Articles

External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications

The Critic
30 June 2020

What did Roger Scruton and Christopher Hitchens have in common?

Douglas Murray on the personal debt he owes to the two men he considers his literary mentors

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The Daily Mail
28 June 2020

It feels like Britain is suffering a mental breakdown with all the values that bind us being torn apart

The Home Secretary describing the criminal mayhem as ‘utterly vile’. Meanwhile, lockdown parties and illegal raves erupt into violence elsewhere across the country.

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The Telegraph
26 June 2020

Maxine Peake vs Laurence Fox reveals the double standards of the chattering classes

Where was Equity, the actors’ union, when Peake told an out-and-out lie?

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UnHerd
26 June 2020

Cambridge University’s very modern bigotry

The institution promotes an academic tweeting racism, yet considers Jordan Peterson to be beyond the pale

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The Spectator
23 June 2020

What isn’t being said about the Reading attack victims?

Imagine if on Saturday evening a white neo-Nazi had stabbed three men to death

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The Spectator
20 June 2020

This could have been a great opportunity for the Church

Through this whole disconcerting period we have heard from Church of England leaders exactly twice.

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The Telegraph
19 June 2020

Historians will look back at us and ask: what on earth were they thinking?

Far more productive than this Maoist assault on the past would be to turn the exercise on ourselves

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The Spectator
19 June 2020

A solution to the JK Rowling trans row

Earlier this month the publishing house was thrown into turmoil after its most famous author, JK Rowling stirred up the most demented people in our society.

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UnHerd
19 June 2020

Maybe it’s best we don’t check our privilege

The desperate desire to see injustice and unfairness is a guaranteed path to unhappiness

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The Daily Mail
14 June 2020

Anarchy is breaking out – Where are the brakes on this thing? Does anyone know?

Today, a rabble of overweight, tattooed thugs hurled insults, cans and bottles at the police. Officers with shields and riot gear scrambled to contain the violence a short walk from the heart of government.

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The Spectator
13 June 2020

In defence of liberalism: resisting a new era of intolerance

Our public figures must rediscover the true spirit of liberty

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UnHerd
12 June 2020

Why J.K. Rowling had to be denounced

Frenzied activists are driving the cast of Harry Potter to publicly betray an old friend

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