UnHerd

UnHerd is a British news platform that launched on July 21, 2017. Its mission is to challenge conventional thinking by offering fresh perspectives and to serve as a voice for ideas, individuals, and topics that often go unnoticed. Sally Chatterton, who previously worked for the Daily Telegraph and the Independent, took over as editor after Tim Montgomerie's exit in March 2018. Freddie Sayers became the Executive Editor in 2019, coming from a background as the Editor-in-Chief of YouGov and as the founder of Politics Home, a UK news site. As of January 2020, the website has a dedicated team of 10 full-time editorial and production staff members. UnHerd features contributions from various writers, including Giles Fraser, Ed West, Tanya Gold, John Gray, James Bloodworth, Matthew Goodwin, Julie Bindel, and Douglas Murray. The platform operates without a paywall, funded by an endowment from Sir Paul Marshall, a businessman who supported Brexit and was previously a donor to the Liberal Democrats. There are plans to introduce paid services in the future.

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The war on Iran's journalists

20 hours ago | unherd.com | Kourosh Ziabari

CensorshipFree SpeechIranislamic republicJournalismrestofworldSociety Over 30 years ago, in the northern Iranian city of Rasht, Seyed Hossein Ziabari decided to launch a magazine. Called Hatef, the Arabic and Persian for “Voice”, it was a journal of culture and society, focused especially on the endangered Gilaki language spoken in this rainy, lush valley by the Caspian.
Laura Loomer is degrading politics

3 days ago | unherd.com | Kat Rosenfield

Donald TrumpLaura LoomerOval OfficePoliticsSeinfeldThe Supreme CourtUSvibe shift One of comedy’s greatest stock characters is the guy who’s his own worst enemy. You know the type: Kramer from Seinfeld; Michael Scott from The Office; the fanatical Wile E. Coyote who stalks the desert in perpetual and fruitless pursuit of his nemesis, the Road Runner.
Left and Right get equality wrong

3 days ago | unherd.com | Michael Lind

DEIDonald TrumpEconomyJobsMeritocracyPoliticsUniversitiesUSWorking class In his second term, President Trump has promised to make America meritocratic again.
Trump's 'Dirty Harry' theory of justice

5 days ago | unherd.com | Henry Olsen

clint eastwoodCrimedeportationsKilmar Abrego Garciaopen bordersPoliticsSupreme CourtTrumpUS Democrats seem to imagine they have a political winner on their hands with the case of the Trump administration’s improper deportation of Klimer Abrego Garcia to a notorious El Salvadoran prison. To drive home the perceived advantage, Sen.
Britain's petrolheads are back

1 week ago | unherd.com | Joel Budd

Broken Britaincar modificationCarsRural EnglandSocietyUKWorking class I often hear them before I see them: the squeal of tyres in a suburban street; the frantic revving in a motorway tunnel. Then the modified cars appear. Not uncommonly, they proceed to do something obnoxious. One strange-looking grey Audi overtakes me on the right, then quickly turns left, trailing a Victorian quantity of smoke.
Transcript: UnHerd’s interview with JD Vance

1 week ago | unherd.com | Sohrab Ahmari

Charles de GaulleEuropeJD VanceKeir StarmerPoliticsRussiaUKUkraineUSVolodymyr Zelensky UnHerd’s wide-ranging conversation with JD Vance, his first major interview with a European outlet since assuming office as Vice President, topped headlines in Britain, Europe, and America on Monday, sending the FTSE surging on news of a potential US-UK trade deal and prompting a positive response from the Starmer government.
The age of nihilism is over

1 week ago | unherd.com | Mary Harrington

FaithGen XKurt CobainnihilismReligionTrainspottingUK Philosophy, claimed Étienne Gilson, always buries its undertakers. Gilson was himself a philosopher, so perhaps he had an interest in believing this. But there might be something in it: as the complaints pile up, about cultural stagnation and loss of meaning, Britain’s young people are on a renewed quest for higher things. One of the forms this seems to be taking, at least for some, is a turn toward God.
Katy Perry is pointing us to the Moon

1 week ago | unherd.com | Peter Hague

Blue OrigindiverseElon MuskJeff BezosKaty PerryLauren SánchezSocietySpaceX Unless something goes wrong, most spaceflights are little reported in the news. Monday’s launch of a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket, though, was an exception. Its all-female crew attracted a huge amount of attention, thanks in part to the inclusion of the pop star Katy Perry.
JD Vance: My message to Europe

1 week ago | unherd.com | Sohrab Ahmari

AmericaDonald TrumpinterviewJD VancePoliticsUS “It’s not good for Europe to be the permanent security vassal of the United States.” So says JD Vance during a phone conversation with UnHerd on Monday, his first major interview with a European outlet since taking office as Vice President. The backdrop is a week of turmoil on financial markets triggered by President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs.
A British revival needs more than steel

1 week ago | unherd.com | Philip Cunliffe

British SteelKeir StarmerPoliticsScunthorpeUK In the space of a few short days, British politics seems to have rediscovered the national interest. The government has announced that it is invoking emergency powers to take control of British Steel’s blast furnaces at Scunthorpe, pre-empting the firm’s liquidation by its Chinese owners Jingye.