The government’s travel quarantine plans don’t make sense Ministers are confused about the powers they have over the public

Friday

25.06

Members event: has lockdown changed us forever? UnHerd contributors joined Freddie Sayers on the "freedom day" that never was...

Spare a thought for EU Supergirl Acoustic guitars were no match for Nigel Farage in the end

Goodbye to Andrew Yang He turned out to be highly political — just not very good at politics

How Slovenia escaped the tragedy of history 30 years since independence the nation has embraced the West

Thursday

24.06

Ivermectin: life saver or time waster? Scientific consensus has been wrong in the past, so it's worth exploring

John McAfee: America’s last real wild man The creator of the first commercial anti-virus software was one of a kind

There is no Covid third wave in Africa Alarmist reporting is getting basic facts wrong

Have we reached peak progressive? With few things left to liberate, progressivism is starting to eat itself

Wednesday

23.06

The Online Safety Bill is a mortal threat to free speech 'Duty of care' is just a polite way of saying 'duty of censorship'

Timandra Harkness

Jess de Wahls: Cancelled (and un-cancelled) by the Royal Academy Freddie Sayers spoke to the artist about her fracas with the institution

Giorgia Meloni is two steps from power Polls suggest that Fratelli d'Italia will become Italy's largest party

Tuesday

22.06

What’s causing the rise in hospitality wages? Experts will have a clever explanation, but the answer seems obvious

A battle of faiths: Liberals clash with Catholics on abortion To which moral order does the fertility question belong?

Mary Harrington

Why is China pulling the plug on coal? Even before the pandemic, Xi Jinping was moving away from the fossil fuel

Monday

21.06

One question Sir Patrick Vallance still needs to answer Did he play a role in stifling debate on the origins of the pandemic?

In Sweden, the populists sense an opportunity The Swedish Democrats are the only party that benefits from an extra election

In defence of political appointments Of course senior leaders of bodies like PHE are involved with politics

Regional elections reveal Macron’s biggest failure The French president has failed to build a grassroots movement

Therapy for gender dysphoria must be protected Some young people simply need to be reconciled to their biological sex

Friday

18.06

Richard Dawkins: ‘Scientism’ is a dirty word The prominent atheist discusses the limits of science and the fate of New Atheism

Here’s what the Amersham by-election doesn’t mean A weird result may not tell us much about the national picture

The reality of a united Ireland might not be so appealing Would there be a role for the Queen in a "bi-national" state?

Hot weather leads to more crime and murder — but why? Observers can't seem to agree

Thursday

17.06

The Fawcett Society has let women down The group's silence on the Maya Forstater case is unacceptable

Enid Blyton is no second-rate novelist The author's naïve simplicity, so irritating to the critics, is a delight

Dominic Sandbrook

Can the Liberal Democrats become the party of the South? In a handful of seats, the 2019 vote share was up on 2010

So you’ve been cancelled? Here’s what to expect Some will offer support, while others will deliver a full-throated denunciation

The UK-Australia trade deal is a disaster for animal rights The Government is breaking its manifesto promise about protecting animal welfare

Kristina Murkett

Wednesday

16.06

Who’d have thought? Decriminalising crime has consequences In San Francisco, out of control shoplifting is driving chains out of the city

After 50 years of talks, Joe Biden still doesn’t get Russia A lot has changed since the President first visited in 1973

Covid-19 rules should not be used to tackle climate change Certain scientists are using pandemic changes to pursue other agendas

Tuesday

15.06

How Karim Benzema became a political football Marine Le Pen is attacking a footballer who snubbed Algeria for France

Why didn’t we shut the border with India sooner? Partly, it seems because Boris didn't want to offend Modi

The biggest threat to the post-Covid economic recovery: the Germans There are signs that Germany wants to return to economic orthodoxy

Monday

14.06

Big Finance will make serfs of us all All that is on offer to the young is a lifetime in rental accommodation

Mary Harrington

7/10 — the score is in for Donald Trump’s post-presidency claims The president claims he was right on key issues — and in most cases we agree

Delaying Liberation Day sets a dangerous precedent What other freedoms will the Government curtail in response to new risks?

