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Josiah Gogarty Debate 15:45 Debate UK cannot afford to hold up bloated universities system Andrew O'Brien News 12:30 News Hillary Clinton: US immigration has gone too far Rob Lownie Reaction 08:15 Reaction Marco Rubio’s Munich speech was an ultimatum to Europe Jennifer Kavanagh Saturday, February 14th SaturdayFeb 14th Analysis 16:30 Analysis Britain is in no position to go ‘beyond Net Zero’ Kathryn Porter Reaction 13:00 Reaction Keir Starmer’s European defence plan is a trap Peter Franklin Debate 08:15 Debate Palestine Action should never have been proscribed One does not have to endorse vandalism to understand that the legislation was fundamentally unsound. David Littlefair View more from the newsroom Load more Munich Security Conference Rubio’s charm conceals a brutal truth Europe is on its own Wolfgang Munchau 5 mins 16 Feb 2026 - AI bubble Welcome to the Global Casino The financial system is a gambling den Ann Pettifor 5 mins 16 Feb 2026 - CCP Xi Jinping’s private army He has remade the Chinese military in his image Rana Mitter and Chris Li 6 mins 16 Feb 2026 - AI bubble Welcome to the Global Casino The financial system is a gambling den Ann Pettifor 5 mins 16 Feb 2026 - CCP Xi Jinping’s private army He has remade the Chinese military in his image Rana Mitter and Chris Li 6 mins 16 Feb 2026 - Hobby Horses Who killed the English eccentric? Our Americanised culture can’t tolerate oddness Jack Burke 7 mins 16 Feb 2026 - Weekend Essay The myth of Western crisis Prophets of doom defend failed ideologies Michael Lind 18 mins 15 Feb 2026 - AI bubble Welcome to the Global Casino The financial system is a gambling den Ann Pettifor 5 mins 16 Feb 2026 - CCP Xi Jinping’s private army He has remade the Chinese military in his image Rana Mitter and Chris Li 6 mins 16 Feb 2026 - Hobby Horses Who killed the English eccentric? Our Americanised culture can’t tolerate oddness Jack Burke 7 mins 16 Feb 2026 - Realignment How to save the Democrats The postwar economy isn’t coming back Henry Tonks 6 mins 13 Feb 2026 - From the US edition Friday, February 13th FridayFeb 13th Analysis 12:40 Analysis Are Democrats finally getting tough on crime? Stephen Eide Wednesday, February 11th WednesdayFeb 11th Explainer 21:15 Explainer El Paso airspace closure highlights cartel strength at border David Agren Monday, February 9th MondayFeb 9th Reaction 22:15 Reaction RFK Jr’s MAHA agenda should focus on food, not vaccines Oliver Bateman Debate 12:30 Debate Kid Rock is the soundtrack to American cultural decline Ryan Zickgraf Saturday, February 7th SaturdayFeb 7th Explainer 18:00 Explainer Can Democrats win over rural America? Michael Baharaeen Load more Minnesota Will Stancil’s Revenge of the Nerd The online weenie is the hero the Left needs Ryan Zickgraf 5 mins 30 Jan 2026 - Feminism The West’s great infantile disorder We’re coddled and coerced like kids Susan Pickard 7 mins 24 Jan 2026 - parenting Am I allowed to hate fatherhood? A cancelled dad speaks out   Justin Murphy 9 mins 22 Jan 2026 - josh shapiro Josh Shapiro’s Harrisburg problem The 2028 hopeful can’t fix his own backyard Ryan Zickgraf 7 mins 12 Jan 2026 - Watch & listen Video Robby Soave The Epstein Files witch-hunt Video The Econoclasts Starmer’s Mandelson gamble was a match made in hell Video Jo Bartosch, Freya India, Rowan Pelling & Peter Tatchell This house believes all porn is a threat to humanity Video Emergency Debate This house believes the Right should dump Trump Video By-election Special Can Reform win in Manchester? Our writers Kathleen Stock Mary Harrington Aris Roussinos Wolfgang Munchau Yanis Varoufakis Poppy