Published by UnHerd (12th November, 2020) If there is one thing that pretty much everyone in the United States can agree on, it is that their mighty nation […]
United States / World
The casual corrosion of democracy
Published by UnHerd ((5th November, 2020) Shortly before 10pm yesterday, I was wandering along the boarded up streets of Washington towards the White House. I passed people dancing […]
United States / World
What’s the mood in Trumpland?
Published by UnHerd (3rd November, 2020) One thing was certain as I stood outside the courthouse in Lewisburg chatting to people casting their vote in this friendly little […]
Technology
The BBC needs to sack the suits
Published by UnHerd (18th September, 2020) It is easy to get infuriated by the BBC’s annual league table of its highest-earning stars. Zoe Ball is an engaging presenter, […]
Africa / Covid19 / Uganda
Africa’s catastrophic Covid response
Published by UnHerd (11th September, 2020) As Covid-19 began to sweep across the planet earlier this year, the warnings about the disease’s impact on Africa were terrifying. The […]
Covid19 / Economics
The older workers condemned by Covid
Published by UnHerd (21st August, 2020) Five months ago, Sandra Ackland became one of the millions of British workers furloughed after lockdown started. Her income fell by £400 […]
Covid19 / Europe / Policy / Social care / Sweden
How Covid exposed the world’s lack of care
Published by UnHerd (14th August, 2020) Last week, I was in Sweden, investigating whether the nation’s strategy to avoid lockdown during a pandemic has been a success or […]
Politics
Where have all the good politicians gone?
Published by UnHerd (1st July, 2020) Tony Blair has had the most successful career of any politician since Margaret Thatcher. He won three general elections, reshaped the country […]
North Korea / South Korea / World
The defector taking on Kim Jong-un
Published by UnHerd (19th June, 2020) It was a cloudy July night with a full moon, shortly before midnight, when we arrived at our destination near the Han […]
China / Covid19 / World
So where did Covid-19 come from?
Published by UnHerd (12th June, 2020) Last year, Yuan Zhiming published an article in the Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity confessing to concerns about high security laboratories in China. He […]
Policy / Politics / Race / United States / World
The Republican Party’s descent into darkness
Published by UnHerd (4th June, 2020) On April 3, 1968 Martin Luther King gave a speech at the Mason Temple in Memphis. He spoke for 40 minutes without […]