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 decline of Ye West

1 day ago | unherd.com | Mary Harrington

DeclinediverseKanye WestNazismOswald SpenglerPoliticsRomanticismThe West In Munich, in the fractured aftermath of the First World War, an impoverished writer published what would become one of the most famous works of cultural analysis of the 20th century.
How American is the Pope?

5 days ago | unherd.com | Alexander Lucie-Smith

CatholicismFaithPope Leo XIVReformReligionrestofworldUSVatican In the end, after all the fevered speculation, the favourites were found wanting. It was not to be Cardinal Parolin, the Vatican’s top diplomat, nor Cardinal Tagle, “the Asian Francis”. No, the name that was announced from the balcony was little known: that of Robert Francis Prevost, an American from Chicago. The compromise candidate had been chosen. His nationality is two things at once: not important, but crucial.
India can’t win a war with Pakistan

6 days ago | unherd.com | Kapil Komireddi

IndiaKashmirNarendra ModiPakistanPoliticsrestofworldTerrorist attack Early on Wednesday, Indian missiles sailed into Pakistan and destroyed nine sites housing what New Delhi called “terrorist infrastructure”. With two nuclear-armed powers squaring up, the potential for war is obviously making the world nervous, with France and the US just two of the Western countries urging restraint. In truth, though, India’s military action is hardly surprising.
US Trade Chief: Brexit liberated the UK

6 days ago | unherd.com | Sohrab Ahmari

BrexitDonald TrumpEuropean UnionKeir StarmerPoliticsPremiumTradeUK-US trade dealUS US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is in a good mood. “This is a job that goes up and down, but I’m on an up today”, he tells UnHerd in his first major interview with a European outlet, conducted just ahead of the news conference in which the US-UK trade deal was announced.
Depop's dirty little secret

1 week ago | unherd.com | Poppy Sowerby

fantasyFeminismOnlyFanspornSocial mediaSocietyUKVinted Hell is empty, and all the devils are on Depop. Long have second-hand clothes-selling apps and websites played host to the worst human impulses, stuffed to the gills with scammers, cheapskates and cheeky upsellers shifting Primark tank tops for £20. It is the land of huns: the lingua franca is median-average babery, punctuated by kisses, heart emojis and weapons-grade passive aggression.
What's the point of VE Day?

1 week ago | unherd.com | Mary Harrington

EuropeSecond World WarSocietySpitfireUKVE DayVeterans Though the Second World War was never fought on British land, only in the skies overhead, the country’s fabric is marked by the conflict in innumerable ways. Near my home is a stretch of woodland I often run through with the dog. In 1945, an Allied plane crashed among its trees, killing several of the men on board. To this day, local legend has it that visitors to the crash site will hear voices or coughing, or smell smoke.
Shiloh Hendrix's racial boomerang

1 week ago | unherd.com | Zaid Jilani

Amy CooperantiracismBlack Lives MatterCancel culturechristian cooperCultureKarensRacismshiloh hendrixUSviral video In a country full of get-rich-quick schemes, the case of Shiloh Hendrix has got to be the most astounding. In the past week, a viral video emerged of Hendrix’s verbal altercation about an African-American child at a Minnesota playground. Hendrix, holding her own infant, is in an argument with a man recording her — asking her why she referred to the black child using the N-word.
How Trump keeps Mexico afloat

1 week ago | unherd.com | Ioan Grillo

border controlImmigrationMexicorestofworldSocietyTrumpUSA As the sun rises on the rustic town of Ixmiquilpan in central Mexico, and the smell of chili-laced eggs and slow-roasted sheep wafts from the market, queues grow outside the various money transfer shops that surround the central square. When they open, women with young children, middle-aged men in baseball caps, and grandmothers with weathered faces pick up cash payments sent from their loved ones labouring in the United States.
The centrist comeback won’t last

1 week ago | unherd.com | Yanis Varoufakis

AustraliaCanadaCentrismdiverseEmmanuel Macronmark carneyPoliticsPopulismrestofworld When Emmanuel Macron beat Marine Le Pen handsomely to reclaim the French presidency in 2022, the liberal establishment was in ecstasy. Their verdict that the centre was holding was as understandable as it was unfounded. In reality, Macron’s second term helped the ultra-Right become France’s strongest political force.
You won't find God on your iPhone

1 week ago | unherd.com | Giles Fraser

AppsCatholicismdiverseFaithGodHallowprayer “The first consistent way I made money was altar serving,” Alessandro DiSanto has said. At the Holy Name of Jesus parish in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and while still only in eighth grade, he would organise the altar servers for funerals. One funeral home offered $5 a funeral, another $10, another $15. “We were always praying for the $15 home,” he’s joked.