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Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton is a critic, literary theorist, and UnHerd columnist. He is the author of several books, including the forthcoming A Death of One's Own: Reflections on Mortality.

Terry Eagleton is a critic, literary theorist, and UnHerd columnist. He is the author of several books, including the forthcoming A Death of One's Own: Reflections on Mortality.

Why corpses shouldn’t be sacred

Why corpses shouldn’t be sacred

Terry Eagleton

27 Aug 2026

Politicians deserve our cynicism

Politicians deserve our cynicism

Terry Eagleton

14 Aug 2026

On plagiarism

On plagiarism

Terry Eagleton

30 Jul 2026

Jeffrey Donaldson’s wicked crimes

Jeffrey Donaldson’s wicked crimes

Terry Eagleton

26 Jun 2026

Why aristocrats are funny

Why aristocrats are funny

Terry Eagleton

28 May 2026

Champions League is the people’s theatre

Champions League is the people’s theatre

Terry Eagleton

28 Apr 2026

How Salford made modern Britain

How Salford made modern Britain

Terry Eagleton

17 Apr 2026

On love and sacrifice

On love and sacrifice

Terry Eagleton

05 Apr 2026

Lord of the Flies is wrong about humanity

Lord of the Flies is wrong about humanity

Terry Eagleton

28 Feb 2026

How Trump violated the bourgeoisie

How Trump violated the bourgeoisie

Terry Eagleton

20 Feb 2026

What the King tells us about Britain

What the King tells us about Britain

Terry Eagleton

27 Dec 2025

Jane Austen was no Romantic

Jane Austen was no Romantic

Terry Eagleton

23 Dec 2025

The transgressions of Tom Stoppard

The transgressions of Tom Stoppard

Terry Eagleton

04 Dec 2025

Why the BBC was never impartial

Why the BBC was never impartial

Terry Eagleton

17 Nov 2025

Andrew: the half-buffoon prince

Andrew: the half-buffoon prince

Terry Eagleton

11 Nov 2025

Jonathan Swift’s lessons in irony

Jonathan Swift’s lessons in irony

Terry Eagleton

28 Oct 2025

Does Trump read Shakespeare?

Does Trump read Shakespeare?

Terry Eagleton

24 Sep 2025

Trump needs a Fool

Trump needs a Fool

Terry Eagleton

02 Sep 2025

Famine is an age-old weapon

Famine is an age-old weapon

Terry Eagleton

11 Aug 2025

Who are you calling a terrorist?

Who are you calling a terrorist?

Terry Eagleton

24 Jul 2025

Ireland’s rising racism

Ireland’s rising racism

Terry Eagleton

12 Jul 2025

Is Nigel Farage a man of the people?

Is Nigel Farage a man of the people?

Terry Eagleton

21 Jun 2025

Alasdair MacIntyre: virtuous outsider

Alasdair MacIntyre: virtuous outsider

Terry Eagleton

10 Jun 2025

How capitalism threatens democracy

How capitalism threatens democracy

Terry Eagleton

28 May 2025

How Ireland fetishises history

How Ireland fetishises history

Terry Eagleton

15 May 2025

The truth about collateral damage

The truth about collateral damage

Terry Eagleton

29 Apr 2025

Is Standard English dying out?

Is Standard English dying out?

