Anti-vaccine protesters take to the streets. Credit: Getty

08/02/2021 - 12:36pm

What anti-vaxxers are really upset about People want to be governed, not farmed

Mary Harrington

Is Niall Ferguson planning to start a university? The historian says he won't write any more books

Saturday, July 31

UnHerd picks: July’s best Substacks Featuring: rationalists, the China Dream, violence and J.K. Rowling

Friday, July 30

How Georgia Meloni overtook Matteo Salvini The Brothers of Italy are now more popular than the League for the first time

Young people aren’t idiots on vaccine passports From the media coverage, you'd think all we care about is nightclubs

What Simone Biles can learn from Jordan Peterson The world's greatest gymnast chose chaos over order this week

Thursday, July 29

Does everyone agree transgender women are women? The International Olympic Committee medical director seems to think so

Winston Marshall, Jess de Wahls, Sarah Ditum: free speech in the Arts The latest UnHerd Live event, hosted by Freddie Sayers

Have I been unfair to Neil Ferguson? The professor is treated with leniency, even when he gets it wrong

Alta Fixsler and the cruelty of our courts Parents are no match for judges and doctors in the UK's legal system

Wednesday, July 28

Oh no, The Mash Report is back It's the worst kind of comedy — dull and self-satisfied

Why the Spanish Civil War isn’t over The Left-wing government's new law is a final attempt to finish the conflict

Why is good news about Covid so hard to accept? Pundits refuse to believe that the latest pandemic developments are positive

Tuesday, July 27

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, July 26

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, July 23

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, July 22

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, July 21

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, July 20

The media focus on racism obscures the real story Tales of abuse in recent days have been poorly reported