The wreck of the Mary Rose at the museum in Portsmouth. Credit: Hufton + Crow

08/09/2023 - 3:30pm

The ‘queering’ of the Mary Rose insults gay history The curation of objects from Henry VIII's flagship borders on narcissism

Is AI fuelling eating disorder content? A new report shows the ease of circumventing safety guardrails online

Why did Mhairi Black compare feminists to white supremacists? Misogyny appears to be an official SNP policy

Ukraine may pay a price for its Black Sea warfare Strikes on oil tankers risk a response from non-Western powers

William Nattrass

Tuesday, August 8

Debating Gavin Newsom will boost Ron DeSantis The two governors offer strikingly different visions for the country

Jennifer Aniston falls victim to ‘like’ vigilantes The actress came under fire for liking a post by Jamie Foxx

Suella Braverman is right about Iran The Home Secretary and James Cleverly disagree over the IRGC threat

David Patrikarakos

Europe’s renewable energy push is destined for ruin The age of oil is far from over

Ralph Schoellhammer

Why is defining ‘trans woman’ so difficult? Activists and policymakers have made the term confusing

Monday, August 7

The Ohio result will be a warning to Republicans A proxy vote on abortion has national implications

No, racism isn’t to blame for the heatwave response One writer views the climate problem through the prism of race

Foreign investment plummets as the West snubs China The post-Covid economic order has exposed Beijing's vulnerability

The true cost of politicising exam grades School leavers have every reason to feel disenchanted

Mary Harrington

Allies turn on America’s Chinese semiconductor strategy A South Korean lawmaker described US sanctions as counterproductive

Philip Pilkington

Saturday, August 5

Meet Taro Yamamoto: Japan’s answer to AOC The progressive insurgent is making significant headway in the polls

Friday, August 4

Medical groups are memory-holing their trans guidance The American Academy of Pediatrics wants to review youth gender treatments

Eliza Mondegreen

Is Ursula von der Leyen’s job under threat? Challengers are already circling around the EU leader

British Rowing sees sense on trans participation The organisation has followed swimming's lead on female competition

The Covid inquiry’s ‘listening’ exercise is biased Baroness Hallett's hearing will make some stories more equal than others

Thursday, August 3

Inside the ‘disinformation’ group trying to take down Elon Musk The CCDH has a history of politically charged campaigns

The Bank of England has chosen recession Rising interest rates will compound the cost-of-living crisis

Philip Pilkington

Is this the week that Net Zero died? A wave of climate realism is sweeping through Europe

Ralph Schoellhammer

Lizzo’s lawsuit exposes the problem with permissive culture One person’s fun may be another’s lifelong trauma

Wednesday, August 2

The best predictor of happiness in America? Marriage Those in wedlock lead the most joyful lives — by a significant margin

W. Bradford Wilcox and David Bass

Alexandra Tolstoy: debanked for being Russian The countess spoke to UnHerd about her status as a politically exposed person

Donald Trump could drag the courts down with him The former president's indictment may cause a fiery backlash

The Wagner Group gathers on Nato’s border What are the Russian mercenaries up to in Belarus?

William Nattrass

What we know about Donald Trump’s obscure legal charges The ex-president faces indictments previously brought against al-Qaeda

Tuesday, August 1

The trouble with David Baddiel’s ‘male gaze’ The comedian struggles to reconcile bodily attraction with respect

Diet influencers are falling prey to their eating habits Two tragic incidents have thrown extreme diets back into the spotlight

Costa’s trans mastectomy advert is an insult to women The coffee chain is oblivious to the pain it causes troubled young girls

Sweden and Denmark bow to pressure over Quran book burnings The two countries declared their intention to legally ban the protests

Jacob Mchangama