Why is the taxpayer spending millions on Stonewall? Far too much public money is being spent on learning how to be a 'trans ally'

Sunetra Gupta: have my Covid hypotheses held up? My analysis was optimistic, but not outrageously so

Don’t save Geronimo! The media obsession with an infected alpaca represents the worst of Britain

Friday

06.08

Running back to Tony Blair won’t cut it, Keir The Labour leader's latest call to embrace the Blair era won't save him

Will the alarmist media coverage of Covid ever end? Certain media outlets are fear-mongering to generate clicks

New rules bring politics into the classroom by stealth Schools should be about education, not "social justice"

It’s time to welcome back Louis C.K. If you don't like him, don't watch him

Thursday

05.08

Why this trans athlete is no Laurel Hubbard Unlike the New Zealand weightlifter, Quinn is a biological female

English words on French ID cards? Scandale! Summer is here, and with it a bout of outrage at the lingua franca

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Tiktok’s latest fad: confessions of trauma What is causing so many young people to identify as emotionally damaged?

Will Biden look beyond the bobos? The President looks genuinely interested in the non-college educated

Wednesday

04.08

Is Germany finally standing up to Beijing? The Bayern's voyage marks a sea change in Germany's foreign policy

Why national populists love Hungary Tucker Carlson's visit is the latest in a long line of American malcontents

Biden’s border crisis could doom the Democrats A surge in illegal crossings is hurting the Party in the south-west

Why is the SNP bringing the Greens into government? The environmentalist party almost never rebels

Tuesday

03.08

The Democrats face an excruciating dilemma in 2024 Neither Biden nor Kamala make a convincing case for the presidency

We lost Afghanistan a long time ago It's time we showed some humility about the withdrawal

‘Preferred pronouns’ are a form of sexist bullying I've been asked if I'm a boy or a girl more times than I remember

Monday

02.08

It’s the Reformation all over again Today's culture wars pit factions of post-1968 progressives against each other

What anti-vaxxers are really upset about People want to be governed, not farmed

Mary Harrington

Is Niall Ferguson planning to start a university? The historian says he won't write any more books

Saturday

31.07

UnHerd picks: July’s best Substacks Featuring: rationalists, the China Dream, violence and J.K. Rowling

Friday

30.07

How Georgia Meloni overtook Matteo Salvini The Brothers of Italy are now more popular than the League for the first time

Young people aren’t idiots on vaccine passports From the media coverage, you'd think all we care about is nightclubs

What Simone Biles can learn from Jordan Peterson The world's greatest gymnast chose chaos over order this week

Thursday

29.07

Does everyone agree transgender women are women? The International Olympic Committee medical director seems to think so

Winston Marshall, Jess de Wahls, Sarah Ditum: free speech in the Arts The latest UnHerd Live event, hosted by Freddie Sayers

Have I been unfair to Neil Ferguson? The professor is treated with leniency, even when he gets it wrong

Alta Fixsler and the cruelty of our courts Parents are no match for judges and doctors in the UK's legal system

Wednesday

28.07

Oh no, The Mash Report is back It's the worst kind of comedy — dull and self-satisfied

Why the Spanish Civil War isn’t over The Left-wing government's new law is a final attempt to finish the conflict

Why is good news about Covid so hard to accept? Pundits refuse to believe that the latest pandemic developments are positive

Tuesday

27.07

The only way to survive the vaccine wars In times like these, the best course is to disengage and stay out of it

There’s no such thing as a pregnant man The 'birthing community' is increasingly deluded about biology

Raquel Rosario Sánchez

Another golden handshake for Alan Rusbridger British journalism is in trouble — Rusbridger's new job shows us why

Monday

26.07

The meaning of the Speaker’s Corner stabbing Offensive or irresponsible speech should never be met with violence

Why the SNP doesn’t expect a second referendum any time soon Grassroots nationalists are being led on a merry dance by the party

The attention economy turns violent in Asda A recent supermarket brawl was powered by digital incentives

Mary Harrington

Nigel Farage is a model ex-politician The former Ukip leader hasn't disgraced himself, unlike many former PMs

Friday

23.07

Trump Insider: Chances of 2024 run just got a lot higher Freddie Sayers spoke to former Trump advisor Jason Miller

