Ever since October 2024, the assisted dying bill has split Britain. Is life sacred? Should individuals be free to choose? How to protect the vulnerable? Those vexed questions will be discussed in the UnHerd club, when our columnist Kathleen Stock and journalist Sonia Sodha debate David Aaronovitch and Rabbi Jonathan Romain.
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Disinformation is everywhere, we’re told, and it’s a threat to our democracy. But what if the war on disinformation itself was really just a means to squash any and all legitimate dissent? That’s the subject of Jacob Siegel’s latest book, The Information State, which he’ll discuss at the UnHerd club.
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Christian Nationalism is on the rise in Great Britain, and the Church of England caters to secular liberals. But what does an actual ‘Christian politics’ look like? Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams joins us at the UnHerd club for an exclusive live interview to promote his latest book, Solidarity.
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Perhaps Britain’s most unique postwar writer, JG Ballard’s novels forensically documented the paranoia, erotic violence, and anomie of modern life, in high-rise buildings, airports, and motorway pile-ups. Join Nina Allan, science fiction writer and co-author of the new Ballard biography, The Illuminated Man, for a masterclass on his life and work.
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The Beatles derived much of their creative energy from the unique dynamic between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Ian Leslie, author of John and Paul, will break down the Fab Four’s most career-defining songs, alongside Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge.
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There’s far more to fairies than wings and wands. Next month, Francis Young, historian, folklorist, and author of Fairies: A History, visits the UnHerd club to discuss a range of supernatural humanoid creatures, from the elves of Scandinavia to the aos si of Ireland, that existed before the “small winged fairy” in the 19th century.
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Stoicism is an enduring and ancient philosophy, invented by the Greeks, practised by the Romans, and foundational to Christianity. In this Academy masterclass, Tom Hodgkinson, editor of Idler magazine and author of How to Live Like a Stoic, shares lessons from the original stoics: Seneca, Cicero, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius and St Augustine.
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