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Challenging the herd with bold thinking in philosophy, politics and culture. Subscribe to UnHerd here: unherd.com/join
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    Jun 25
    Exclusive: JD Vance speaks to UnHerd on America's new relationship with Iran. Speaking to @SohrabAhmari on Air Force Two, he covered: - What it's like to negotiate with the Iranians - What Iran really wants from the deal - How America and Iran have agreed an in-person channel
    JD Vance: Our new relationship with Iran
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    "The company has an obligation to verify that you are old enough" @JonHaidt tells @freddiesayers that free-speech fears are valid, but laws like Australia's don’t restrict internet access; they only require tech firms to verify a child's age when creating an account.
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    "Many people are starting from that distrust of regulations" @JonHaidt tells @freddiesayers that while youth social media regulation is bipartisan, right-wing anxiety about internet freedom in the UK is a justified response to excessive government crackdowns on online content.
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    In an interview today, Kemi Badenoch claimed that she feels sorry for Keir Starmer following his resignation as Prime Minister. @archie48earle reports 👇
    Kemi Badenoch: I feel sorry for Keir Starmer
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    Actresses playing heroines too often complain about women's underrepresentation in classic literature. In the case of the Odyssey, however, it’s a laughably poor fit, writes @SpencerKlavan 👇
    Lupita Nyong’o doesn’t understand women in the Odyssey
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    The women of the Odyssey don’t need Lupita Nyong’o to leap to their defence. They have stood beautifully on their own for hundreds of years, writes @SpencerKlavan 👇
    Lupita Nyong’o doesn’t understand women in the Odyssey
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    A French appeals court has suspended two-thirds of Marine Le Pen's ban from standing for election. But has the baton already been passed to Jordan Bardella? @Valen10Francois 👇
    Guilty verdict could finally end the Le Pen era
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    ‘Bardella resembles the version of Emmanuel Macron who won the presidency in 2017: voters can project their own hopes onto a relatively blank canvas.’ Read @Valen10Francois on what Le Pen’s embezzlement case means for the French Right 👇
    Guilty verdict could finally end the Le Pen era
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    'Clacton-on-Sea is a funny old place. To reach it one has to drive through the smart commuter villages of the Tendring peninsula, the farthest extremity of north-east Essex, between Colchester and the North Sea. These villages have more than their share of big houses with big
    Clacton: the birthplace of Brexit
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    Adam James Pollock
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    Despite the constant refrains that Unionism in Ulster is dying out, membership of the Junior Orange Order has grown by over 70% since 2021. Why is this happening, and what does it mean? I spoke to young Orangemen to find out. My latest for @unherd: unherd.com/2026/07/meet-u…
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    Meet Ulster’s young Orangemen, by Adam James Pollock (@AdamPollock) There’s a party atmosphere in Carrickfergus. Thousands of spectators line the streets to commemorate William’s ‘Royal Landing’ at the harbour town in summer 1690. Yet if this warm summer day is like many others
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    James Billot
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    Lead item on today's Undercurrents. Subscribe here: unherd.com/undercurrents-…
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    ‘Americans are now much more likely to be persuaded by arguments about their material interests, not abstract appeals to integrity and decency.’ Read @emilyjashinsky 👇
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    New Platner allegations are a test of Democrats’ moral limits
    Yesterday, Graham Platner put his Senate campaign on hold within minutes of Politico reporting an on-the-record rape allegation involving the combat veteran. Platner said in a video that the claim is...
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    After Taylor Swift’s opulent, secret, incredibly public wedding, caterers handed out leftover pastries to the peasant throng in the street below. What could be more medieval?
    Taylor Swift: feudal princess
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