Weekend Essay

Burnham faces an insurgent Britain Can confidence in the state be restored?

Aris Roussinos

Aris Roussinos

8 mins

18 Jul 2026 - 12:03am

Weekend Culture

Christopher Nolan: Hollywood’s last hero He still believes in Great Men

Leo Robson

Leo Robson

9 mins

18 Jul 2026 - 12:02am


Weekend Review

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice The musical highlights our broken social bonds

David Littlefair

David Littlefair

6 mins

18 Jul 2026 - 12:01am


Westminster

The Labour Party is insulting The Left has a history of cruelty

Kathleen Stock

Kathleen Stock

5 mins

17 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


World Cup

England’s blind hope Failure binds us tighter than glory

Simon Critchley

Simon Critchley

6 mins

16 Jul 2026 - 9:38am

Weekend Culture

Christopher Nolan: Hollywood’s last hero He still believes in Great Men

Leo Robson

Leo Robson

9 mins

18 Jul 2026 - 12:02am

Weekend Review

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice The musical highlights our broken social bonds

David Littlefair

David Littlefair

6 mins

18 Jul 2026 - 12:01am


Literature

A novelist’s dark portrait of Natalie Portman Rachel Cusk’s new book mines the actress’s life

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

17 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Murder Mystery

Why true crime isn’t real Alex Murdaugh isn’t a compelling killer

Kat Rosenfield

Kat Rosenfield

6 mins

16 Jul 2026 - 12:01am


Literature

A novelist’s dark portrait of Natalie Portman Rachel Cusk’s new book mines the actress’s life

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

17 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Big Tech

How passwords stole my sanity Digital bureaucracy has become ‘The Tangle’

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

8 mins

16 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

New York City

My night in ‘Mamdani-Ville’ The mayor fights a homeless camp — very gently

Sohrab Ahmari

Sohrab Ahmari

5 mins

15 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Socialism

AOC’s Leftist headache Hardliners see her as a sellout

Ross Barkan

Ross Barkan

6 mins

14 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

lawfare

Why the campaign against Farage will fail The establishment refuses to learn from its mistakes

Wolfgang Munchau

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

13 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Weekend Culture

Christopher Nolan: Hollywood’s last hero He still believes in Great Men

Leo Robson

Leo Robson

9 mins

18 Jul 2026 - 12:02am

Literature

A novelist’s dark portrait of Natalie Portman Rachel Cusk’s new book mines the actress’s life

Valerie Stivers

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

17 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Weekend Review

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice The musical highlights our broken social bonds

David Littlefair

David Littlefair

6 mins

18 Jul 2026 - 12:01am


Murder Mystery

Why true crime isn’t real Alex Murdaugh isn’t a compelling killer

Kat Rosenfield

Kat Rosenfield

6 mins

16 Jul 2026 - 12:01am

Big Tech

How passwords stole my sanity Digital bureaucracy has become ‘The Tangle’

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

8 mins

16 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Our Mission

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

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Weekend Dispatch

Trump’s plan for Nato 3.0 The alliance relies on coercion and censorship

Lily Lynch

Lily Lynch

7 mins

11 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Labour

What Burnham gets wrong about the elites Bring back the Victorian do-gooder

Wessie du Toit

Wessie du Toit

8 mins

17 Jul 2026 - 12:02am

New York City

My night in ‘Mamdani-Ville’ The mayor fights a homeless camp — very gently

Sohrab Ahmari

Sohrab Ahmari

5 mins

15 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Socialism

AOC’s Leftist headache Hardliners see her as a sellout

Ross Barkan

Ross Barkan

6 mins

14 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Great Power

Israel doesn’t need friends Foreign threats breed self-sufficiency

Edward Luttwak

Edward Luttwak

6 mins

17 Jul 2026 - 12:01am

Religion

Are influencers ruining the Camino de Santiago? The pilgrimage isn’t intended to be self-help

Chloe Hoyle

Chloe Hoyle

9 mins

14 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Attention

Are we all a little bit ADHD? Our culture rewards distraction

Kathleen Stock

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

10 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Obituary

The triumph of Lindsey Graham Populists should learn from the late senator

Sohrab Ahmari

Sohrab Ahmari

4 mins

12 Jul 2026 - 6:06pm

Gen Z

The end of going out New York has become boring and algorithmic

Matthew Gasda

Matthew Gasda

5 mins

11 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Dispatch

The mood in Clacton’s Wetherspoons It’s old England’s last bastion

Felix Pope

Felix Pope

9 mins

16 Jul 2026 - 12:03am

Finance

The Trump Accounts’ false promise The government is stealing from the crib

Richard A. Greenwald

Richard A. Greenwald

8 mins

10 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Stalemate

The Ukraine war’s big lie Can Kyiv ever win?

