"Poop poop!" go the progressives — just like Mr Toad.
01/07/2020 - 4:57pm

Let’s hear it for the Left-wing regressives! All this talk of progress among Labour hopefuls is missing the point

Giles Fraser

07.01

What’s minimalism trying to hide? Minimalist products depend on a maximalist production chain — and that chain is exploitative and wasteful

Freya Sanders

07.01

Let’s re-do the Political Studies Association awards Here are five alternative winners for 2019...

Peter Franklin

Monday, January 6

06.01

Ricky Gervais is a fool — in all the right ways The comedian's stinging criticism of the Hollywood elite takes a stand against 'anti-comedy'

Ed West

06.01

Are human rights overtaking democracy? Lord Sumption raises important questions about the mission creep of human rights

Giles Fraser

06.01

Lisa Nandy on social conservatism and Dominic Cummings The Labour leadership contender spoke to UnHerd about how communities can protect their culture

Freddie Sayers

Saturday, January 4

04.01

Studying Classics shouldn’t be an elite pursuit People forget the long tradition of working class study of the Classics

Mary Harrington

Friday, January 3

03.01

Watch: Yarom Hazony in a fiery debate on nationalism The academic locks horns with columnist Bret Stephens at Princeton University

UnHerd

03.01

Conservatives should capture the Green movement It's time to re-discover the long-lost conservative environmentalist tradition

Ed West

Thursday, January 2

02.01

Green means going local in globalised Vancouver A sign in a pile of potatoes saying 'BC first' taught me a lot...

Freya Sanders

02.01

Can patriotism be progressive? A seemingly innocuous statement has triggered a heated debate on the Left

Tom Chivers

Wednesday, January 1

01.01

Race is a bad way to target a scholarship — black or white Once you start going down the road of dividing people by their race, there's no going back

Paul Embery

01.01

Will China end America’s culture wars? China is one thing that unites American conservatives and liberals

Ed West

Tuesday, December 31

31.12

The top 5 climbers and fallers in the world of ideas From trade wars to identity politics, the 2010s was an interesting decade...

Mary Harrington

31.12

If Labour want help with patriotism, they should read Orwell

Paul Marshall

Monday, December 30

30.12

Greens need to starting talking solutions The Today programme should give a platform to someone like Michael Liebreich

Peter Franklin

30.12

The British answer to the Benedict Option The instinct to turn away from mainstream society is found far beyond American Christians

Freddie Sayers

Friday, December 27

27.12

Is it immoral to let children believe in Santa? Make-believe stories exist and are sustained precisely because we believe in them

Giles Fraser

Thursday, December 26

26.12

Are the Christians turning away from Donald Trump? Upsets at two Christian publications have put the President's evangelical support in question

James Billot

26.12

WATCH: 10 Christmas day messages From the Queen to Kevin Spacey, our selection of the interesting and the bizarre

UnHerd

Wednesday, December 25

25.12

Three myths about social conservatives Unhelpfully, social and cultural conservatives are often used interchangeably

Peter Franklin

Tuesday, December 24

24.12

Leave your echo chambers this Christmas Many of us have lost the habit of navigating political differences

Mary Harrington

Monday, December 23

23.12

The Two Popes is made in liberal Hollywood’s image The film's two main characters are a simplistic representation of two competing worldviews

Ed West

Saturday, December 21

21.12

The dark side of the communitarian idyll What drives people to religious withdrawal in contemporary individualistic America?

Mary Harrington

Friday, December 20

20.12

Will Boris fight for middle-aged men? Single middle aged men are the group most likely to commit suicide — and most likely to vote Tory

Ed West

Thursday, December 19

19.12

Does Dominic Cummings get survivorship bias? The advisor's recommended reading to Downing Street aides may be misguided

Tom Chivers

19.12

Don’t nuke the North, Dom Cummings should bury nuclear, not praise it, in his vision for economic renewal

Peter Franklin

19.12

Boris bans the word ‘Brexit’ An edict has gone out in government banning the B word post January 31st

Freddie Sayers

19.12

Judges are on a collision course with the Church A legal ruling has exposed a battle between Britain's two value systems

Mary Harrington

Wednesday, December 18

18.12

It’s time we ‘progressives’ stopped hectoring The liberal Left's identity politics alienated much of the country

Tim Farron

18.12

Why we need the BBC more than ever The Beeb's bias wouldn't be suddenly rectified by selling it off

Ed West

18.12

Why must Labour’s next leader be a woman? As polls show, no one cares that much about gender when it comes to politics

Ella Whelan