Sowerby Sohrab Ahmari Michael Lind Glenn Loury Jonny Ball Aaron Bastani David Rose Politics see more > 29.09 2025 Why Portland’s hipsters may secretly approve the National Guard 29.09 2025 Eric Adams exit won’t save Andrew Cuomo 29.09 2025 Gaza flotilla civil war shows the problem with the Omnicause Tunbridge Wells is still disgusted Fred Sculthorp 8 mins How the Twitch pundit triumphed Alys Key 6 mins Video The Econoclasts Trump’s Fed Chair pick won’t save the dollar Friday, February 13th FridayFeb 13th Explainer 18:30 Explainer American teenagers are dating less than ever Brad Wilcox and Grant Bailey Reaction 16:00 Reaction Labour’s school trans guidance is a dangerous middle ground Victoria Smith Debate 10:00 Debate Reform UK should avoid Trump-style attacks on universities David James Analysis 07:00 Analysis Modern slavery claims damage Labour’s immigration agenda Chris Bayliss Thursday, February 12th ThursdayFeb 12th Dispatch 22:30 Dispatch Inside Polymarket’s free grocery store James Billot Analysis 18:30 Analysis Democrats are selling a blue wave fantasy The signs are pointing to more of a blue trickle than a blue wave. Emily Jashinsky Explainer 15:30 Explainer Why is Tommy Robinson writing for the Jerusalem Post? Felix Pope Debate 12:50 Debate Manufactured doomerism is boosting AI Andrew Orlowski Reaction 10:00 Reaction Trump’s maximalism could derail Iran negotiations Daniel DePetris Analysis 07:00 Analysis EU summit is a carnival of tech ignorance Wolfgang Munchau Load more Weekend Essay The myth of Western crisis Prophets of doom defend failed ideologies Michael Lind 18 mins 15 Feb 2026 - Enhanced Games Don Jr’s steroids freakshow Can he juice up the world? Oliver Bateman 7 mins 13 Feb 2026 - Big Tech How I beat my phone addiction Total abstinence doesn’t work Richard Hanania 7 mins 12 Feb 2026 - Education Who will defend the SEND kids? Don’t fall for callous misdirection Stephen Unwin 8 mins 13 Feb 2026 - ADHD How to escape attention fracking A little irony would help Sam Jennings 8 mins 10 Feb 2026 - Podcast Venezuela and Trump’s ‘Putinisation’ of America The Econoclasts corruption How Bangladesh’s revolution failed This election will change nothing Pratinav Anil 8 mins 11 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 spotlight Peter Mandelson’s failed revolution New Labour sold Britain to the highest bidder Aris Roussinos 7 mins 14 Feb 2026 - Wednesday, February 11th WednesdayFeb 11th Factcheck 16:00 Factcheck Did trans suicides really spike after puberty blocker ban? There is no legal or medical category of a ‘transgender child’. Josephine Bartosch Explainer 12:30 Explainer NYT’s turn on marijuana is a victory for public health Kevin Sabet Analysis 10:00 Analysis Are Wes Streeting’s leadership hopes dead? David Jeffery Debate 07:00 Debate Chatbot ‘friends’ are stunting children’s growth Kristina Murkett Tuesday, February 10th TuesdayFeb 10th Explainer 19:00 Explainer Silicon Valley is pivoting away from Trump Joel Kotkin Analysis 17:00 Analysis Abandoning Mars could be Elon Musk’s biggest mistake Brilliance does not preclude folly. Indeed, it often invites it. Robert Zubrin Debate 13:00 Debate Church of England infighting is driving away worshippers Niall Gooch Explainer 10:00 Explainer Is it too late to save UK universities from Chinese interference? Luke de Pulford Debate 07:00 Debate Olivia Colman joins the non-binary celebrity club Julie Bindel Load more Palace of Westminster Politicians don’t deserve Parliament Westminster’s grandeur deludes our leaders Wessie du Toit 7 mins 12 Feb 2026 - Suburban sadism Lucy Letby’s trial by Netflix The former nurse is as banal as she is evil Poppy