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What's happening today beneath the surface

Wednesday, February 25th Wednesday
Feb 25^th

News 18:45

US State Department hosts Tommy Robinson

Rob Lownie

Analysis 16:00

Wall Street is losing faith in the AI narrative

Wall Street is losing faith in the AI narrative

John Rapley

Factcheck 13:00

Is there really a graduate jobs crisis?

Andrew O'Brien

Debate 10:15

Mandelson scandal is the end of centrist morality politics

Loic Fremond

Analysis 07:00

It’s time for Europe to resume talks with Russia

It’s time for Europe to resume talks with Russia

Pavel Devyatkin and Anatol Lieven

Tuesday, February 24th Tuesday
Feb 24^th

Explainer 18:15

How Survivor foreshadowed the influencer economy

Ryan Zickgraf

Reaction 15:30

Should AI chatbots report suspected school shooters?

Katherine Dee

Debate 12:30

Gavin Newsom’s SAT remark cheapens case for meritocracy

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A republic confident in itself need not sneer at achievement to honour the dignity of ordinary people.

Glenn Loury

Reaction 10:00

Baftas Tourette’s row is endpoint of therapy culture

Baftas Tourette’s row is endpoint of therapy culture

Stella O'Malley

Debate 07:00

Reform UK misreads Christianity in Britain

Niall Gooch

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How Britain gets its future back

How Britain gets its future back Cheap energy is just the start

Jonny Ball

7 mins

21 Feb 2026 -

Foot-and-mouth was the start of the trouble

weekend dispatch

Foot-and-mouth was the start of the trouble It is England’s lost catastrophe

Cosmo Adair

11 mins

21 Feb 2026 -

Don’t condemn the urban explorers

Don’t condemn the urban explorers Boys need adventure

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

19 Feb 2026 -

The AI jobs-apocalypse is here

Big Tech

The AI jobs-apocalypse is here Prepare for the laptop-class revolt

Ryan Zickgraf

9 mins

17 Feb 2026 -

How Trump violated the bourgeoisie

USA

How Trump violated the bourgeoisie He plays on their fear of chaos

Terry Eagleton

7 mins

20 Feb 2026 -

The AI jobs-apocalypse is here

Big Tech

The AI jobs-apocalypse is here Prepare for the laptop-class revolt

Ryan Zickgraf

9 mins

17 Feb 2026 -

How Trump violated the bourgeoisie

USA

How Trump violated the bourgeoisie He plays on their fear of chaos

Terry Eagleton

7 mins

20 Feb 2026 -

How to save the monarchy

How to save the monarchy Break the gilded cage that protected Andrew

Sarah Ditum

7 mins

26 Feb 2026 -

Anthropic's spineless utopianism

Anthropic's spineless utopianism The Pentagon calls all the shots

Elliot Leavy

7 mins

26 Feb 2026 -

From the UK edition

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Thursday, February 26th Thursday
Feb 26^th

Analysis 07:00

Gorton and Denton will break Labour’s fragile coalition

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Even if Labour wins this by-election, it will be a victory offering little comfort.

Richard Johnson

Monday, February 23rd Monday
Feb 23^rd

Reaction 16:45

Greens’ Urdu video signals turn towards sectarianism

Chris Bayliss

Analysis 13:00

Kemi Badenoch is running against Tory record in government

Peter Franklin

Reaction 07:00

Can Reform UK fix Prevent?

Dominic Adler

Saturday, February 21st Saturday
Feb 21^st

Analysis 08:00

UK’s record surplus doesn’t vindicate Rachel Reeves

Andrew O'Brien

Friday, February 20th Friday
Feb 20^th

Reaction 16:45

Does Starmer really think politics is ‘riddled’ with misogyny?

Ella Whelan

Wednesday, February 18th Wednesday
Feb 18^th

Analysis 10:00

Is Rupert Lowe the British Éric Zemmour?

