12/09/2019 - 12:07pm

Why chess embodies the Christmas spirit My Confession with grandmaster Jonathan Rowson got at what Advent should really be about

Giles Fraser

09.12

Stop comparing Boris to Trump The Prime Minister has always had a liberal streak — unlike his American counterpart

Ed West

07.12

Competing visions for our brave, new intangible world Two articles point to some of the thorniest issues we face in the networked age

Mary Harrington

06.12

Labour plans to squeeze out religious education The manifesto pledge to reconsider RE classes is part of a grander plan

Giles Fraser

06.12

Finally! The Swedish ‘moderates’ agree to work with the populists The only way for populist movements to mature is to let them in

Freddie Sayers

05.12

The Lib Dems should have got my vote, but they won’t It’s the Alien v Predator v Terminator election – whoever wins, we lose

Ed West

05.12

Who is the world’s most typical person? The answer might be very different in 100 years' time

Peter Franklin

04.12

What’s behind Hexham’s happiness? In Northumbria, wealth doesn't equal contentment

James Billot

04.12

To boldly go? You first, Mr Bezos The Amazon founder should focus on problems back down on Earth

Peter Franklin

03.12

Communism creeps into America America's illiberal mood bears a worrying resemblance to another era

Ed West

03.12

Conservatives can be politically correct too The Right favours groups they would prefer to talk about kindly rather than coarsely

Mary Harrington

03.12

How to turn higher production into higher wages A captive labour force might be good for a company, but not the economy

Peter Franklin

02.12

Let’s hear from the Unheard Third A new BBC programme about non voters has some interesting ideas...

UnHerd

02.12

What Andrew Sullivan taught me about Michael Oakeshott My latest interviewee has got me excited about an often overlooked British philosopher

Giles Fraser

02.12

Out today: Andrew Sullivan’s confessions Don't miss the British-American columnist's reflections

UnHerd

02.12

There’s nothing taboo about the Anglo Saxons The latest controversy over the term 'Anglo-Saxon' ignores their significant history

Ed West

30.11

How can we find meaning in bullshit jobs? Jonah Galeota-Sprung finds an inherent tension in the social role of work

Mary Harrington

29.11

Look closely, and London is not what it seems

Freddie Sayers

29.11

Why haven’t we banned cars yet? They're designing a new car-free town in Arizona - we should follow their lead

Ed West

29.11

Is it immoral to vote for Labour? Corbyn's party has become an incubator for the hatred of Jews

Giles Fraser

28.11

Is Jordan Peterson a gateway to the alt-right? A new study suggests maybe — but it's still better to engage than to demonise

Ed West

28.11

How old is too old in politics? Should there be an age limit for political candidates?

Peter Franklin

28.11

Is America losing the war on misery? More Americans are dying 'deaths of despair' through drug or alcohol abuse

Mary Harrington

27.11

The YouGov map that says it all One powerful image shows how the Tories are heading for a majority

Freddie Sayers

27.11

Did the Green Party miss a trick with Brexit? Could a pro-Brexit Greens party have united liberals and small c conservatives?

James Billot

27.11

Netflix is like food – more doesn’t mean better We end up consuming rubbish, even though there's plenty of good stuff to go round

Peter Franklin

26.11

Today’s immigration data reveals a divided country The latest polling on UnHerd Britain shows how attitudes to immigration differ, even between neighbouring areas

UnHerd

25.11

Housing policy — will the Tories never learn? A government that refuses to take action against rentiers and land bankers will not be able to deliver affordable home ownership

Peter Franklin

25.11

Elsa goes all Elizabeth Warren in Frozen 2 Should the snow queen take a 23andMe test?

Ed West

25.11

The Manichaeism of the Left will be its undoing The good-or-evil cult of the Corbyn Left will prevent it winning elections

Giles Fraser

25.11

Podcast: George Monbiot’s Confessions The latest episode of Confessions with Giles Fraser is now live

UnHerd

23.11

GPS “crop circles” point to a weird data future This story from MIT Technology Review reveals a new kind of big data crime

Mary Harrington