Sowerby 4 mins 6 Feb 2026 - Podcast 2025: The West’s annus horribilis The Econoclasts Review Lionel Shriver’s migration thriller Her new book skewers white-lady charity Valerie Stivers 7 mins 9 Feb 2026 - Prenups Why heartbreak is good for you True love is all about risk Kat Rosenfield 5 mins 12 Feb 2026 - Immigration How Trump scams border hawks He’s creating an American Kafala Antonio de Loera-Brust 6 mins 5 Feb 2026 - UK see more > 25.10 2025 Britain’s shoplifting crisis is spiralling out of control 30.09 2025 NHS support for cousin marriage is a betrayal of women 29.09 2025 Has Starmer given up on winning back Reform voters? Why should Britain rescue an enemy? Sohrab Ahmari 5 mins On Bonnie Blue and Roger Scruton Kathleen Stock 6 mins Video UnHerd Academy Andrew Graham Dixon on Johannes Vermeer Monday, February 9th MondayFeb 9th Reaction 15:30 Reaction Anas Sarwar’s intervention hurts him more than Starmer Iain Macwhirter Explainer 10:00 Explainer What Morgan McSweeney got right He played a key part in creating the most efficient electoral vote share in generations. David Littlefair Analysis 07:00 Analysis Isis, not Al-Qaeda, is the West’s greatest terror threat Kyle Orton Sunday, February 8th SundayFeb 8th Explainer 20:45 Explainer Sanae Takaichi’s historic victory plays to Trump’s advantage Philip Patrick Reaction 18:20 Reaction Morgan McSweeney’s exit may work in Starmer’s favour Peter Franklin Debate 13:00 Debate Elijah Schaffer scandal reveals hollowness of trad movement Far from modelling virtue and restraint, these bigoted begetters are about as loyal as Don Draper. Poppy Sowerby Reaction 08:00 Reaction Anti-AfD resistance is spreading beyond party politics Katja Hoyer Load more weekend analysis The cost of Trump’s tariffs Workers feel betrayed John Rapley 6 mins 14 Feb 2026 - Trans wars Plastic surgeons ditch gender ideology New guidelines rule out medical transition for kids Benjamin Ryan 6 mins 4 Feb 2026 - review Behind the horror renaissance The genre opens up uncomfortable truths Noah Kumin 5 mins 3 Feb 2026 - Video Glenn Loury I fear for America’s future Podcast Germany’s economic death trap The Econoclasts Free speech The faith of my father, Jimmy Lai He prays for his Communist captors Claire Lai 4 mins 11 Feb 2026 - Donroe Doctrine How to unleash Cuba The island is ripe for investment John Masko 7 mins 2 Feb 2026 - US see more > 07.11 2025 What Nvidia’s Jensen Huang won’t say about the AI race 28.09 2025 Scott Bessent’s warning is clear: Europe must defend itself 27.09 2025 Trump’s TikTok deal is a gift to America’s oligarchs Why women hate Lena Dunham Sarah Ditum 6 mins Let’s talk about Ariana Grande’s body Sarah Ditum 5 mins Video The Econoclasts Mark Carney’s Davos delusion Morality The hypocrisy of the Epstein panic Conspiracy theorists ignore a bleaker truth Kathleen Stock 5 mins 13 Feb 2026 - Saturday, February 7th SaturdayFeb 7th Reaction 14:10 Reaction Russian general shooting could derail Ukraine peace talks Bethany Elliott Analysis 08:00 Analysis Britain has a fetish for military politicians Leadership vacuum? Lack of backbone? Poor crisis management? If in doubt, call in the army. Rob Lownie Friday, February 6th FridayFeb 6th Reaction 18:30 Reaction US funding for MAGA think tanks in Europe will backfire Tom Rogan Debate 15:15 Debate Labour leadership hopefuls are tainted by Starmer’s failures Peter Franklin Reaction 12:15 Reaction Kamala Harris’s ‘Headquarters’ is a digital vanity project KamalaHQ is working with a bad product — and no amount of likes, shares and retweets will undo that. Oliver Bateman Explainer 10:00 Explainer Bitcoin crash is first sign of a market death spiral