Peter Franklin

Monday, February 16th Monday
Feb 16^th

Debate 10:00

Can the Met Police survive another sexual misconduct scandal?

Joan Smith

Analysis 07:00

How Rupert Lowe’s new party could boost Farage

How Rupert Lowe’s new party could boost Farage

Samuel Rubinstein

Sunday, February 15th Sunday
Feb 15^th

Debate 15:45

UK cannot afford to hold up bloated universities system

Andrew O'Brien

The revenge of Gorton's chavs

The revenge of Gorton's chavs Voters are sick of shameless politicians

Charlie Winstanley

6 mins

26 Feb 2026 -

Things can't get worse in Gorton and Denton

Things can't get worse in Gorton and Denton Voters are angry and hopeless

Tanya Gold

8 mins

25 Feb 2026 -

How hipsters ruined saunas

How hipsters ruined saunas Sweat should be a social leveler

Pratinav Anil

6 mins

24 Feb 2026 -

Inside the AI resistance

Inside the AI resistance Is the tech apocalypse driving activists mad?

Farahn Morgan

10 mins

23 Feb 2026 -

Watch & listen

Avi Loeb vs. Michael Shermer The Aliens Debate

The Econoclasts Trump’s tariffs are a dangerous distraction

Debate: This house believes all porn is a threat to humanity

Michael Tracey In defence of Prince Andrew

Anton Jäger The Far-Right’s route to victory

Politics

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29.09 2025

Why Portland’s hipsters may secretly approve the National Guard

29.09 2025

Eric Adams exit won’t save Andrew Cuomo

29.09 2025

Gaza flotilla civil war shows the problem with the Omnicause

The Gospel according to Blair

The Gospel according to Blair

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

The end of Starmerism

The end of Starmerism

Jonny Ball

7 mins

The Econoclasts Europe’s looming security crisis

Monday, February 23rd Monday
Feb 23^rd

Reaction 18:30

El Mencho death shows Trump’s growing influence in Mexico

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It’s more politically palatable for Sheinbaum to target big cartel bosses than arrest politicians with drug cartel ties.

David Agren

Debate 11:20

No feminist should defend the niqab

No feminist should defend the niqab

Joan Smith

How Britain gets its future back

How Britain gets its future back Cheap energy is just the start

Jonny Ball

7 mins

21 Feb 2026 -

Secret societies

On cannibalism and Jeffrey Epstein Liberal institutions function like secret societies

Thomas Peermohamed Lambert

9 mins

25 Feb 2026 -

Why myths can save humanity Old stories fill our lives with dignity

Martin Shaw

8 mins

23 Feb 2026 -

Danish minister: Send illegal migrants home

The Aliens Debate

Avi Loeb vs. Michael Shermer

Avi Loeb vs. Michael Shermer

How to save the monarchy

How to save the monarchy Break the gilded cage that protected Andrew

Sarah Ditum

7 mins

26 Feb 2026 -

Suburban sadism

Lucy Letby’s trial by Netflix The former nurse is as banal as she is evil

Poppy Sowerby

4 mins

6 Feb 2026 -

Our Mission

When the herd takes off in one direction, what do you do?
UnHerd is for people who dare to think for themselves.

Mission Statement

How Trump violated the bourgeoisie

USA

How Trump violated the bourgeoisie He plays on their fear of chaos

Terry Eagleton

7 mins

20 Feb 2026 -

Sunday, February 22nd Sunday
Feb 22^nd

Debate 18:00

Death of New York accent is just the tip of cultural flattening

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In losing distinct dialects, our great cities have surrendered old, dense sources of meaning.

Matthew Gasda

Analysis 16:00

Germany’s economy is too reliant on China

Miquel Vila

Debate 13:15

AI decline porn is a distortion of modern Britain

AI decline porn is a distortion of modern Britain

Jide Ehizele

Explainer 08:00

Will Trump’s WHO alternative prevent future lockdowns?

