Articles
External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications
The unspeakable life of John Bercow
In his autobiography, the former speaker reveals himself to be an embittered avatar of ambition
Where are all the conservative thinkers who should be rebalancing public life?
We are coming to the end of almost a decade of Conservative-majority rule in the UK. And what do we have to show for it?
Starbucks’ new charity associations leave a bitter taste in the mouth
Starbucks have come up with this particular tooth-rotter in the name of something they present sweetly. Purchase a “mermaids cookie” and a full 50p will be given by Starbucks to the charity Mermaids.
The danger, and hope, of the European Right
This week’s National Conservatism conference in Rome brought together the continent’s leading nationalist thinkers. What should we make of them?
Four defences of free speech that everyone should read
Every generation, and individual, has to rediscover the arguments for free speech for themselves. Some people learn from major incidents. Some when the censors come for someone close to them, or an opinion that they hold.
Why I’m standing by my old enemy Selina Todd
Most people won’t have heard of Selina Todd. The only reason I had was because some years ago the BBC invited me to appear alongside her on one of those slots that used to be for intellectual discussion.
Will no one resist the new totalitarianism?
Some of Alastair Stewart’s friends will fight for him — but too many of us will let him simply disappear.
“Le Royaume-Uni a un avenir incroyable devant lui”
L’essayiste anglais se félicite du retrait de la Grande-Bretagne de l’Union. Il juge que ses compatriotes ont voulu retrouver leur pleine souveraineté dans le cadre de leurs institutions politiques nationales.
British broadcaster resigns over ‘racist’ Shakespeare quote
Do Alastair Stewart’s bosses really believe that he hates black people because he cited Measure for Measure?
In defence of Alastair Stewart
Does ITV actually think that Alastair Stewart is a secret racist, really hates black people and has spent his life hating black people?
How to fight back against ‘cancel culture’
‘Cancel culture’ is a horrible term because outside of a dictatorship nobody can actually be ‘canceled’ or otherwise ‘disappeared’. All that can happen is that people can be found to have trodden across one of the orthodoxies of the age.
What unites the Nazis and Communists?
It is well worth climbing the literary mountain that is Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate