Published by UnHerd (3rd May, 2019) Forty years ago today, the British people went to the polls and elected their first female prime minister. This was the most […]
Economics
How football raised its game
Published by UnHerd (10th May, 2019) Football. Bloody hell! First Liverpool’s brilliant fightback against Barcelona taking them to a second successive European Champions League final, then Spurs swept […]
Africa / Algeria / Sudan
The Arab Spring is still unfurling
Published by UnHerd (11th April, 2019) The revolution in Sudan has an icon. The image of a young student was caught on scores of mobile phones as she […]
Belgium / Disability / Europe / Health / Holland / Policy
Can we be trusted with euthanasia?
Published by UnHerd (1st February, 2019) It is largely accepted in the modern democratic world that people have the right to do as they determine with their bodies […]
Arts / Disability / Film / Technology
The invisibility of disability on the screen
Published by UnHerd (10th January, 2019) It is ironic that Bryan Cranston has been forced to defend his right to portray a person with disabilities when promoting his […]
Aid / Disability
How charities are corrupted by Whitehall
Published by UnHerd (30th November, 2018) The National Health Service has been ordered to start looking into the deaths of patients in mental health units to learn from […]
Africa / Nigeria / Technology
Can Zuckerberg control his monster?
Published by UnHerd (19th November, 2018) It seems incredible Facebook is only 14 years old. The firm’s penetration of the planet, since it was created by some Harvard […]
Africa / Aid / Ghana
The charity guru who duped the world
Published by UnHerd (24 October, 2018) It is hard to think of a more famous global academic than Jeffrey Sachs. He advises the United Nations, collaborates with presidents, […]
United States / World
Adventures in Trumpland
Published by UnHerd (14th September, 2018) Richard Ojeda is standing for election in the heartland of Donald Trump terrain, a poverty-scarred slice of West Virginia filled with coal […]
Europe / European Union / Hungary
The far-right’s plan to capture Europe
Published by UnHerd (6th August, 2018) When future generations try to make sense of this turbulent chapter in European history, the name of Viktor Orban will loom large. […]
Africa / Eritrea / Ethiopia
Why a historic African peace deal is good news for Europe
Published by UnHerd (13th July, 2018) Earlier this week a mechanic in Ethiopia telephoned his mother. Such a simple event, yet it symbolised astonishing moves taking place in […]