John Rapley Analysis 07:00 Analysis UK ‘supermax’ prisons are a white flag to violent offenders David Matthews Load more New York The liberal lie about gentrification Displacement narratives are too simplistic 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 6 mins 29 Jan 2026 - Video John Bew The Davos world is over Podcast Greece’s lethal warning to Europe The Econoclasts Celebrity Is Olivia Colman a gay man? Luvvies should stick to acting Poppy Sowerby 5 mins 11 Feb 2026 - The Left The unravelling of Tim Walz He went from Democratic hope to chump Emily Jashinsky 6 mins 28 Jan 2026 - Europe see more > 15.02 2026 Marco Rubio’s Munich speech was an ultimatum to Europe 12.02 2026 EU summit is a carnival of tech ignorance 06.02 2026 US funding for MAGA think tanks in Europe will backfire Trump channels Andrew Jackson in Greenland Sohrab Ahmari 5 mins Will Europe ever wake up? Thomas Fazi 7 mins Video The Econoclasts Europe’s fatal mistake over Greenland Thursday, February 5th ThursdayFeb 5th Explainer 21:00 Explainer The return of yellow dog Democrats Michael Lind Debate 15:45 Debate Europe’s censorship dispute could shatter US alliance Wolfgang Munchau Reaction 12:00 Reaction Palestine Action verdict is not two-tier justice We must not let these cries for attention lead us to scapegoat the jury system. Adam King Analysis 07:00 Analysis Labour MPs are diluting the meaning of citizenship Chris Bayliss Wednesday, February 4th WednesdayFeb 4th Debate 18:00 Debate China won’t end dollar hegemony Miquel Vila Reaction 16:00 Reaction Mandelson scandal exposes rotten core of peerage system Cronyism is what the House of Lords is for. Samuel Rubinstein Analysis 12:00 Analysis Elon Musk’s SpaceX bet is a costly mistake Andrew Orlowski Debate 10:00 Debate Are UK high streets beyond saving? Andrew O'Brien Explainer 07:00 Explainer Peter Mandelson puts the Met Police in an impossible position Dominic Adler Load more Technofeudalism Can we escape AI slavery? Only the Left can tame big tech Yanis Varoufakis 6 mins 12 Feb 2026 - Gun guys Alex Pretti’s weapon of misfortune The SIG P320 has a troubled history Jon Stokes 6 mins 27 Jan 2026 - ICE Minneapolis is becoming a dual state The new rules are inscrutable Leighton Woodhouse 5 mins 26 Jan 2026 - Video Sohrab Ahmari & Jenin Younes The ICE debate Podcast The truth about Trump’s Venezuela attacks The Econoclasts ethnic conflict Can Syria break its sectarian cycle? The Kurdish experiment was doomed Aris Roussinos 7 mins 10 Feb 2026 - weekend essay Britain’s Atlantic subordination Our place in the world is clear Aris Roussinos 7 mins 24 Jan 2026 - Culture see more > 15.02 2026 Wetherspoons can be one of Britain’s great cultural exports 10.01 2026 Banning X will not make anyone safer 11.12 2025 Italian food is too diverse for a UNESCO heritage label Tom Stoppard’s anti-political art John Maier 5 mins Bugonia captures American paranoia Frederick Kaufman 5 mins Video The Econoclasts The war for America’s money By-election Matt Goodwin’s road to Reform Politics is just as sordid as academia Samuel Rubinstein 6 mins 11 Feb 2026 - Tuesday, February 3rd TuesdayFeb 3rd Debate 15:45 Debate Anas Sarwar’s conversion on women’s prisons is too late When would all these perverse outcomes be reversed under a Labour administration at Holyrood? Joan Smith Reaction 12:15 Reaction ‘Fafo’ is no answer to gentle parenting Carolyn D. Gorman Explainer 10:00 Explainer Kemi Badenoch has a chance to rebuild the Tories Loic Fremond Analysis 07:00 Analysis Labour’s NHS waiting lists tell a convenient political story Gabriel McKeown Monday, February 2nd MondayFeb 2nd Debate 15:30 Debate Church of England