Articles
External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications
Anti-Semitism’s omen: When they hate Jews, we are all next
The ‘diversity is our strength’ lobby is wrong. Jihadists want all of us to die.
Douglas Murray: Trump cleaned up crime in DC and taught everyone a lesson in public safety
Ever since President Trump decided to clean up Washington, DC, crime in the city has gone down in drastic numbers.
The Massacre at Bondi Beach Was Inevitable
Australia has long tolerated the proponents of such mayhem and silenced those who raise the alarm.
Douglas Murray: Zohran Mamdani appointing radical transition team has NYC in for a rude awakening
Well, New York — we’re going to be in for quite a ride. But then, I suppose many voters knew that when they voted in Zohran Mamdani as mayor last month.
The pleasure of not knowing
A few years ago the podcaster Lex Fridman published a list of books that he was hoping to read in the year ahead. It included works by George Orwell, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Hermann Hesse and others. If he had published this in the world of print media he might have got back some encouraging noises.
Europe can’t moan it’s way to Ukraine peace. It must step up itself.
There have always been a lot of jokes about the European military.
Where was my invitation to Your Party?
For perhaps the first time in my life I have experienced ‘fomo’ – fear of missing out. It is strange to feel this teenage sentiment now I am safely in my forties, and even odder that it should occur in relation to a party political conference in Liverpool.
Culture matters: That was Peter Whittle’s message to the British Right
Too many conservatives for too long felt the crucial battles were about economics. The NCF founder helped to correct that error.
Sir Tom Stoppard: ‘I aspire to write for posterity’
Sir Tom Stoppard, the British playwright, died at his home in Dorset yesterday aged 88. In 2019, he gave a rare interview to Douglas Murray.
Afghan terror and Somalia fraud shows why Trump is right on migrants
You have to be careful with a country. You cannot just leave borders open, or allow in large numbers of people with totally different value systems from your own.
The theatre isn’t a thinktank
Readers tend not to approve of rows between columnists, but I must take issue with something Lloyd Evans wrote in ‘No life’ last week. Our theatre critic claimed that his companionship ‘is very low calibre’, that he ‘can’t match anyone in conversation’ and that he ‘can barely recall making a witty or worthwhile comment’…
We shouldn’t reward Russia with a ‘peace’ that leaves Ukraine carved up and helpless
Despite President Trump’s calls for the fighting to stop, Russia this week again stepped up its war against Ukraine.