When will the trade unions speak up? They sit idly by while workers face ever tightening constraints on their freedoms

Saturday

13.06

After Covid, a demographic crisis awaits The virus has revealed the acute vulnerability of ageing populations

Mary Harrington

Friday

12.06

Malcolm Turnbull: Trump is not a conservative Freddie Sayers speaks to the former Australian Prime Minister

The Wire could never be made today The show's moral complexity belongs to a bygone era

Why is the Government U-turning on masks? It comes down to a question of evidence

Thursday

11.06

How did Covid come to Britain? A new study provides some important clues

When it comes to statues in Hungary, kitsch is king My country has a unique way of remembering its historical figures...

Alexander Faludy

Wednesday

10.06

Norwegian health chief: we advised against closing schools Freddie Sayers speaks to Camilla Stoltenberg, head of the Norwegian Institute for Public Health

Why the Conservatives are right to ban evictions Covid is not the landlords' fault, but it's not their tenants' fault either

Statue-toppling shakes the foundations of ‘Britishness’ Removing imperial monuments could have a surprising effect on UK identity

Tuesday

09.06

Watch: Was Dickens a Remainer or Leaver? Helen Thompson gives her take...

No wonder the Church of England rejected my library design The institution is trying too hard to be trendy

A V-shaped recovery? U have got to be joking The crisis has bruised some parts of the economy — others have been broken

Monday

08.06

Chicago Pastor: Police should not allow looting Freddie Sayers speaks to Chicago pastor Corey Brooks about rioting in his community

Don’t kid yourselves, this isn’t 1968 Unlike the soixante-huitards, BLM protesters have establishment support

Sunday

07.06

Ross Douthat: BLM protests and the Decadent Society The New York Times columnist talks to Freddie Sayers about the protests, Trump and the politics of Covid-19

Saturday

06.06

Descending into the underworld This week's long read pick is a classic essay from writer Annie Dillard

Mary Harrington

Friday

05.06

Tim Davie faces a perfect storm at the Beeb Falling revenues, a hostile government and growing competition signal tough times ahead

Some Brexit voters aren’t going to like Whiggish Global Britain The Hong Kong question exposes a big division in the Leave camp

Thursday

04.06

Ben and Jerry’s: your moral saviour Is there any creed more unedifying than woke capitalism?

Is the world facing a hysteretic shock? The lockdown recession threatens to scar the economy for generations

The British imitation of America goes well beyond race The trans movement is another notable US import

Wednesday

03.06

Did Dominic Cummings cause a lockdown breakdown? There are a couple of problems with this hypothesis

Karl Friston: up to 80% not even susceptible to Covid-19 The influential professor's statistical observations could radically change how we lift lockdown

After Trump, will a more dangerous demagogue arrive? It's worth contemplating what a more competent populist could achieve

Tuesday

02.06

Unfortunately, political sectarianism is only going to get worse We are seeing this on both sides of the Atlantic

Hyper-connectivity: Our fatal weakness The pandemic has exposed this fundamental flaw in the economic system

Monday

01.06

Is lockdown hurting Red Wall voters the most? New research shows they are badly hit by Covid job losses

Pandemics and climate change spelled the end for Rome The role of these factors has never looked more relevant

Why Dietrich Bonhoeffer is essential lockdown reading In uncertain times the greatest gift is the security of a good home

Elizabeth Oldfield

Saturday

30.05

How Brooklyn Hipsterdom disintegrated under lockdown A Bushwick houseshare looked like an urban idyll — until Covid struck

Mary Harrington

Friday

29.05

The self-harm of Britain’s R&D policies A new report offers some clues into the UK's dismal record on productivity

The view from Asia: is test and trace even viable in the UK? Experts from South Korea and Hong Kong share their views

Another day, another misleading Corona study! A 'correlation' is not quite what it seems...

Thursday

28.05

Supporters of Emily Maitlis should be careful what they wish for One day, the tables might turn

Universal Basic Income: A solution to Wokenomics? Single mothers can be supported without the state's intrusion

What René Girard would have to say about Dominic Cummings The French philosopher warned of the spiralling nature of psychosocial violence

Wednesday

27.05

To revive the economy, tax Britain’s piggy banks It is the only way to discourage unwanted flows of capital

When will churchgoers sing again? It is the closest I come to a felt encounter with the divine

Elizabeth Oldfield

Cummings is guilty but shouldn’t resign I took a look at how governments across the world have responded in similar cases

Tuesday

26.05

Slowly but surely, Britain is turning into America The Cummings saga has put this gruesome transformation on full display