Meanwhile in Germany, it’s Bismarck’s turn to be toppled A move to remove the statesman's statue ignores the complexities of his legacy

Sage scientist: Don’t rule out more delays Susan Michie believes lockdown might not end in July — and facemasks could be here forever

Saturday

12.06

Chris Bickerton: Welcome to the Technopopulist future The Cambridge professor has identified a new force in democratic politics

Friday

11.06

Don’t worry about inflation… yet The release of pent-up demand won’t keep the economy going forever

Here’s an idea for the Oxford dons: resign in protest If they are committed to the cause, they should reconsider their positions

Would you pull the legs off a fly? The debate over insect protein as a substitute for meat has taken a surprising turn

Thursday

10.06

Maya Forstater: Legal judgement on trans is a landmark Freddie Sayers spoke to the former researcher about her court victory

Will the real Kamala Harris please stand up? Her about-turn on immigration shows the Vice-President's Machiavellian streak

Sexual harassment in schools is down to one thing: porn Today's Ofsted report confirmed what feminists knew for decades

Abolishing grammar schools created today’s poshocracy The main beneficiaries were private schools

Kristina Murkett

Don’t take university rankings too seriously They're a classic case of Goodhart's law — the metrics are easily gamed

Wednesday

09.06

How deep in debt is British business? It's not just a Covid-induced spike in borrowing to watch out for

Why Emmanuel Macron needed that slap A wee fracas is just what the French President wanted

Farewell then Wisden, my sanctuary from the culture war One of the most venerable names in sport publishing has gone woke

Vaccination status on my Tinder profile? No thanks, gov. The Government is now trying to make vaccination sexy

Members event: has lockdown changed us forever? Join UnHerd for its first in-person event in over a year

Tuesday

08.06

Amy Chua: the Kafkaesque attempt to cancel me The Yale law professor endured a battle over imaginary dinner parties

Who really benefits from the plan to ‘vaccinate the world’s poor’? The proposal diverts more funds back to rich countries

Tony Blair is still wrong on his 50% university target It was politically one of the most damaging decisions under his leadership

The latest nonsense US import: ‘BIPOC’ What exactly is meant by 'indigenous' British people?

Will we accept human-animal hybrids? The reaction to a new Netflix series shows that we may not be ready just yet...

Monday

07.06

Why are politicians comparing the LGB Alliance to the BNP? Comparisons like these will inflame the already raging debate around trans rights

Why Jesus College doesn’t want to talk about Uyghurs An academic has put the spotlight on Cambridge's China connections

Georgia Gilholy

What Mary Beard doesn’t understand about Stoicism There is nothing fascistic about the ancient philosophy

Leonidas Konstantakos & Kai Whiting

Don’t dismiss the booers as bigots BLM has alienated large chunks of the country — and it shows

Liberty Energy opens a new anti-woke front in corporate PR Their online rebuttal to North Face could signal the start of a new trend

Mary Harrington

The ‘old normal’ is alive and well in Venice Returning cruiseliners hint that post-pandemic life will be much the same

Friday

04.06

There’s nothing radical about subversive art anymore The Fourth Plinth shortlist shows a cultural elite at a creative dead end

Former press chief: the media was not racist towards Meghan Ex-director of the Society of Editors Ian Murray speaks out about his resignation

‘Re-opening anxiety’ is a middle class concern The pandemic hit the poor hardest, and their stories should be told first

Mercer’s right: veteran suicides are a stain on this nation Another British soldier took his life last week — but does anyone care?

Thursday

03.06

Bangladesh: the world’s hidden success story It's one of Asia's fastest growing economies, but no one talking about it

Plato would not have approved of “Platonic marriages” Framing sexless marriages as progress is not fooling anyone

Today is a good day for Israeli democracy Bibi's defeat gives liberals much to cheer for

Tories, masters of the culture wars? Don’t make me laugh The Conservatives are clueless, and culturally less powerful than the Left

Wednesday

02.06

Will Steven Pinker lose the bet of the century? There's a lot riding on the psychologist's wager with astronomer Martin Rees

Peter Singer: Despite everything, I’m still a cosmopolitan The moral philosopher discusses whether his progressive worldview has come back to haunt him

Tim Martin’s Remainer enemies are missing the point As always, they confuse British control of borders with closed borders

Second homers are a threat to Welsh culture Locals are being priced out of their home turf

Theo Davies-Lewis

The WHO’s opposition to vaping could cost millions of lives Awarding ministers for banning e-cigarettes is incredibly dangerous

Tuesday

01.06

Delaying freedom day will kill clubs — and help organised crime It would risk gifting a slice of the night economy to the black market

Proof at last: Politicos don’t know what they’re talking about New evidence for what may have seemed obvious for some time

Why ‘Blackout Tuesday’ changed nothing Empty social media theatrics have replaced politics for progressives

Falling birth rates are not just a Chinese problem Economic forces are disincentivising women from having babies everywhere

Mary Harrington