Anti-Netanyahu protesters demonstrating on the eve of the April 9 Israeli election

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Netanyahu’s trial is a test of Israel’s democracy The Prime Minister's trial began on Sunday

Monday, May 25

Why do our church leaders worship at the altar of health and safety? They are so attached to the idea that everything else is obscured

Sunday, May 24

Where is the real Northumberland? Today is a reminder of the shrunken county imposed on Northumbrians 50 years ago

Friday, May 22

China’s amour propre has become its tragic flaw Western elites won't turn a blind eye to the HK security law

Mary Harrington

Let’s put young Brits to work planting trees Why not give disenchanted youths a job to be proud of?

Thursday, May 21

Banned by YouTube: Professor Karol Sikora discusses Covid-19 Signs that the virus is 'getting tired' across the world

How much difference would an earlier shutdown have made? There are some wildly overconfident claims going around

Sunetra Gupta: Covid-19 is on the way out

The Joe Rogan-Spotify deal is bad news for podcasting One commentator warns that it is a worrying sign of what is to come

Wednesday, May 20

Niall Ferguson: Covid-19 is China’s Chernobyl moment The historian talks to Freddie Sayers about the geopolitics of this pandemic

Sobriety tags? Great, let’s put them on politicians The consequences of health monitoring devices are mind-boggling

UnHerd and the UK new media landscape Don't miss our write-up in the i newspaper

Tuesday, May 19

Will Covid mark the end of national sovereignty in Europe? One way or another, a Rubicon will have to be crossed

Does blank slateism make us more intolerant? That's the implication of a new research paper on polarisation

Mary Harrington

Monday, May 18

Once again, Macron looks to de Gaulle The French President has faced criticism for invoking the war-time general

Apocalyptos miss the heart of the Christian story Escaping to a bunker during a crisis will only get you so far

Saturday, May 16

Who was the real Oliver Cromwell? The Lord Protector remains an uneasy figure in English history even to this day

Mary Harrington

Friday, May 15

The post Covid blocs are beginning to emerge The world is dividing into low-Covid countries and places which have decided to live alongside it

See you in 2040 — bet you the world is a better place Contrary to what the doom-mongers say, people will be healthier, richer and living in peace

Facemasks: yet another social pressure that women feel more than men From girlhood we are more worried about how we are perceived than boys

Thursday, May 14

Does remdesivir treat Covid-19? The drug got FDA approval earlier this month

The pre-modern idyll of Thomas the Tank Engine The children's book celebrates its 75th anniversary this week

After lockdown, prepare for the Big Move Leaving London is becoming an increasingly attractive prospect

Wednesday, May 13

Normalement, or back to normal? Let's look to the French for a better understanding of that tricky word

Elizabeth Oldfield

The case for lockdowns Dr Natalie Dean talks to Freddie Sayers

The new battle line in libertarian thought Covid has pitched the rationalists against the visceralists

Tuesday, May 12

Who are the corona tribes? Even as Covid turns our world upside down, polarisation is creeping back

Are the young turning into progressive authoritarians? A recent poll seems to suggest so...

Memo to the Government: we don’t all live in zones 1 to 4 For most people, the office isn't a cycle-ride away

Mary Harrington

Monday, May 11

Is Boris extending an olive branch to Putin? As UK-China relations sour, Moscow beckons

Why are we placing high-risk trans sex offenders in women’s prisons? It creates a dangerous environment for female inmates

‘Stay alert’ is not precise — but it is meaningful Those who conflate the two are being disingenuous