Max Lacour

Agatha Christie and the red scare Twenties crime capers were obsessed with communism

Alwyn Turner

6 mins

29 Jan 2026 -

Britain's Atlantic subordination Our place in the world is clear

Aris Roussinos

7 mins

24 Jan 2026 -

Robby Soave The Epstein Files witch-hunt

In defence of Prince Andrew

Michael Tracey

Michael Tracey

Anthropic's spineless utopianism

Anthropic's spineless utopianism The Pentagon calls all the shots

Elliot Leavy

7 mins

26 Feb 2026 -

Looksmaxxing is the new trans Clavicular’s cybertruck smashes conservative hope

Nikos Mohammadi

6 mins

3 Jan 2026 -

Culture

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15.02 2026

Wetherspoons can be one of Britain’s great cultural exports

10.01 2026

Banning X will not make anyone safer

11.12 2025

Italian food is too diverse for a UNESCO heritage label

Who killed the English eccentric?

Who killed the English eccentric?

Jack Burke

7 mins

How Milan sold its soul

How Milan sold its soul

Andrea Valentino

7 mins

The Econoclasts Starmer’s Mandelson gamble was a match made in hell

Saturday, February 21st Saturday
Feb 21^st

Analysis 17:00

Regime change in Iran won’t be cost-free

Regime change in Iran won’t be cost-free

Daniel DePetris

Reaction 13:15

Carlson-Huckabee interview shows the irrelevance of Christian Zionism

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It's the most revealing document yet of the fracture that will define the Republican Party’s next decade.

Oliver Bateman

Friday, February 20th Friday
Feb 20^th

Debate 20:30

Trump’s alien files release will boost scientific transparency

Trump’s alien files release will boost scientific transparency

Avi Loeb

Reaction 18:50

Supreme Court tariff ruling may strengthen Trump

Kyle Sammin

Analysis 13:00

After Christine Lagarde, the ECB must abandon activism

After Christine Lagarde, the ECB must abandon activism

Wolfgang Munchau

Explainer 10:45

Freedom.gov is America’s latest insult to Europe

Gavin Haynes

Reaction 07:00

Meta trial is a turning point for fightback against social media

Stella O'Malley

Don’t condemn the urban explorers

New York

Don’t condemn the urban explorers Boys need adventure

Valerie Stivers

6 mins

19 Feb 2026 -

On Bonnie Blue and Roger Scruton We have stripped sex of enchantment

Kathleen Stock

7 mins

26 Dec 2025 -

The futility of retiree protests Why let Trump ruin your retirement?

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

14 Nov 2025 -

Emergency Debate This house believes the Right should dump Trump

The Far-Right’s route to victory

Anton Jäger

Anton Jäger

Epstein mania isn’t justice

Peter Mandelson

Epstein mania isn’t justice Due process matters for Andrew and Mandelson

Freddie Sayers

6 mins

25 Feb 2026 -

What young Republicans are telling us Racial language-policing has failed

Valerie Stivers

7 mins

23 Oct 2025 -

Science

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25.11 2025

How increased prostate cancer screening can harm men

01.10 2025

Do we really want a world without mothers?

30.09 2025

AI companions are destroying human relationships

The book that could shake the Pope’s faith

The book that could shake the Pope’s faith

Kathleen Stock

6 mins

Lies, damned lies, and reality TV

Lies, damned lies, and reality TV

Tom Chivers

6 mins

By-election Special Can Reform win in Manchester?

ESPN has made America stupid

sports

ESPN has made America stupid Its decline presages a broader cultural collapse

David Masciotra

8 mins

18 Feb 2026 -

Thursday, February 19th Thursday
Feb 19^th

Analysis 20:00

Protracted war with Iran would haunt Trump in November

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A major foreign conflict will suck huge amounts of oxygen from his domestic message.