Labour’s Covid strategy isn’t working Starmer has ignored the plight of his working class base throughout the pandemic

Old surveillance habits die hard in Orbán’s Hungary The Pegasus revelations shouldn't surprise us — Hungary is in love with spying

Alexander Faludy

Unesco is right to ditch Liverpool The city has abandoned its heritage and must accept the consequences

Thursday

22.07

A David Mamet revival leaves #MeToo behind Unchecked male entitlement is not the playwright's only subject

Lockdowns are killers in the global south Many excess deaths in the developing world are pegged to GDP, not Covid

Toby Green Jay Bhattacharya

Online learning was a disaster for my generation As the school year ends, students and teachers need to recommit to real classrooms

Sophie Corcoran

Don’t blame global warming on men Using environmental metrics to pursue progressive social agendas is a bad idea

Wednesday

21.07

Israel offers its conflict management solution for sale The country is exporting a system of total surveillance around the world

Leave Jeff Bezos alone The Amazon founder is far from perfect, but his adventures in space are salutary

Keir Starmer is right to purge the cranks It's one more step towards sanity for the party

Tuesday

20.07

The media focus on racism obscures the real story Tales of abuse in recent days have been poorly reported

France’s anti-vax movement turns nasty Vaccination centres have been burnt to the ground

Lord Sumption changes his mind on vaccine passports The former Supreme Court Justice has come out firmly against the proposal

It’s time to talk about Covid vaccines and periods Women have reported changes to their menstrual cycle after being jabbed

Kristina Murkett

Digital censorship is inevitable now Governments are increasingly controlling the flow of information

Mary Harrington

Monday

19.07

Six measures to avoid another lockdown There are sensible ways the government can prevent another nightmarish autumn

Jonathon Kitson

The map that should terrify the West China has replaced the US as the main trading partner of most countries

Anti-Freedom Day polling is not what it seems Voters' reluctance to support reopening has a marked political bias

Politicians do deserve special privileges Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak should not have capitulated over self-isolation

Germany’s floods are politically dangerous, too The country's history is full of politicians who botched responses to disasters

The legal mandate for Covid vaccines is a mistake Our government has chosen compulsion over communication

China’s most famous novelist is compromised Liu Cixin joins a company that spies on the country's Uyghur population

Friday

16.07

Why elite parents are supporting Critical Race Theory They want their children to maintain their privileged position

The WHO’s war against children There has been a massive fall in routine immunisations against fatal diseases

Elon Musk: America’s bogus tech visionary His SolarCity lawsuit will be just another photo op

The ZeroCovid delusion is still gripping Australia My country had a chance to eliminate the virus, but we failed

Thursday

15.07

Boris Johnson’s dreadful ‘levelling-up’ speech Was he reading out the pages in random order?

Has Angela Merkel betrayed the United States? The Chancellor is putting Germany's relationship with the US under strain

The Runnymede Trust’s deeply flawed race report Cherry-picking data paints an inaccurate picture of ethnic minority Britain

America’s other deadly epidemic A massive increase in drug overdoses is ripping the country apart

Wednesday

14.07

Is the world finally going to banish malaria? Relatively small investment could save a huge number of lives

When will the hygiene theatre obsession end? Mistakes are normal, but failing to learn from them will cost lives

Jonathon Kitson

Tuesday

13.07

Are conservatives stoking the culture war? A new report fails to mention the role of progressive activists

For Miamian Cubans, this time feels different Islanders, not Floridians, are driving these protests

The Left is curiously silent on Cuba Corbynites have avoided weighing in on the protests

What would victory have meant for England? Very little Sporting wins rarely — if at all — portend a golden age

Monday

12.07

Why won’t Labour stand in Northern Ireland? Keir Starmer could offer Ulster a non-sectarian, progressive pro-Union voice

Big Tech wants to read your mind AI is taking frictionless shopping to new extremes

Mary Harrington

Italy’s young voters are drifting to the Right New polling shows that populism is not the preserve of older voters

Here in Italy, football is the last great unifying force Only the Azzurris can transcend the nation's bitter divisions

The French Greens fight — and lose — a pointless statue war Sandbagging plans for a new monument is a waste of political capital

Friday

09.07

Young people don’t want a Great Reset Returning to pre-pandemic normality won't fix structural disadvantages