Would AI substitutes be OK if enough white actors are replaced too? Credit: IMDB, Fox

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The next front in the culture wars: AI-voiced cartoons A robot voicing a non-white character will cause more headaches for networks

Effect of the pandemic or lockdown? FT gets into a twist Two worldviews clash again

Paul Kingsnorth: an English visionary’s quiet rebellion Climate change cannot be halted, he warns us, nor can capitalism be reformed

Wednesday, March 10

Momentum’s vapid ‘socialism’ is not fit for the 21st century The pressure group's four-year plan is little more than a woolly affectation

James Bloodworth

Paul Kingsnorth: science can never replace myth Freddie Sayers spoke to the writer about why he left the green movement

Why the school testing regime needs to change The ratio of true to false positives will worsen as the disease becomes rare

How long before beauty itself becomes taboo? Unilever is forcibly changing the definition of beauty

Tuesday, March 9

The Miller case exposes the tyranny of trans activism Is chasing hazy 'non-crime hate incidents' really a good use of police time?

Is Piers Morgan a ‘wokie’ now? The GMB host is not practising what he preached

Why Naga Munchetty’s racism documentary falls short It covers too much ground in too little time

The trans lobby is finally meeting resistance Until now it has been driving policy at the highest levels unopposed

Mary Harrington

Monday, March 8

Terrorism in Europe won’t be solved by closing borders It is primarily a home-grown problem

Memo to populists: it’s security, not liberty, stupid Laurence Fox's launch is all about freedom — but is that what drives populist voters?

First evidence from Spain: the impact of lockdown on fertility Already low, the birthrate during lockdown fell by 23%

The EU are the populists now On vaccines, the bloc's disregard for norms is distinctly Trumpian

Friday, March 5

Andrew Cuomo’s shame should be shared by the media It was the talking heads who raised, praised and erased the Governor

The world’s dangerous dependency on Taiwan A global shortage of semiconductors could result in full-scale conflict

Robots: the new Republican dividing line The rivalry between tech-supporting libertarians and pro-job populists defines the party

Mark Drakeford’s unworkable vision for the Union Devolutionaries cannot expect to gain Welsh independence with British cash

No, social media is not as bad as heroin A wild claim made in the New Statesman doesn't check out

Thursday, March 4

In defence of England’s ’empty churches’ When we abandon these special buildings, we lose a timeless spiritual refuge

Jonathan Glancey

The moral bankruptcy of cancel culture The NYT's Nikole Hannah-Jones makes a misguided and ahistorical claim

Become a member of UnHerd! We're excited to be moving into the next phase

Freddie Sayers & Sally Chatterton

Another career sacrificed on the altar of progressive opinion James Moore's transgression? Upsetting some people on social media

One last heave for the QAnoners… Conspiracists believe that today Trump loyalists will overthrow the Government

Lord Sumption: civil disobedience has begun The retired Supreme Court justice believes we have no moral obligation to obey the law

Wednesday, March 3

Is Netflix behind the Covid baby bust? Good TV may have a bad effect on demography

Treasury North: campus or colonial outpost? Instead of devolving resources to Darlington, Whitehall has chosen to devolve itself

What now for Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party? An alliance with Europe's far-Right may be on the cards

Alexander Faludy

A national newspaper gives a pulpit to a bloodstained dictator Baron Lebedev has recast Rwanda's president as an environmental hero

Tuesday, March 2

Why is the NYT perpetuating myths about trans life in Britain? The paper has a warped image of the UK's transgender climate

Cambridge University’s cosy relationship with China Today's revelations are only the latest in a long line of links with the CCP