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

Progressives still don’t understand Churchill Comparing the former PM to Jesus and Mohammed misses the point

Pro-lockdown polling is not as clear as you might think Does one-fifth of the country really support nighttime curfews?

Why can’t anyone afford property? Blame central banks Speculation is preventing a generation from becoming homeowners

Thursday

08.07

Britain’s Afghan failure comes to an end The war is over, but will the UK's defeat be remembered?

The sad decline of Oliver Stone The filmmaker has sold himself to some of the worst tyrannies on earth

Are scientists inching closer to a cure for genetic diseases? A new study offers cause for optimism

The war in West Papua the world ignores Indonesia is fighting a dirty campaign in the region

Wednesday

07.07

Zoom lectures are destroying the university experience Online learning should not become a permanent part of higher education

Have younger voters really gone red? A new generation of socialists may be upon us

Germany’s autobahn wars are intensifying The future of this country's roads will hinge on who wins the next election

Fifteen reasons why Denmark is the best country in the world England's semi-final opponents come from a truly blessed plot

Tuesday

06.07

Why won’t The Lancet admit it was wrong? The journal is doubling down on its rejection of the lab leak hypothesis

Did devolution cost lives? Leaders shifted blame, pointed the finger, and undermined good policy

Rupert Sheldrake: Science does not tolerate dissent Freddie Sayers spoke to the biologist about the dogma of scientism

Decriminalising crime continues to hurt San Francisco The city's liberal approach to petty crime is wreaking havoc on ordinary citizens

Sorry Extinction Rebellion, but nature is not progressive The world is, I'm afraid, dreadfully reactionary

Monday

05.07

At Bristol University, feminists are under attack We are being punished for insisting on our sex-based rights

Raquel Rosario Sánchez

The queering of The Lord of the Rings Progressives think Sam and Frodo were more than good friends

The latest front in the identity wars: sexual orientation Activists would have us believe that preferences are just 'genital fetishes'

Mary Harrington

UnHerd picks: June’s best Substacks Featuring culture wars, DNA, Jeff Bezos, OnlyFans and Dr Johnson

Friday

02.07

Footballing success matters more for Ukraine than England Victory in Saturday's game can help to unify a divided nation

Labour’s problem is not George Galloway: it’s Arthur Balfour Victory in Batley and Spen will not make the Palestinian question go away

Canada’s heatwave is a vision of our future In decades to come swathes of the world will resemble British Columbia today

Thursday

01.07

Is the fall of Jacob Zuma good news for South Africa? Endemic corruption might be combated now the former President is jailed

Govt modeller: What our Covid forecasts got wrong SPI-M member Dr Mike Tildesley considers whether June 21st could have gone ahead

What wrestling taught Donald Rumsfeld about power and pain The former defence secretary never forgot the principles of his college sport

How a single meeting in Oxford saved millions of lives The Nuffield Department of Medicine has had an outsized impact

Wednesday

30.06

Why journalists miss Donald Trump The 45th President made for great ratings - especially on the Right

Sex-positive feminists ignore the ugly truth about prostitution Legalised or not, the trade preys on vulnerable immigrant women

Will trans activists back down after this court verdict? A major new ruling punishes online abuse and harassment of women

In Germany, the Green bubble is bursting A plagiarism scandal is another set-back for the party's leader

Tuesday

29.06

How a Luftwaffe goalkeeper won over English fans Bert Trautmann showed how one individual could overcome group hostility