Emily Jashinsky

News 17:00

Former Tory MP joins neo-Nazi Azov Brigade

Rob Lownie

Explainer 15:45

Andrew’s arrest proves fairness of Britain’s constitutional monarchy

Andrew’s arrest proves fairness of Britain’s constitutional monarchy

Yuan Yi Zhu

Debate 12:40

Boycotting Trump’s State of the Union is performative

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It’s hard to overstate the theoretical opening for the opposition, but the Democrats’ response has been tepid.

Ben Burgis

Reaction 10:00

French Antifa violence is spilling into mainstream politics

Francois Valentin

Reaction 07:00

London Stock Exchange’s China gamble: a recipe for decline

John Rapley

Don’t mention the old World Wars Outdated analogies make bad foreign policy

Michael Lind

6 mins

23 Oct 2025 -

Why Human Design is perfect for our age It’s religion for the LinkedIn class

Alexandra Jones

7 mins

13 Oct 2025 -

The Econoclasts Trump’s Fed Chair pick won’t save the dollar

Danish minister: Send illegal migrants home

Danish minister: Send illegal migrants home

Why Trump is losing the MAHA Moms

Why Trump is losing the MAHA Moms They want health, not herbicides

Poppy Sowerby

5 mins

24 Feb 2026 -

The triumph of Brexitball Our football style has followed politics

Jonathan Wilson

7 mins

10 Oct 2025 -

Faith

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26.09 2025

Church of England is wrong to condemn migration protests

23.09 2025

Marriage is not just for the wealthy

22.09 2025

Charlie Kirk funeral fuses Christian mercy with MAGA populism

The age of nihilism is over

The age of nihilism is over

Mary Harrington

6 mins

Faith is the new Successor Ideology

Faith is the new Successor Ideology

Tim DeRoche

7 mins

UnHerd Academy Andrew Graham Dixon on Johannes Vermeer

Wednesday, February 18th Wednesday
Feb 18^th

Reaction 22:00

Zohran Mamdani’s tax hike will drive out New Yorkers

Santiago Vidal Calvo

Analysis 17:30

Is Trump about to abandon his Iran playbook?

Is Trump about to abandon his Iran playbook?

Kyle Orton

Explainer 12:30

The novelty of Nick Fuentes is wearing off

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In the volatile digital influencer economy, there is nowhere to go but down.

Ryan Zickgraf

News 07:00

Yanis Varoufakis: Britain should not rejoin the EU

UnHerd Staff

Tuesday, February 17th Tuesday
Feb 17^th

Reaction 19:00

Can Bryan Johnson’s $1 million longevity programme be trusted?

Oliver Bateman

Analysis 17:15

Jesse Jackson transcended America’s racial politics

Jesse Jackson transcended America’s racial politics

David Masciotra

Reaction 14:00

BrewDog sale marks the end of Craft Beer Britain

Will Hawkes

Analysis 10:55

Is France the obstacle to European rearmament?

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Unity at the heart of Europe may be desirable in principle, but it’s hard to come by in practice.

Katja Hoyer

Explainer 07:00

Ukraine EU accession would boost chance of Wagner sabotage

Bethany Elliott

The AI jobs-apocalypse is here

Big Tech

The AI jobs-apocalypse is here Prepare for the laptop-class revolt

Ryan Zickgraf

9 mins

17 Feb 2026 -

The Iron Lady who could save Venezuela

Ian Birrell

5 mins

9 Oct 2025 -

Trump’s monumentalistic aesthetic He wants to memorialize America's greatness

Adam Ellwanger and John J. Waters

6 mins

23 Sep 2025 -

Glenn Loury I fear for America’s future

The Epstein Files witch-hunt

The Epstein Files witch-hunt

Robby Soave

Robby Soave

The amnesiocracy governing Britain

The amnesiocracy governing Britain There’s a reason our leaders are getting stupider

Mary Harrington

7 mins

24 Feb 2026 -

Estonian opioids are heading for Britain Nitazenes are far deadlier than fentanyl

Michal Kranz

11 mins

21 Sep 2025 -

War

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15.02 2026

Marco Rubio’s Munich speech was an ultimatum to Europe

02.02 2026

Russia’s economy is strained, but not broken

22.12 2025

Will China step in to defend Venezuela?