exorcisms mark return of mysticism Perhaps the prevalence of apparitions is in fact a two-way street. Mary Harrington Explainer 10:00 Explainer Is Reform UK about to go green? Peter Franklin Analysis 07:00 Analysis Russia’s economy is strained, but not broken Anatol Lieven Load more Obituary Valentino’s battle for beauty Drab ideological fashion is now the norm Matthew Gasda 4 mins 22 Jan 2026 - Westminster Kemi Badenoch has one last shot Are coalitions the future? Richard Vinen 6 mins 21 Jan 2026 - Video UnHerd Academy Geoff Dyer on John Berger Podcast Europe’s identity crisis The Econoclasts The Right The Groyper who would be governor James Fishback blends trolling and populism Nikos Mohammadi 8 mins 10 Feb 2026 - Imperialism Trump is losing the European Right His Greenland threats taint his allies Mary Harrington 6 mins 20 Jan 2026 - War see more > 02.02 2026 Russia’s economy is strained, but not broken 22.12 2025 Will China step in to defend Venezuela? 12.12 2025 In any Ukraine peace deal, Europe loses Britain’s military disaster Wessie du Toit 8 mins Will 2026 be a year of war? Wolfgang Munchau 6 mins Video Helen Thompson, Henrik Dahl & Pippa Malmgren Why Trump will get Greenland Sunday, February 1st SundayFeb 1st Reaction 19:00 Reaction First detransition trial victory is only the beginning Lisa Selin Davis Reaction 16:15 Reaction Trump’s budget cuts could break the old UN model Thomas Fazi Explainer 13:00 Explainer European nuclear umbrella is a fantasy If Merz wants a nuclear umbrella, he won’t be able to drift away from America anytime soon. Jack Smith Analysis 08:00 Analysis Centrists are trying to outflank Marine Le Pen on immigration Francois Valentin Saturday, January 31st SaturdayJan 31st Reaction 19:30 Reaction Latest Epstein release may have defused threat to Trump Emily Jashinsky Debate 12:30 Debate Don Lemon deserved to be arrested Kyle Sammin Explainer 08:00 Explainer Ukraine ‘truce’ is little cause for optimism Bethany Elliott Load more Labour The conservative case for Keir Starmer Who will keep Left-wing factions in check? Mary Harrington 6 mins 10 Feb 2026 - geopolitics Why Trump will get Greenland Europe is too weak to fight Wolfgang Munchau 5 mins 19 Jan 2026 - Health Why you should eat the RFK diet Saturated-fat myths did great harm Valerie Stivers 6 mins 16 Jan 2026 - Video The Econoclasts Why Venezuela was only the beginning Podcast Trump’s Ukraine peace plan The Econoclasts Oligopoly MAGA will win the media war The European insurrection is doomed Wolfgang Munchau 5 mins 9 Feb 2026 - Politics How the BBC uses the Robert Moses playbook ‘The Power Broker’ is a cautionary tale Ben Cobley 7 mins 15 Jan 2026 - Faith see more > 26.09 2025 Church of England is wrong to condemn migration protests 23.09 2025 Marriage is not just for the wealthy 22.09 2025 Charlie Kirk funeral fuses Christian mercy with MAGA populism The age of nihilism is over Mary Harrington 6 mins The book that could shake the Pope’s faith Kathleen Stock 6 mins Video DEBATE This house would end the monarchy with Charles Crisis What next for Labour? The party needs a new political economy John McTernan 5 mins 9 Feb 2026 - Friday, January 30th FridayJan 30th Explainer 20:00 Explainer Why are TikTok medics threatening ICE? The medical profession has blurred the line between moral advocacy and clinical duty. John Murawski Reaction 15:40 Reaction Kevin Warsh pick signals return to pre-2008 Fed era John Rapley Debate 12:30 Debate National conservatives are naive about antisemitism on the Right Ralph Leonard Explainer 10:00 Explainer Australia’s populist revolution has already begun Andrew Lowenthal Reaction 07:00 Reaction Britain’s