civil service

The amnesiocracy governing Britain There’s a reason our leaders are getting stupider

Mary Harrington

Mary Harrington

7 mins

24 Feb 2026 -

Anniversary

Putin can’t survive without war Death has become a political religion

Ian Garner

Ian Garner

8 mins

24 Feb 2026 -


wellness

How hipsters ruined saunas Sweat should be a social leveller

Pratinav Anil

Pratinav Anil

6 mins

24 Feb 2026 -


Anniversary

Putin can’t survive without war Death has become a political religion

Ian Garner

Ian Garner

8 mins

24 Feb 2026 -


wellness

How hipsters ruined saunas Sweat should be a social leveller

Pratinav Anil

Pratinav Anil

6 mins

24 Feb 2026 -


Education

Why your kid hates learning apps The popular i-Ready platform dulls young minds

John Allen Wooden

John Allen Wooden

12 mins

24 Feb 2026 -


Supreme Court

Why Trump will win the tariff war Lawfare has never stopped him

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

23 Feb 2026 -

Anniversary

Putin can’t survive without war Death has become a political religion

Ian Garner

Ian Garner

8 mins

24 Feb 2026 -

wellness

How hipsters ruined saunas Sweat should be a social leveller

Pratinav Anil

Pratinav Anil

6 mins

24 Feb 2026 -


Education

Why your kid hates learning apps The popular i-Ready platform dulls young minds

John Allen Wooden

John Allen Wooden

12 mins

24 Feb 2026 -

Folklore

Why myths can save humanity Old stories fill our lives with dignity

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

7 mins

23 Feb 2026 -


Racism

Why I used the N-word in bed  Black men spurn BLM pieties for ‘race play’

Brennan Vickery

Brennan Vickery

7 mins

23 Feb 2026 -


Minnesota

Will Stancil’s Revenge of the Nerd The online weenie is the hero the Left needs

Ryan Zickgraf

Ryan Zickgraf

5 mins

30 Jan 2026 -

Feminism

The West’s great infantile disorder We’re coddled and coerced like kids

Susan Pickard

Susan Pickard

7 mins

24 Jan 2026 -

parenting

Am I allowed to hate fatherhood? A cancelled dad speaks out  

Justin Murphy

Justin Murphy

9 mins

22 Jan 2026 -

Supreme Court

Why Trump will win the tariff war Lawfare has never stopped him

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

23 Feb 2026 -


dispatch

Inside the AI resistance Is the tech apocalypse driving activists mad?

Farahn Morgan

Farahn Morgan

10 mins

23 Feb 2026 -

Dispatch

Can boars make Britain great again? They nourish both soil and soul

Greg Noone

Greg Noone

7 mins

20 Feb 2026 -

Karl Popper

The totalitarianism of the open society There’s no escaping utopia

Matthew Crawford

Matthew Crawford

6 mins

23 Feb 2026 -


Ash Wednesday

The Gothic gospel of Oscar Wilde ‘Dorian Gray’ is about repentance

David Lloyd Dusenbury

David Lloyd Dusenbury

9 mins

18 Feb 2026 -

New York

Don’t condemn the urban explorers Boys need adventure

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

19 Feb 2026 -

Our Mission

When the herd takes off in one direction, what do you do?
UnHerd is for people who dare to think for themselves.

Mission Statement
weekend dispatch

Foot-and-mouth was the start of the trouble It is England’s lost catastrophe

Cosmo Adair

Cosmo Adair

11 mins

21 Feb 2026 -


energy

There is no nuclear renaissance The technology came too early

Marco Visscher

Marco Visscher

11 mins

20 Feb 2026 -

Hobby Horses

Who killed the English eccentric? Our Americanised culture can’t tolerate oddness

