11/25/2019 - 12:45pm

Elsa goes all Elizabeth Warren in Frozen 2 Should the snow queen take a 23andMe test?

The Manichaeism of the Left will be its undoing The good-or-evil cult of the Corbyn Left will prevent it winning elections

Podcast: George Monbiot’s Confessions The latest episode of Confessions with Giles Fraser is now live

Saturday, November 23

GPS “crop circles” point to a weird data future This story from MIT Technology Review reveals a new kind of big data crime

Mary Harrington

Friday, November 22

Now the Illiberal Democrats ban Catholics A Lib Dem candidate was deselected on the grounds that he is an orthodox Roman Catholic

Young Tories can’t find a place to live 'Partyism' is spreading into every area of life, but there is a cure

Thursday, November 21

Two cheers for Labour’s housing policy It pains me to say it, but there's a lot to welcome in Corbyn's manifesto

What the fork, Marie Kondo? When luxuries become abundant, the rejection of abundance becomes the new luxury.

Wednesday, November 20

UnHerd Britain launches on the Peston Show We were delighted to be "geek of the week" on Peston

Pivot to burnout Marketing experts should put their creative energy into rebranding Sabbath

Elizabeth Oldfield

Who are the Boris-backing C2DEs? The NRS social grade system is useful for economists, but confusing for everyone else

Tuesday, November 19

Leadership debate turns Blind Date The set may have been borrowed from The Weakest Link, but the atmosphere was full Cilla Black

Iran shows the danger of a nationalised internet The shutdown should make supporters of Labour's policy think again

Mary Harrington

Sajid Javid’s land tax doesn’t go far enough The Chancellor must embrace a Churchillian principle

Monday, November 18

Boris will move on economics more easily than culture Beyond Brexit, what sort of domestic agenda would the PM actually implement?

Even a royalist like me struggles with the Windsors The royal family are facing a new annus horribilis

Identity politics has gone mainstream A recent festival showed how identity politics is no longer the preserve of posh students

Saturday, November 16

Autocratic regimes are influencing our universities A new select committee report details the influence of foreign regimes in Academia

Mary Harrington

Friday, November 15

Meet the Groypers: the alt-Right’s newest fringe It is perfectly 2019 that today’s ‘rebels’ are a group of hyper-reactionary boys yearning for a time they never knew

Today’s reaction shows the Corbyn cult at its rawest The Labour Party's response to today's letter in the Guardian is typical of the leadership

Stephen Pollard

Reversing Beeching is just the beginning The economic isolation of large parts of the north and rural areas began in the 1960s, with a misguided sense of the future

Tips from a grandmaster for the game of life A new book on chess illustrates the deep value of concentration - particularly in today's digital world

Elizabeth Oldfield

Thursday, November 14

Deadlocked Democracy The rise of populist, separatist and environmentalist parties is making it harder to form coalition governments

Labour must come to its senses over Freedom of Movement Voters have had enough of their communities being collateral damage in the game of global capitalism

Talk of ‘Empire’ is a Remainer fantasy I have never heard a single Leave supporter mention the empire

Why Michael Bloomberg has my vote Mayor Bloomberg rebuilt and revitalised New York — so why can't he do the same for America?

Wednesday, November 13

Don’t read this if you’re scared of flying Two planes never crash for the same reason. But then, they did.

Boris Johnson’s fish and chips strategy New analysis reveals the favourite restaurant types of different parts of Britain

David Cameron’s fake news about fake news The ex-Prime Minister doesn't know what he's talking about

Tuesday, November 12

Lionel Barber: what the FT got wrong on populism Audio: the retiring editor says his paper has learned from its past mistakes

Leaving ‘Cyberia’: the joy of returning home Is it liberating that I can travel so far yet remain engaged?

Britain should lead the way on farm subsidies Across the EU, 80% of subsidies go to the biggest 20% of claimants