The water wars are coming

The water wars are coming

Peter Frankopan

8 mins

Britain’s military disaster

Britain’s military disaster

Wessie du Toit

8 mins

The Econoclasts Mark Carney’s Davos delusion

Rubio’s charm conceals a brutal truth

Munich Security Conference

Rubio’s charm conceals a brutal truth Europe is on its own

Wolfgang Munchau

5 mins

16 Feb 2026 -

Monday, February 16th Monday
Feb 16^th

Analysis 18:30

Barack Obama’s immigration shift is a warning for Democrats

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Rank-and-file politicians and base voters will feel more emboldened to take a stronger stance.

Michael Baharaeen

Reaction 16:45

Police are right to block the release of the Mandelson files

Police are right to block the release of the Mandelson files

Dominic Adler

Explainer 13:00

The problem with calling Zionism ‘racist’

Ralph Leonard

Should philosophers take drugs? We must embrace the weirdness of the world

Justin Smith-Ruiu

8 mins

12 Sep 2025 -

Faith

The war for China's soul Xi sees Christianity as spiritual opium

Christopher Harding

5 mins

1 Sep 2025 -

John Bew The Davos world is over

Trump’s Fed Chair pick won’t save the dollar

Trump’s Fed Chair pick won’t save the dollar

The Econoclasts

The Econoclasts

Putin can’t survive without war

Putin can’t survive without war Death has become a political religion

Ian Garner

8 mins

24 Feb 2026 -

Trump’s climate policy is class warfare MAGA wants to own the libs

Matt Huber

5 mins

30 Jul 2025 -

Society

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29.09 2025

Did Trump’s Ryder Cup visit backfire?

28.09 2025

The WHO’s anti-alcohol campaign is a war against joy

25.09 2025

ICE shooting doesn’t herald a new era of Left-wing violence

Who killed the East London mobster?

Who killed the East London mobster?

Dominic Adler

5 mins

The battle behind digital IDs

The battle behind digital IDs

Toby Green

8 mins

The Econoclasts Europe’s fatal mistake over Greenland

Sunday, February 15th Sunday
Feb 15^th

Explainer 18:30

Wetherspoons can be one of Britain’s great cultural exports

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The very institution of the pub is so resonant because it can channel both our rowdy and reserved sides.

Josiah Gogarty

News 12:30

Hillary Clinton: US immigration has gone too far

Hillary Clinton: US immigration has gone too far

Rob Lownie

Reaction 08:15

Marco Rubio’s Munich speech was an ultimatum to Europe

Jennifer Kavanagh

Saturday, February 14th Saturday
Feb 14^th

Reaction 13:00

Keir Starmer’s European defence plan is a trap

Peter Franklin

Relax about ‘Western civ’

Relax about ‘Western civ’ Stale ideologies are failing — the West isn't

Michael Lind

19 mins

15 Feb 2026 -

Ozzy Osbourne made Birmingham his power He reassured the city's alienated weirdos

Tracy King

5 mins

24 Jul 2025 -

Music

How Black Sabbath transcended Birmingham Heavy metal was forged in the Midlands

Daniel Kalder

6 mins

3 Jul 2025 -

Sohrab Ahmari & Jenin Younes The ICE debate

I fear for America’s future

I fear for America’s future

Glenn Loury

Glenn Loury

The totalitarianism of the open society

The totalitarianism of the open society There’s no escaping utopia

Matthew Crawford

6 mins

23 Feb 2026 -

The battle for Poland isn’t over Traditional values aren’t welcome in Brussels

Michal Kranz

7 mins

6 Jun 2025 -