Jack Burke

Jack Burke

7 mins

16 Feb 2026 -


Big Tech

The AI jobs-apocalypse is here Prepare for the laptop-class revolt

Ryan Zickgraf

Ryan Zickgraf

9 mins

17 Feb 2026 -

USA

How Trump violated the bourgeoisie He plays on their fear of chaos

Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton

6 mins

20 Feb 2026 -

Realignment

How to save the Democrats The postwar economy isn’t coming back

Henry Tonks

Henry Tonks

6 mins

13 Feb 2026 -

Weekend Analysis

How Britain gets its future back Cheap energy is just the start

Jonny Ball

Jonny Ball

7 mins

21 Feb 2026 -


Big Tech

How I beat my phone addiction Total abstinence doesn’t work

Richard Hanania

Richard Hanania

7 mins

12 Feb 2026 -

corruption

How Bangladesh’s revolution failed This election will change nothing

Pratinav Anil

Pratinav Anil

8 mins

11 Feb 2026 -


Japan

What does Sanae Takaichi want? China is watching the PM

Christopher Harding

Christopher Harding

8 mins

19 Feb 2026 -

ADHD

How to escape attention fracking A little irony would help

Sam Jennings

Sam Jennings

8 mins

10 Feb 2026 -

Documentary

The Gospel according to Blair He is full of globalist zeal

Kathleen Stock

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

20 Feb 2026 -


Review

Lionel Shriver’s migration thriller Her new book skewers white-lady charity

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

9 Feb 2026 -

Suburban sadism

Lucy Letby’s trial by Netflix The former nurse is as banal as she is evil

Poppy Sowerby

Poppy Sowerby

4 mins

6 Feb 2026 -


Reality TV

The ugliness of America’s Next Top Model Don’t believe its ‘moral reckoning’

Sarah Ditum

Sarah Ditum

6 mins

19 Feb 2026 -

Immigration

How Trump scams border hawks He’s creating an American Kafala

Antonio de Loera-Brust

Antonio de Loera-Brust

6 mins

5 Feb 2026 -

Restore Britain

Rupert Lowe’s Powellite revolution He risks splitting the Right

Rob Lownie

Rob Lownie

8 mins

19 Feb 2026 -


Trans wars

Plastic surgeons ditch gender ideology New guidelines rule out medical transition for kids

Benjamin Ryan

Benjamin Ryan

6 mins

4 Feb 2026 -

review

Behind the horror renaissance The genre opens up uncomfortable truths

Noah Kumin

Noah Kumin

5 mins

3 Feb 2026 -


review

Gisèle Pelicot’s divisive stoicism It has alienated her children

Sophie Heawood

Sophie Heawood

6 mins

18 Feb 2026 -

Donroe Doctrine

How to unleash Cuba The island is ripe for investment

John Masko

John Masko

7 mins

2 Feb 2026 -

Shadow Cabinet

Farage is preparing for power Reform is on a mission to professionalise

Aaron Bastani

Aaron Bastani

7 mins

18 Feb 2026 -


New York

The liberal lie about gentrification Displacement narratives are too simplistic

Adrian Nathan West

Adrian Nathan West

7 mins

30 Jan 2026 -

50 years on

Agatha Christie and the red scare Twenties crime capers were obsessed with communism

Alwyn Turner

Alwyn Turner

6 mins

29 Jan 2026 -


sports

ESPN has made America stupid Its decline presages a broader cultural collapse

David Masciotra

David Masciotra

8 mins

18 Feb 2026 -

The Left

The unravelling of Tim Walz He went from Democratic hope to chump

Emily Jashinsky

Emily Jashinsky

6 mins

28 Jan 2026 -

leadership

Don’t bet against Angela Rayner She has a Trumpian appeal

John Oxley

John Oxley

5 mins

17 Feb 2026 -


Gun guys

Alex Pretti’s weapon of misfortune The SIG P320 has a troubled history

Jon Stokes

Jon Stokes

6 mins

27 Jan 2026 -

ICE

Minneapolis is becoming a dual state The new rules are inscrutable

Leighton Woodhouse

Leighton Woodhouse

5 mins

26 Jan 2026 -


looksmaxxing

Beware the peptide Übermensch Biology is no longer destiny

Poppy Sowerby

Poppy Sowerby

4 mins

17 Feb 2026 -

weekend essay

Britain’s Atlantic subordination Our place in the world is clear

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

24 Jan 2026 -

Munich Security Conference

Rubio’s charm conceals a brutal truth Europe is on its own

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

16 Feb 2026 -


Obituary

Valentino’s battle for beauty Drab ideological fashion is now the norm

Matthew Gasda

Matthew Gasda

4 mins

22 Jan 2026 -

Westminster

Kemi Badenoch has one last shot Are coalitions the future?

Richard Vinen

Richard Vinen

6 mins

21 Jan 2026 -


Cinema

Wuthering Heights isn’t hot Leave sex to the imagination

John Maier

John Maier

6 mins

17 Feb 2026 -

Imperialism

Trump is losing the European Right His Greenland threats taint his allies

Mary Harrington

Mary Harrington

6 mins

20 Jan 2026 -

Weekend Essay

The myth of Western crisis Prophets of doom defend failed ideologies

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

18 mins

15 Feb 2026 -


geopolitics

Why Trump will get Greenland Europe is too weak to fight

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

19 Jan 2026 -

Health

Why you should eat the RFK diet Saturated-fat myths did great harm

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

16 Jan 2026 -


AI bubble

Welcome to the Global Casino The financial system is a gambling den

Ann Pettifor

Ann Pettifor

5 mins

16 Feb 2026 -

Politics

How the BBC uses the Robert Moses playbook ‘The Power Broker’ is a cautionary tale

Ben Cobley

Ben Cobley

7 mins

15 Jan 2026 -