Articles
External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications

A Prayer After the Moon Landing
Toward the end of his life, W.H. Auden wrote a grumpy poem that ends on the perfect note for ringing in 2024.

Hamas’ philosophy: All civilians, all children are tools of war
Every time a home is destroyed in Gaza, or a civilian building is targeted much of the world seems bewildered and outraged. In the process the worst libels against the Jewish state get repeated.

Burglary rates are a scandal – new rule forcing cops to attend within an hour shows they’ve utterly failed at their job
In England and Wales three quarters of all home break-ins end up with no suspect identified

The Journey of the Three Wise Men
T.S. Eliot imagines the hard, cold trek of the Magi en route to the birth of Christ.

Even as our allies suffer, there is reason to be grateful this Christmas
We’ve been too quick to bank major innovations while devaluing our sacred past. Let us reverse this trend

Hamas terror tunnels were built with your money
I have a great money-saving idea. Americans want to reign in their government’s spending. So I have a proposal. Stop sending money to terrorists. The IDF released photos of a large underground Hamas tunnel system that was uncovered in the Gaza Strip. It is American, European, and other taxpayer dollars that went into building this […]

Court cases & ballot bans only make Trump’s chances of winning stronger – it’s time to get ready for his return to DC
Many people inside and outside America might not like Donald Trump. But a large percentage of the American public does

The American Left can’t hide its hatred for Britain
By shelving talks over a free trade deal, Biden has confirmed all our worst fears about the Democrats

A Grave You Will Have in the Clouds
The fragment of a poem, written in German by a Jew, is a devastating indictment of evil.

In search of deep England
The pheasants flew high, lost in the mist. Lost in this magical kingdom that had been like this for centuries, and with a little luck and a lot of hard work could be like this for centuries more.

America must aid Ukraine AND secure our own borders — or what kind of superpower are we?
But why should these two things be in opposition? Why not have both? Why not support America´s allies and also have security at the southern border? It is not as though we have to choose. Or at least it shouldn’t be.

Why all the fuss over stripping of Hamas terrorists? That is what a real war looks like
The IDF have to watch out for suicide bombers, who of course hide explosives under their clothing