A newer, better version of the Free Speech Union? The Campaign for Common Sense is launching a fresh assault on cancel culture

Mary Harrington

Netanyahu’s trial is a test of Israel’s democracy The Prime Minister's trial began on Sunday

Monday

25.05

Why do our church leaders worship at the altar of health and safety? They are so attached to the idea that everything else is obscured

Sunday

24.05

Where is the real Northumberland? Today is a reminder of the shrunken county imposed on Northumbrians 50 years ago

Friday

22.05

China’s amour propre has become its tragic flaw Western elites won't turn a blind eye to the HK security law

Mary Harrington

Let’s put young Brits to work planting trees Why not give disenchanted youths a job to be proud of?

Thursday

21.05

Banned by YouTube: Professor Karol Sikora discusses Covid-19 Signs that the virus is 'getting tired' across the world

How much difference would an earlier shutdown have made? There are some wildly overconfident claims going around

Sunetra Gupta: Covid-19 is on the way out

The Joe Rogan-Spotify deal is bad news for podcasting One commentator warns that it is a worrying sign of what is to come

Wednesday

20.05

Niall Ferguson: Covid-19 is China’s Chernobyl moment The historian talks to Freddie Sayers about the geopolitics of this pandemic

Sobriety tags? Great, let’s put them on politicians The consequences of health monitoring devices are mind-boggling

UnHerd and the UK new media landscape Don't miss our write-up in the i newspaper

Tuesday

19.05

Will Covid mark the end of national sovereignty in Europe? One way or another, a Rubicon will have to be crossed

Does blank slateism make us more intolerant? That's the implication of a new research paper on polarisation

Mary Harrington

Monday

18.05

Once again, Macron looks to de Gaulle The French President has faced criticism for invoking the war-time general

Apocalyptos miss the heart of the Christian story Escaping to a bunker during a crisis will only get you so far

Saturday

16.05

Who was the real Oliver Cromwell? The Lord Protector remains an uneasy figure in English history even to this day

Mary Harrington

Friday

15.05

The post Covid blocs are beginning to emerge The world is dividing into low-Covid countries and places which have decided to live alongside it

See you in 2040 — bet you the world is a better place Contrary to what the doom-mongers say, people will be healthier, richer and living in peace

Facemasks: yet another social pressure that women feel more than men From girlhood we are more worried about how we are perceived than boys

Thursday

14.05

Does remdesivir treat Covid-19? The drug got FDA approval earlier this month

The pre-modern idyll of Thomas the Tank Engine The children's book celebrates its 75th anniversary this week

After lockdown, prepare for the Big Move Leaving London is becoming an increasingly attractive prospect

Wednesday

13.05

Normalement, or back to normal? Let's look to the French for a better understanding of that tricky word

Elizabeth Oldfield

The case for lockdowns Dr Natalie Dean talks to Freddie Sayers

The new battle line in libertarian thought Covid has pitched the rationalists against the visceralists

Tuesday

12.05

Who are the corona tribes? Even as Covid turns our world upside down, polarisation is creeping back

Are the young turning into progressive authoritarians? A recent poll seems to suggest so...

Memo to the Government: we don’t all live in zones 1 to 4 For most people, the office isn't a cycle-ride away

Mary Harrington

Monday

11.05

Is Boris extending an olive branch to Putin? As UK-China relations sour, Moscow beckons

Why are we placing high-risk trans sex offenders in women’s prisons? It creates a dangerous environment for female inmates

‘Stay alert’ is not precise — but it is meaningful Those who conflate the two are being disingenuous

Friday

08.05

Newsnight turns Covid-sceptic An investigation from the BBC programme implies that lockdown may have been an overreaction

How much is a human life worth? A Telegraph columnist has tried to put a figure on it

Thursday

07.05

To the cafe tables, comrades — bring on the al fresco revolution Let's rediscover streets as beautiful places for business and pleasure

Nicholas Boys Smith

Has Germany just blown up the Eurozone? The most important story of the week was buried in pages of Deutsche legalese

Wednesday

06.05

I told you so! 100,000 tests was a foolish target A classic case of Goodhart's Law...

Do not let a brilliant thinker like Benedict fall silent He remains a valuable source of wisdom in the Catholic world

The FT’s shameful false equivalence on America and China Gideon Rachman makes a series of dubious claims in his latest column

Tuesday

05.05

Welcome to the struggle, Comrade Bray The Amazon vice-president's resignation is a reminder of the company's dark side

James Bloodworth