The liberal safari into inceldom has only just begun Meme-making anthropologists massively misunderstand online subcultures

Mary Harrington

David Graeber’s last essay The anarchist intellectual had one final message for the post-pandemic world

Friday

20.08

Joe Biden is stealing Republican thunder Trump campaigned on ending forever wars — Biden actually ended one

OnlyFans is nothing without porn Stopping its creators from making explicit content will be the end of the site

How feminism failed in Afghanistan The US intervention tried to do too much, too soon

What’s left at Current Affairs magazine? Nathan J. Robinson's hypocrisy sums up the emptiness of American Leftism

Al Qaeda may flourish again The fall of Afghanistan presents new opportunities for the terrorist group

Thursday

19.08

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: on refugees we must learn from 2015 The discussion about numbers of Afghan refugees is eerily reminiscent of 2015

Theresa May’s ‘Global Britain’ is a mirage The idea will be a fantasy until the Armed Forces are properly funded

Jonathon Kitson

TikTok’s bizarre new craze: reporting the news The app is leading journalism in a strange new direction

Kristina Murkett

The debate on Afghanistan exposed a delusional Parliament MPs seem to think Britain has a real role to play in this crisis — they're wrong

Wednesday

18.08

Clarissa Ward in Kabul: what the Taliban are really like CNN's international correspondent talks exclusively to UnHerd from Afghanistan

Test Match Special is no longer the sound of summer Beloved old eccentrics are being replaced with bland reporters

What Gordon Brown misses about Covid Colonialism People in Africa don't particularly want to get vaccinated

It’s impossible to stop politicians lying A petition is seeking to ban untruths from the House of Commons — it will fail

Could withdrawal from Afghanistan strengthen American power? Throughout history, great empires have known when to cut their losses

Tuesday

17.08

What’s gone wrong with London architecture? The capital has never looked worse than it does today

Don’t let your beliefs become your identity A clumsy statement by Yanis Varoufakis reveals the dangers of tribalism

How high fertility rates drove Afghanistan’s tragedy State stability can depend on how many young men are in a population

Joe Biden on Afghanistan, in his own words The President has been in favour of withdrawal for years

Monday

16.08

Stop pretending that university equals opportunity The debate about student numbers is stuck in a bygone era

‘Nature’ magazine has lost its way The journal's embrace of social justice activism is shredding its reputation

Rory Stewart: we need to take ‘many many millions’ of Afghan refugees The former Tory MP has been taking the debate in a new direction

Italy has become an ECB dependency Brussels is effectively in control of Draghi's government

Friday

13.08

David Shor: College liberals have hijacked the Democratic party Freddie Sayers spoke to the political strategist about the failings of the Left

The BBC erases homosexuality with the stroke of a pen Updated guidelines on gender and sex deny the reality of biological sex

Why the Berlin Wall lives on in German minds Sixty years on, politicians have made East-West divisions worse

Thursday

12.08

What the ‘Save the Parish’ campaign doesn’t understand Justin Welby's plans are better than critics claim

The Greens choose trans over trees The party's relentless focus on identity issues will come at an electoral cost

The mysterious Covid productivity bonus Interrupting access to cheap labour may have a positive outcome

Did mental health improve during the pandemic? A new study finds an unprecedented decline in depression at the start of 2020

Wednesday

11.08

Joe Biden’s anti-crypto bill is reckless and unnecessary Its vague language and impossible standards could kill a growing industry

The University of Essex abandons its faculty to ideologues The institution has rowed back on its apology to two gender critical academics

Do racist Euros tweets tell us anything about the UK? The information provided by Twitter is meaningless

In defence of lockdown grade inflation Teachers can't be expected to predict which pupils underperform their potential

The most vaccine-hesitant group of all? PhDs A new study found that the most educated are the least likely to get jabbed

Tuesday

10.08

William Hague is wrong: decriminalising drugs isn’t the ‘only’ way There are problems with Portugal's drug approach too

Proof: The progressive revolution arrived before Trump The proliferation of prejudice words in the media began years earlier

The crypto elite is entering panic mode Fearing incoming regulation, the movement is struggling to respond

Why did Larry Elder call me for advice? My friend is running for Governor of California — and he has a chance

Monday

09.08

Why you’re right to worry about Apple’s new surveillance Our exchanges should not be subject to routine scrutiny, even by machines

Timandra Harkness

No, Orbán is not the Chávez of the Right There’s nothing equal about the odiousness of their respective regimes

Why is the taxpayer spending millions on Stonewall? Far too much public money is being spent on learning how to be a 'trans ally'

Sunetra Gupta: have my Covid hypotheses held up? My analysis was optimistic, but not outrageously so

Don’t save Geronimo! The media obsession with an infected alpaca represents the worst of Britain

Friday

06.08

Running back to Tony Blair won’t cut it, Keir The Labour leader's latest call to embrace the Blair era won't save him

Will the alarmist media coverage of Covid ever end? Certain media outlets are fear-mongering to generate clicks

New rules bring politics into the classroom by stealth Schools should be about education, not "social justice"

It’s time to welcome back Louis C.K. If you don't like him, don't watch him

Thursday

05.08

Why this trans athlete is no Laurel Hubbard Unlike the New Zealand weightlifter, Quinn is a biological female

English words on French ID cards? Scandale! Summer is here, and with it a bout of outrage at the lingua franca

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Tiktok’s latest fad: confessions of trauma What is causing so many young people to identify as emotionally damaged?

Will Biden look beyond the bobos? The President looks genuinely interested in the non-college educated

Wednesday

04.08

Is Germany finally standing up to Beijing? The Bayern's voyage marks a sea change in Germany's foreign policy

Why national populists love Hungary Tucker Carlson's visit is the latest in a long line of American malcontents

Biden’s border crisis could doom the Democrats A surge in illegal crossings is hurting the Party in the south-west

Why is the SNP bringing the Greens into government? The environmentalist party almost never rebels

Tuesday

03.08

The Democrats face an excruciating dilemma in 2024 Neither Biden nor Kamala make a convincing case for the presidency

We lost Afghanistan a long time ago It's time we showed some humility about the withdrawal

‘Preferred pronouns’ are a form of sexist bullying I've been asked if I'm a boy or a girl more times than I remember

Monday

02.08

It’s the Reformation all over again Today's culture wars pit factions of post-1968 progressives against each other

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

31.07

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

Friday

30.07

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

29.07

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

28.07

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

27.07

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

26.07

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

23.07

Trump Insider: Chances of 2024 run just got a lot higher Freddie Sayers spoke to former Trump advisor Jason Miller