:02am


opera

Musical nationalism can save Britten Great opera emerges from political upheaval

Alexander Cohen

Alexander Cohen

4 mins

May 12 2026 - 12:00am

Misogyny

London police’s rape blind spot The system still fails victims

Julie Bindel

Julie Bindel

5 mins

May 11 2026 - 12:01am

Weekend Analysis

Six coping myths about the local election Don't believe the 'post-match' spin

Patrick Flynn and Matthew Price

Patrick Flynn and Matthew Price

5 mins

May 9 2026 - 12:05am

Millennial Leftism

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s purity trap Politics is a game of addition

Sohrab Ahmari

Sohrab Ahmari

5 mins

May 12 2026 - 12:01am


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


Leadership

Farewell to Starmerworld A real reset is coming

Mary Harrington

Mary Harrington

7 mins

May 12 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
war

Boots-on-the-ground is Trump’s best option It’s what the logic of war dictates

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

May 11 2026 - 12:02am


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


War

Nato is a dangerous grift America is milking Europe

Thomas Fazi

Thomas Fazi

9 mins

May 12 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 Essay

Cosmic Scallies are radicalizing Liverpool The Red City is eyeing up Reform

Jonny Ball

Jonny Ball

10 mins

May 9 2026 - 12:15am


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


elections

Nothing can stop the break-up of Britain Even Farage is powerless

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

May 11 2026 - 12:03am

The Right

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

Nikos Mohammadi

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

Jan 3 2026 - 12:00am

Technology

Was AI called by Cthulhu? Anthropic’s new platform is straight from Lovecraft

Michael Cuenco

Michael Cuenco

8 mins

May 9 2026 - 12:00am


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


Bret Easton Ellis

How Patrick Bateman remade our cities

Richard A. Greenwald

Richard A. Greenwald

6 mins

May 11 2026 - 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

The Left

Why NGOs love Tom Steyer They prefer billionaires to a messy democracy

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

7 mins

May 8 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

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


Radicalism

Angry young women make bad feminists Their omnicaus obsessions stifle real change

Kathleen Stock

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

May 8 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

Pulitzer Prize

The uniparty media’s pro-war twins M. Gessen and Marc Thiessen push the same line

Nikos Mohammadi

Nikos Mohammadi

5 mins

May 7 2026 - 12:11am


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


Conclave

Was Pope Leo elected to fight Trump? Cardinals are no strangers to crusades

John Hooper

John Hooper

7 mins

May 8 2026 - 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

Sex

Redeeming Harold Bloom

Blake Bailey

Blake Bailey

10 mins

May 6 2026 - 12:01am


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


National treasure

The invention of David Attenborough He’s not as cuddly as you think

Samuel Rubinstein

Samuel Rubinstein

8 mins

May 7 2026 - 12:03am

Music

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

Daniel Kalder

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

Jul 3 2025 - 12:00am