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Mon, 23 Feb

DEBATE: This house believes all porn is a threat to humanity

Is civilization being poisoned by pornography, or is porn the scapegoat for all of the West’s problems? Author of ‘Pornocracy’ Jo Bartosch & author of ‘GIRLS’ Freya India debate former editor of The Erotic Review Rowan Pelling and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. Join UnHerd for this timely and vital debate on sexual ethics in the digital age.

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Mon, 2 Mar

UnHerd Academy: Martin Shaw on mythology

What are ‘ancient technologies’ and could they save the West from its identity crisis? Dr Martin Shaw is the author of the new book Liturgies of the Wild and founder of the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University. He joins the UnHerd Club for an exclusive live event to excavate the myths that he says can save modern society from the perils of spiritual impoverishment. Copies of Liturgies of the Wild will be on sale at the event and available for signing.

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Mon, 9 Mar

Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson

Described as ‘the English Philip Roth’, Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson has written some of the funniest and most devastating books of our time. His new novel Howl follows the embattled Ferdinand Draxler, son of a Holocaust survivor who accuses him of cowardice and father of a daughter who accuses him of genocide. With his trademark erudition and acerbic wit, Jacobson skewers the anxieties and absurdity of living in our strange times. Join UnHerd for this on-stage interview about his life and work, a book signing and exclusive audience Q&A.

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Thu, 12 Mar

DEBATE: This house believes the reformation was a mistake

As more young British and American churchgoers convert to traditional Catholicism, could we be witnessing a spiritual counterrevolution? UnHerd’s US Editor Sohrab Ahmari and the Reverend Giles Fraser face off against former Church of England bishop Graham Tomlin and author Elizabeth Oldfield in this live debate.

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Mon, 23 Mar

The Econoclasts LIVE: Welcome to the New World Order

The Econoclasts are bringing their hit economics podcast to London! Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Münchau don’t always agree politically, but they are united in one conviction: the consensus is rotten. Mainstream economics has consistently failed to predict the events that shape our world, yet this broken orthodoxy still dominates. In this exclusive live recording they will break down the big players on the world stage and ask: which powers will dominate the new world order?

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The UnHerd Club

The UnHerd Club is proof that free thinking and friendly debate is still possible. With UnHerd the publication upstairs, and the Old Queen Street Café downstairs, it has become a sanctuary in the heart of Westminster.