Thomas Fazi

Thomas Fazi

7 mins

9 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Review

Justice for ‘Citizen Vigilante’? The movie is right for the wrong reasons

Nikos Mohammadi

Nikos Mohammadi

7 mins

10 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Politics

Mamdani’s MAGA power The populist will remake his party

Ross Barkan

Ross Barkan

5 mins

9 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Football

Argentina: World Cup villains The nation is united by grievance

Nick Burns

Nick Burns

5 mins

16 Jul 2026 - 12:02am

Film

Did Homer have a woman problem? The Odyssey is intriguingly feminine

Philip Hensher

Philip Hensher

4 mins

8 Jul 2026 - 12:01am

Review

JD Vance’s convenient Catholicism The VP’s memoir is unmistakably Millennial

Samuel Rubinstein

Samuel Rubinstein

10 mins

8 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


Books

A cancelation novel’s lunar sequel Emmalea Russo’s ‘The Moon Papers’ demands freedom to create

Paul Franz

Paul Franz

6 mins

8 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Dispatch

Meet Ulster’s young Orangemen Kids are sick of old-school Unionism

Adam James Pollock

Adam James Pollock

7 mins

7 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


The Catcher in the Rye

Holden Caulfield: the original incel His grand delusions have become the norm

Poppy Sowerby

Poppy Sowerby

6 mins

15 Jul 2026 - 12:02am

politics

Why populism fails In a kakistocracy, the worst people come out on top

Richard Hanania

Richard Hanania

8 mins

6 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Love Story

Taylor Swift is our feudal princess Billionaire glitz blinds us to inequality

Mary Harrington

Mary Harrington

7 mins

7 Jul 2026 - 12:03am


America 250

America’s other constitution The Articles of Confederation were our true liberty document

Vincenzo Barney

Vincenzo Barney

19 mins

3 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

Conservatives

Why hot people are Right-wing The beautiful inhabit a different reality

Turi Munthe

Turi Munthe

5 mins

2 Jul 2026 - 12:00am


Football

Is Britain still fighting the Falklands War? The World Cup has reignited old rivalries

Alwyn Turner

Alwyn Turner

7 mins

15 Jul 2026 - 12:01am

Urban Left

How socialist transplants ruined my New York They’ve turned Queens into a college town

Stiven Peter

Stiven Peter

6 mins

1 Jul 2026 - 12:00am

The Left

Can Los Angeles be saved? A great American city is in decline

Joel Kotkin

Joel Kotkin

9 mins

6 Jul 2026 - 11:59pm


Westminster

Does Manchesterism need Miliband? Red Ed has a radical vision for Britain

Wessie du Toit

Wessie du Toit

7 mins

30 Jun 2026 - 12:00am

America 250

How the Constitution failed America The UK system is better at thwarting tyranny

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

7 mins

29 Jun 2026 - 12:00am


sleaze

Why Farage’s mates love Montenegro It’s a haven for crypto and crooks

Matt Broomfield

Matt Broomfield

6 mins

14 Jul 2026 - 12:02am

Weekend Review

AI: A God we can’t trust The tech threatens end times

George Scialabba

George Scialabba

5 mins

27 Jun 2026 - 12:00am

Big Tech

In defence of data centres The opposition is virtue-signalling

Michael Lind

Michael Lind

7 mins

26 Jun 2026 - 12:00am

Heatwave

The sun gods are punishing Britain Mythologists fear heatwaves

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

6 mins

25 Jun 2026 - 12:01am


Revival

Can prog rock again? Geriatric critics never understood the sublime

Daniel Kalder

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

14 Jul 2026 - 12:01am

USA

How military schools warp American manhood Boys aren’t violent by nature

Jasper Craven

Jasper Craven

9 mins

24 Jun 2026 - 9:39am

10 years on

How Britain lost control Brexit left us subservient to America

Jonathan Sumption

Jonathan Sumption

18 mins

23 Jun 2026 - 12:03am


Latin America

A second Milei rises in Colombia Copying Western liberals failed the Left

Juan David Rojas

Juan David Rojas

7 mins

23 Jun 2026 - 12:00am

Philosophy

The deep-state cult of Leo Strauss The esoteric philosopher has powerful disciples

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

7 mins

13 Jul 2026 - 12:02am


Academe

Retiring the Nutty Professor Leftist capture has ruined higher education

Joel Kotkin

Joel Kotkin

7 mins

22 Jun 2026 - 12:00am