Terry Eagleton

14 Apr 2025

The truth about Trump and the Pope

The truth about Trump and the Pope

Terry Eagleton

11 Mar 2025

Donald Trump is a Dickensian rogue

Donald Trump is a Dickensian rogue

Terry Eagleton

27 Feb 2025

Britain is stronger divided

Britain is stronger divided

Terry Eagleton

24 Feb 2025

Trump's American utopia doesn't exist

Trump’s American utopia doesn’t exist

Terry Eagleton

30 Jan 2025

The myth of cultural unity

The myth of cultural unity

Terry Eagleton

06 Jan 2025

Britain's new Class War

Britain’s new Class War

Terry Eagleton

02 Dec 2024

The return of America's Puritans

The return of America’s Puritans

Terry Eagleton

23 Nov 2024

America is tortured by demons

America is tortured by demons

Terry Eagleton

05 Nov 2024

Wuthering Heights isn't a love story

Wuthering Heights isn’t a love story

Terry Eagleton

02 Oct 2024

In defence of stereotypes

In defence of stereotypes

Terry Eagleton

10 Sep 2024

English nationalism is built on a lie

English nationalism is built on a lie

Terry Eagleton

14 Aug 2024

Trump and Biden shouldn't fear death

Trump and Biden shouldn’t fear death

Terry Eagleton

26 Jul 2024

Keir Starmer's phoney social democracy

Keir Starmer’s phoney social democracy

Terry Eagleton

08 Jul 2024

Nigel Farage and the futility of British values

Nigel Farage and the futility of British values

Terry Eagleton

04 Jun 2024

In defence of our new student radicals

In defence of our new student radicals

Terry Eagleton

08 May 2024

The problem with Byron's debauchery

The problem with Byron’s debauchery

Terry Eagleton

17 Apr 2024

How the miners created a new working class

How the miners created a new working class

Terry Eagleton

05 Mar 2024

Britain doesn't need a sick king

Britain doesn’t need a sick king

Terry Eagleton

27 Feb 2024

Keir Starmer and the triumph of the middle class

Keir Starmer and the triumph of the middle class

Terry Eagleton

16 Jan 2024

The perversion of the English language

The perversion of the English language

Terry Eagleton

04 Jan 2024

The dogmatism of common sense

The dogmatism of common sense

Terry Eagleton

06 Dec 2023

Are all terrorists monsters?

Are all terrorists monsters?

Terry Eagleton

02 Nov 2023

The horror of doppelgangers

The horror of doppelgangers

Terry Eagleton

03 Oct 2023

Beware the new leviathans

Beware the new leviathans

Terry Eagleton

01 Sep 2023

It's time to abolish the university

It’s time to abolish the university

Terry Eagleton

16 Aug 2023

How we lost faith in belief

How we lost faith in belief

Terry Eagleton

25 Jul 2023

How the truth fell into disrepute

How the truth fell into disrepute

Terry Eagleton

10 Jul 2023

Despotism is a beast of capitalism

Despotism is a beast of capitalism

Terry Eagleton

21 Jun 2023

How I knew my phone was hacked

How I knew my phone was hacked

Terry Eagleton

13 Jun 2023

The liberal complacency of Martin Amis

The liberal complacency of Martin Amis

Terry Eagleton

23 May 2023

Why doesn't King Charles like me?

Why doesn’t King Charles like me?

Terry Eagleton

04 May 2023

Ireland is a Freudian dream

Ireland is a Freudian dream

Terry Eagleton

05 Apr 2023

Who are the strikers fooling?

Who are the strikers fooling?

Terry Eagleton

14 Mar 2023

Conspiracies are the price of freedom

Conspiracies are the price of freedom

Terry Eagleton

17 Feb 2023

Harry and Meghan's Montecito prison

Harry and Meghan’s Montecito prison

Terry Eagleton

13 Jan 2023

Have yourself a countercultural Christmas

Have yourself a countercultural Christmas

Terry Eagleton

23 Dec 2022

The workers were never ignorant

The workers were never ignorant

Terry Eagleton

23 Nov 2022

The Tories will never be united

The Tories will never be united

Terry Eagleton

02 Nov 2022

How powerful is Liz Truss?

How powerful is Liz Truss?

Terry Eagleton

13 Oct 2022

Poverty is not inevitable

Poverty is not inevitable

Terry Eagleton

07 Sep 2022

James Joyce's divine comedy

James Joyce’s divine comedy

Terry Eagleton

30 Aug 2022

Boris Johnson was too Dickensian

Boris Johnson was too Dickensian

Terry Eagleton

16 Jul 2022

Ghislaine Maxwell had a choice

Ghislaine Maxwell had a choice

Terry Eagleton

12 Jul 2022

Are you an extremist?

Are you an extremist?

Terry Eagleton

13 Jun 2022

Ludwig Wittgenstein's war on philosophy

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s war on philosophy

Terry Eagleton

16 May 2022

Was Jesus a revolutionary?

Was Jesus a revolutionary?

Terry Eagleton

15 Apr 2022

Boris Johnson is no clown

Boris Johnson is no clown

Terry Eagleton

30 Mar 2022

Vladimir Putin's war on chaos

Vladimir Putin’s war on chaos

Terry Eagleton

21 Mar 2022

How to survive our tragedy

How to survive our tragedy

Terry Eagleton

09 Oct 2021

The emptiness of Evil

The emptiness of Evil

Terry Eagleton

17 Apr 2021