Tucker Carlson (L) and Sean Hannity had a little disagreement over capitalism this week
07/24/2020 - 12:23pm

Tucker exposes Hannity’s outdated conservatism Capitalism is no longer a force for liberalism and pluralism

Ed West

24.07

Like Bosnia mujahideen, returning ISIS fighters will haunt UK Hundreds of returning jihadis from ISIS add to the ranks of people to watch

Liam Duffy

Thursday, July 23

23.07

Once again, anti-LGBT bigotry is reflected on our screens This week, the Turkish government launched yet another attack on gay rights

Julie Bindel

23.07

Is Tesla all that remains of real capitalism? We need more, not fewer, mavericks like Elon Musk

Peter Franklin

Wednesday, July 22

22.07

To understand EU tensions, remember William III The Dutch king warned that Europe must be saved from the French

Larry Siedentop

22.07

John Gray: this moment is bigger than 1989 The philosopher puts today's political turmoil in historical context

UnHerd

22.07

The hypocrisy of conserving Modernist architecture The only ideologically sound option is demolition

Peter Franklin

Tuesday, July 21

21.07

What has human sacrifice got to do with Twitter? Ask René Girard The French theologian's theory of mimetic desire maps onto the platform

Giles Fraser

21.07

An untrue claim in the New Yorker speaks volumes A small, troubling example of the effect political bias has on journalism

Louise Perry

21.07

Why progressivism is flourishing in the US The competition to appear high status is pushing politics in an extreme direction

Ed West

Monday, July 20

20.07

Is Dua Lipa an Albanian nationalist? It's complacent to assume that irredentist movements are a thing of the past

Peter Franklin

20.07

Boris truthers are the real giant babies The latest conspiracy theories have left rationality behind completely

Mary Harrington

20.07

How the elephant lost its trunk The story of the neoliberal era in one chart...

Peter Franklin

Saturday, July 18

18.07

Oxford epidemiologists: suppression strategy is not viable Freddie Sayers speaks to Profs Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson

UnHerd

Friday, July 17

17.07

We need a digital right to remain silent The police should not have access to the most intimate corners of our lives

Timandra Harkness

17.07

Prof Carl Heneghan: can we trust the Covid-19 death numbers? The Oxford epidemiologist has uncovered some worrying things about the way the data is recorded

Freddie Sayers

17.07

The collective benefit of mask-wearing Sometimes, we just need to put our individuality aside

Peter Franklin

Thursday, July 16

16.07

Yes, there is such a thing as Englishness England has always existed, and will exist well beyond the lifetime of the union

Ed West

16.07

How social media became a rancid Babel Online platforms strip away the physical interactions humans depend on

Elizabeth Oldfield

16.07

Forget Mars, why aren’t we going to Titan? Exploring Saturn's moon would be a far more interesting venture...

Tom Chivers

Wednesday, July 15

15.07

Watch out: anti-maskers are in your midst Contrary to confusing polls, over 1/3 of the population are against the latest move

Freddie Sayers

15.07

America exports its racial politics to France Implanting race-based identities in Europe are misguided and dangerous

Aris Roussinos

15.07

The EU’s fiendish game of beggar my neighbour Every member country tries to game the system

Peter Franklin

15.07

Meet the leader of the new ‘Italexit’ Party Freddie Sayers speaks to Italian senator Gianluigi Paragone

Freddie Sayers

Tuesday, July 14

14.07

Maybe we are all ‘non-binary’? It is easy to create identities, but more difficult to define who qualifies

Debbie Hayton

14.07

Happy Bastille Day! Cancelling people since 1789… The French Revolution gave birth to the extremism we see today

Ed West

14.07

How we make life easy for the modern slavers Our addiction to cheap, but legal, labour lets slavery hide in plain sight

Peter Franklin

Monday, July 13

13.07

A final victory for conservative Poland? Age break-down of the vote suggests that a liberal majority is on its way

Mary Dejevsky

13.07

The almost-comical tale of Lady A It's hard to think of a more evocative example of woke capital at work...

Mary Harrington

Friday, July 10

10.07

T-cell immunity and the truth about Covid-19 in Sweden We hear a lot about coronavirus in Sweden... but what's life like on the ground?

Freddie Sayers

10.07

The Hagia Sophia is for prayer, not pictures Recep Erdogan is right: the faithful must return to this holy space

Giles Fraser

Thursday, July 9

09.07

Finally! A way to analyse NHS data from 17 million people A new paper from Ben Goldacre takes advantage of our centralised health system

Tom Chivers