Putin railed against the West and shifted blame for the war in his annual speech. Credit: Getty.

02/21/2023 - 11:37am

Vladimir Putin finally calls Russia’s ‘special military operation’ a war The President made the admission in his State of the Nation speech

Maximilian Hess

Labour’s Asian-origin heartlands want lower immigration too Migration concerns aren't just the preserve of white Brits

Why is there no Covid-19 commission in America? The public deserves an investigation

Margery Smelkinson and Leslie Bienen

Monday, February 20

Western public support for Ukraine is falling New polls show that war fatigue may be setting in

Fewer Brits now support Irish reunification than in 1998 Backing has fallen by over 10 points in the last two decades

Viktor Orbán accuses Germany of leaving the ‘peace camp’ The Hungarian PM says the country has become more hawkish

William Nattrass

The media pushes polyamory — but the public isn’t buying it Despite numerous columns on the subject, the practice hasn't taken off

Mary Harrington

New data reveals nationwide desire for lower immigration The latest wave of UnHerd Britain polling shows an unusual level of agreement

Friday, February 17

Replika users mourn the loss of their chatbot girlfriends An AI app's decision to remove its sexting function reveals a concerning trend

Phoebe Arslanagic-Little

The real cause of the teen mental health crisis It's too easy to lay all the blame on social media

Washington embraces the Azov Brigade Should America's politicians not be more careful about meeting the far-Right group?

Can The New York Times resist the trans backlash? The paper is facing internal dissent over its gender coverage

Conspiracy? Not really, just common sense My fellow North Easterners are not wrong to believe in an all-powerful distant elite

Thursday, February 16

OSINT picks holes in Seymour Hersh’s Nord Stream claims Open-source analysts argue that the journalist's theory doesn't add up

Is a religious revival breaking out in America? Worshippers are visiting Asbury University in their droves

Why ethnic minorities and young people are more conspiratorial The British electorate is likely to become only more so

Pfizer and Ursula von der Leyen: the missing text messages The public should know about her private dealings with the company's CEO

Wednesday, February 15

Who really blew up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline? Freddie Sayers challenges Jeffrey Sachs on his claim that America was responsible

Why vintage conspiracies are back in fashion The tech-inflected nature of a dystopian pandemic might be to blame

How Scotland fell out of love with Nicola Sturgeon A steady decline in the polls made her resignation inevitable

Don’t blame J.K. Rowling for Brianna Ghey’s death Trans activists are holding the author responsible for the teenager's killing

Is Ukraine trying to open a second front against Russia? A once-supportive Georgia is now wary of being drawn into the war

William Nattrass

Tuesday, February 14

Wakanda Forever borrows from Wagner Group playbook The film's anti-French tropes lean into the Russian militia's propaganda

Francois Valentin

Brazil turns its back on its old American master Once a major backer of America, Lula is now choosing a different path

Philip Cunliffe

Why Hogwarts Legacy will prevail The Harry Potter game has benefitted from a media storm

Is Yevgeny Prigozhin falling out of favour with the Kremlin? Russia's Defence Ministry appears to be reining in the Wagner Group leader

Bethany Elliott

Elections in Europe: Olaf Scholz humiliated, Giorgia Meloni soars Three elections, two wildly different results

Monday, February 13

Louis-Vincent Gave: the truth about China’s reopening The country has abandoned its signature lockdown policy

Is this the new golden era of UFOs? Several unidentified objects have been shot down by the US military since Friday

Tim Pool: the latest gonzo journalist to be forced out After the James O'Keefe saga, independent media is running out of steam

Andrew Tate is Alan Partridge run amok A new documentary shows the influencer at his most cringeworthy

Mary Harrington

Most of the UK is already in recession The latest ONS growth numbers conceal a worrying reality

Philip Pilkington