Articles
External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications
Quick work permits for migrants is unfair way to make crisis worse
Everyone who has moved to this country to work here legally can swop horror stories of the grinding procedures, the lengthy processing times, and the expense.
It’s criminal the Home Secretary is having to tell cops to probe crimes
For most of the country, home burglary has become effectively a non-crime, just like bike theft and phone theft. It is one reason why Ms Braverman promised in a speech yesterday to raise the number of police on our streets to the highest number on record.
Seize the Day
The words of Persian poet Omar Khayyam—revitalized by a brilliant English translator—remind us to never give up on life.
Why everyone thinks they could be President
There have been so many upsets in American politics of late that it’s understandable that almost everybody thinks they have a chance.
Truth and justice die when your career can be destroyed by a claim you can’t disprove
The case of Laurence Fox shows how far our society is now run by inhabitants of Wonderland
Tragedy, and hope, of New York City
Whenever something horrible happens you expect the waters of human kindness to stay open up for a while at least.
Hope That the Road Is a Long One
Constantine Cavafy’s poem ‘Ithaca’ reminds us that life should be about the journey, not the destination.
Sorry, but can we please stop the guilt trips? [£]
Australia has a choice: concede all failures of the Aboriginal peoples are directly due to ‘settlers’, or at some point give itself a break. The English did nothing wrong. Neither did any of you.
Prince Charming is cancelled
I’m sure there are some girls who don’t want to dream about a Prince Charming. But why should they dream of being something like a deputy undersecretary at the United Nations?
A journalist is attacked and smeared, and the media cheers
You’d have thought that at such a time the media would have protected one of their own. You’d have perhaps expected PEN, the ADL and all those other fat, over-funded, pompous organizations to condemn the violent assault of a journalist.
Contemplating the Ruins
The 18th-century English poet Thomas Gray offers us a glimpse of a cemetery in the countryside—while urging us to ponder the finiteness of life.
Hell is the Ulez hotline
Of course, due to the backlash against the Mayor for his extension of the scheme, he has come up with a fresh, brilliant idea. This is the one that led to my calling his thrilling Ulez extension hotline.