Christian revival is far from a myth Jide Ehizele Thursday, January 29th ThursdayJan 29th Debate 18:00 Debate California should not keep parents in the dark about gender transition America’s polarisation means that necessary legislation will be seen by many liberals as anti-trans. Lisa Selin Davis News 16:00 News England and Wales rape offences reach record high in 2025 Archie Earle Reaction 10:00 Reaction Is the US-Israeli relationship entering its final phase? David Swift Debate 07:00 Debate Angela Rayner is now Keir Starmer’s greatest threat Richard Johnson Load more The Left The white women turning to ‘Dark Woke’ They turn private despair into public rage Emily Jashinsky 4 mins 14 Jan 2026 - Climate The end of green energy Fossil fuels are still king Joel Kotkin 5 mins 13 Jan 2026 - Video The Econoclasts 2025 review: The year the West lost control Podcast Should Labour sack Starmer & will Reeves bankrupt Britain? The Econoclasts diplomacy Why is Prince William cosying up to MBS? Realpolitik outweighs moral concerns Malise Ruthven 7 mins 9 Feb 2026 - Humanity The illusions of diversity We are all slaves to moneyworld now D. Graham Burnett 6 mins 12 Jan 2026 - Society see more > 29.09 2025 Did Trump’s Ryder Cup visit backfire? 28.09 2025 The WHO’s anti-alcohol campaign is a war against joy 25.09 2025 ICE shooting doesn’t herald a new era of Left-wing violence Who killed the East End mobster? Dominic Adler 5 mins The battle behind digital IDs Toby Green 8 mins Video Yanis Varoufakis The deepfake era has begun Wednesday, January 28th WednesdayJan 28th Analysis 19:00 Analysis Gavin Newsom has identified the wrong TikTok evil Katherine Dee Explainer 12:10 Explainer Conceding Donetsk won’t end the war in Ukraine Jennifer Kavanagh Analysis 10:00 Analysis Labour has bigger problems than Andy Burnham To govern without an overarching vision in a disorientating age is a profound mistake. David Smith Debate 07:00 Debate Embracing China would be disastrous for British security Thomas Nurcombe Tuesday, January 27th TuesdayJan 27th Analysis 20:00 Analysis Sidelining Greg Bovino plays to Trump’s advantage Tom Rogan Reaction 17:30 Reaction Britain has built a graduate welfare state Academic institutions have embarked on a relentless drive to fill seats. Gabriel McKeown Debate 12:15 Debate The Right has a ‘retard’ problem Malcom Kyeyune News 10:00 News Nigel Farage: ICE has gone beyond its limit Archie Earle Reaction 07:00 Reaction Suella Braverman’s defection is the most important so far Peter Franklin Load more starmerism Morgan McSweeney’s empty legacy He left Labour in power but without purpose Jonny Ball 5 mins 9 Feb 2026 - dispatch The land that Westernisation forgot Kyrgyzstan feels America’s absence Sam Kahn 8 mins 9 Jan 2026 - spheres of influence The space war will be won in Greenland The High North is a vital strategic asset Pippa Malmgren 5 mins 8 Jan 2026 - Video Prof. James Hankins The return of Western civilisation Podcast Palantir’s secret pact & the Euro’s fatal flaw The Econoclasts Mandelson Scandal The end of Starmerism The vultures are circling Jonny Ball 7 mins 6 Feb 2026 - Venezuela Trump must resist nation building He risks betraying America First Edward Luttwak 5 mins 7 Jan 2026 - Explore Politics Culture Science Faith War Society Quick Links Events Calendar UnHerd Club Our Mission Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy Community Guidelines Current Vacancies Contact Us Support Contribute to UnHerd We welcome applications to contribute to UnHerd – please fill out the form below including examples of your previously published work. 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