01/30/2020 - 9:31am
Coronavirus leaves no room for cultural sensitivity In a globalised world we need to hold our neighbours to higher standards
Peter Franklin
29.01
Social media broadens our opinions? Sorry, don’t believe it A new report aims to debunk the idea of social media 'filter bubbles'
Tom Chivers
29.01
The House of Lords should become the Future Chamber It's time to turn the 'revising chamber' into the 'long term chamber'
Peter Franklin
29.01
Memo to the heterosexual heterophobe: why not try chastity? The biggest taboo in contemporary sexual politics is simply going without
Mary Harrington
28.01
Evidence: The Trump impeachment is backfiring on the Democrats Two datapoints will be bringing a smile to Trumpland
UnHerd
28.01
Labour must decentralise or die The party has always fallen prey to the top-down, micromanaging Left
Peter Franklin
27.01
Ed Balls has been on a journey… in more ways than one A trip to Europe gives the former MP a new political perspective
Freddie Sayers
27.01
Office sports chat doesn’t ‘exclude’ anyone It is not, as a BBC interviewee puts it, a gateway drug to more offensive behaviour
Giles Fraser
27.01
The real story from Italy’s election The 'Brothers of Italy' surged, and look like a potential new Salvini partner
UnHerd
27.01
Hungary is ahead of the curve on population policy Large parts of the world are facing a demographic crisis
Ed West
25.01
Going vegan will not save the planet The system of resource extraction remains environmentally destructive
Mary Harrington
24.01
I disagree with the Church about sex, but I’m not leaving Ambivalence about the church you are a member of is not disloyalty, it is maturity
Giles Fraser
24.01
The Joe Rogan endorsement is a big win for Bernie Critics of the YouTube star overlook his anti-establishment appeal
James Billot
24.01
OK Lisa Nandy, I’ll give you my vote The Wigan MP is the least uninspiring of the Labour leadership candidates
Paul Embery
24.01
Time to introduce virtue into AI ethics Could courage, or love, or patience, be part of ‘ethical data’?
Elizabeth Oldfield
23.01
Audio: Giles Fraser meets geneticist Adam Rutherford The author and scientist tackles the difficult topic of race and science
UnHerd
23.01
France still sees itself as the Protector of Catholicism The Macron row shows that France takes religion more seriously than Britain
Ed West
23.01
Tyler Cowen is pulling on a dangerous thread The economist's new ideological framework is missing a moral dimension
Peter Franklin
22.01
Two cheers for the Welsh smacking ban The ruling raises questions about where parental authority should give way to the state
Mary Harrington
22.01
China’s coronavirus will not be the next Black Death The swift response shows the world has learned from its past failures
Tom Chivers
22.01
When sensitive language stops helping There comes a point at which arguments over words become a substitute for deeds
Peter Franklin
21.01
Casting ethnic minority actors in period roles is political It wasn't the best example, but Laurence Fox has a point
Ed West
21.01
Should we send the Lords up north? Moving the House of Lords, while leaving the House of Commons in London, doesn't make much sense
Peter Franklin
21.01
Tony Hall leaves the BBC with an uncertain future The Director-General achieved many things, but his record is not all positive
Robin Aitken
20.01
The new ‘Orthodox Conservatives’ are missing a trick A new youth pressure group has set out its core values, but there are some glaring omissions
Mary Harrington
20.01
Audio: how bad is Viktor Orban? Phillip Blond and Peter Franklin take opposing views on the virtues of the Hungarian regime
UnHerd
20.01
The sixteenth century roots of Gwyneth Paltrow’s candle A new book reveals how our attitude to smell was set relatively recently
Giles Fraser
18.01
How Jesuit missionaries invented spin The cultural legacy of 16th and 17th century missionaries in Brazil and India is still with us today
Mary Harrington
17.01
In praise of hereditary politicians What if meritocracy is a bad idea and we're better off with hereditary politicians?
Ed West
17.01
Anne Brontë, the forgotten sister who was ahead of her time Anne Brontë, who died 200 years ago today, was more radical than either of her sisters
Freya Sanders
17.01
No, Guy Verhofstadt, citizenship is not a Netflix subscription The latest idea from the EU is part of a wider loss of the importance place
Giles Fraser
16.01
Leavers, not Remainers, deserted Labour in 2019 A spurious claim is being made by some in the party to deflect criticism over the second referendum pledge
Paul Embery